The Kansas City Public Library hosted this event. Its about an hour and 10 minutes. [applause] david thank you, crosby, for those very kind words. Welcome to the Kansas City Public Library on a beautiful Missouri Valley sunday. My name is ale paul and i head collectionsal department headquartered just nearbye way in the Missouri Valley room. The program is made possible by a generous grant from the epidocument for the pleasures and it is my to present david wetzel, the author of the new and intriguingly entitled book the vanishing messiah the life and resurrections of Francis Schlatter. This is a fascinating tale of and religious belief in the American West and although the events played out more than storyury ago, i think the possesses elements that resonate today. An anonymous figure suddenly enters the public arena and almost and magically captures the attention of the nation. Iny of those citizens retrospect may have been gullable but they did possess some unfulfilled needs this ch
Give us justice or quit your job this is a tragic event. Tragic for the family, the marshall family, tragic for the deputies and our staff that have been involved with this. Were anxious to have some closure to this. Were continuing to be committed to a thorough investigation. Reporter the six deputies involved with the incident are still on the job. But were told in a restricted manner. They are not allowed to have any contact with inmates. In the meantime, it is the Denver Police department and the Denver District Attorneys Office that is reviewing this case. But the family and their attorney feels a special prosecutor should be appointed to take a look at this. Kim, back to you. They certainly had strong words today, jeremy. I know they said they really want to see that video. As for those of us that really dont understand, can you explain what a spit mask is . Reporter a spit mask is placed upon a person, a detainee or an inmate if they are starting to spit at deputies, and its to