New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-20
JAMES KINGAN'S DEATH.
Fl IEF THAT HE COMMITTED SUICIDE.

BEL IEF THAT HE COMMITTED SUICIDE.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF THE FGNDiNG OF THE
BODY AND ITS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. FOR DIS
CREDuING THE THEORY OF MURDER.
IRON An OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF TIRE TRIBuNEJ
WELDFoRD \. b., March 16.-The village
Of Wexford has been thrown INTO state OF great excite
mcnt bY the seIols death 0i stranger who came To
his untimeIy end either by HIS act by the haud OF
q murderer. The scene OF this tragedy ia village OF
about a dozen hOs and is station Of the lntefeo0nla
Railway, which connect, Halifax, Nova Scotia with
Quebec Wexford D. 22l miles distant from HALIFAX and
49, miles from quebec
The Curoncts jury has had several sessions, ana al
iol!ucd last evening until Monday afternoon next IL Is
now apparent tlat the dead man Is James kinsah OF
New-York well known in Walist. and at tie Produce
Exchange lis heavy losses i'll unfortunate specuiaons
and his dsappclrdnce were reported in the NcWGOrk
papers a few dai : ag0 Mr. Kngan In Halifax On
Monday and purchased railway ticket there ior que
bee He LEFT Halifax the Quebec express at l3O T. H.
lie took IL seat In the pullman ear. He appeared TO ne
ureqsy and nervous during the trip. At almost every
station he went oat the platform Of the car aud
sGm,m took his vasc in is hand as If he intended
to leave the train. At the dninsroom in Moncton he
ted considerable excitement The train arrived
at Wexford about IL r. m, and he then left the car
The down train from quebec arrived five hours
later About 80 rods from the station
and when the train getting under good head
track between the rails, with his neck over one of
them The cOw-calcacr struck hin, throwing him 10
or l. feet ahoa When the body WIS picked up 1t was
,tll warm and small quantity OF blood flowed from IT,
There Wa, a deep wound the back OF the ncch and
other woauds. which were probably produced BY the
locomotive, but there II deep and wide cash across
the throat close up the chin, and extending almost
completely from t. which III ,dc by iliic
IAe body when found had no coat upon it. The next
day N, spot wlcrc 81. Kmgus throat cG was dis
covered by hoy, and the coat aud OveIcDat handker
chief and ucnknifc were found within few fees OF the
Place where the decd was done.
Near the Pile Of fence poles about four feet
high and ten feet IN width at the bottom OF the pile. Nj
Kin.a had seated himself the >iie OF the pill, frhcs
from the rack, and II is believed that he deliberately
moved both OF his cOls, made deep cu in OF his
wrists and deep the in side of the opposite
al tGe elbow. and then inflicted the wound in the throat
The blood appears have flowed freely from the throat
vhIle he wa stl ssng down with his head bent FOR
ward There had recently been tbaw, which was fol-
lowed by freezing weather and the surface uf TIE snow
was frozen stiff. The warm blood thaweI its way down
through the stifrcncd After the unfortunate man
lad bicd freely it is supposed that he walked TO the
track about Is feet distant and threw himself upon tie
His ulilciun Ot his lnds AID Ms throwing Ein-
self upon thc rack must nave bcen done 0hiE rev
inmates pr yious 10 the approach OF the down Tram
Mir. Kiugan small Of stature of sandy COMPLEXION,
unsu.yen, and had brown hair ana whlskcrs His
three or four inch long. He tweed trousers,
stripes running alternately zyzIg ana straight,
blue checked outside shirt, SHIRT of tine Wic
WOOcn material, gray stockings win rcd stripes ana
uc button boots. HIS coats of fine material One 81
them mad Il silk lining the OF color,
with rcd stripes abCut quarter If inch wide. Tho
strap each coat SHOWS that IL made by Hansen.
koW-IOIk for j. kiusan. The straps numb red
respectively 16-7G, and l,9JS-76. The sccve-suds
marked j. X"
II has been errOncOusly reported that empty pocket
books were picked up the vicinity Of the place where
Nj. kingdns body discovered The railway
puyes took charge OF tine bOdi, and Z fOuhd that
the pockets contained gold watch 81 800 bills
bachs between - 900 and $1,000 III nNCtWeu,y United
States bonds, about - in gold, some jcWcry, and
ccIp for fsi-claSs passage by the steamship scauui-
nayian, from Portland 10 Liverpool The receipt in
III j. L. Moore. which is supposed have been
name assumed by Mr.. kingin.
Although " IL probable that Mr. Kingan committed
suicide, the thcOr IS Led by icU that followed
To this place by person Or persons from NcWl cTk
and murdered for his money. In support OF this
theory IL Is III Eded that khgin, ateI TIE loss u nue.!
blood could not have walked 10 the railway track and
thrown himself down where his body first 10y
the cngiuc-driNcr. There no traces Of blood he
the pie az fence poles and the pace the track,
aud II is argued that ne hau walked rom the
To the other his progress would have been marked by
drops Of blood Bu there j. nothing IN the appearance
That there auy otrcr person present than Sir.
knsan. Aud II does not appear that any property Oh
the person ut Nh. klngan mas been stolen.
The superintendent of the IutcrcOOnlal Railway aud
tine Coroner viii have the investigation Of TIN. sd affair
made Is thorough possible. The inquest been adj
tUuincd 10 give time for the arrival Ui brother OF Mr.
klDgan from Ncw-lOrk.