The Portland daily press., 1888-05-23
MANSLAuCHrER.
isaac Mcclellan, a Grand Trunk En-
eineer, Kills John Stanley
Probably Case of.Justifiabie HON.
icide.

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Yesterday morning. about IL oclnch'
man walked into Mr.. A. A. Strout 5 once on
Exchange street. announced his name as
Isaac Mcclellan, and his business
that of engine driver for the Grand trunk
road, of which corporation Mr. Strout IS
counsel and said that in row the evening
previous he had struck man with shower
and that the man was said to be dying from
the effects of the blow. Mr.. Strout at once
took the man to County Attorney Seiders's
office where he told his story, and said he
was ready to answer the law for the as
sault.
About the same time that Mr.. Mcclellan
gave himself up OficerHussey telephoned the
Marshal that an assault had been committed
the previous evening at the Grand trunk
coal shed by Mcclellan on man
named John Stanley, coal HEAVIER, ana
that Stanley was dying from the effects OF
his injuries. The officer was ordered to ar
rest the parties implicated, and later brought
to the station Mcclellan and his fireman Lor-
ing Bryant
Mr.. Mcclellan is young man with fresh
re and white complexion, except where 1t is
tanned by the sun, clear eye, smooth face.
and is said by the officers of the road TO be
very sober, temperate man, and an excellent
employe. Mr.. Mcclellan said that he drives
engine No. 321, and that he and his engine
came In on n train from Gulham, N. H..
Monday evening. About II p. M, he ran his
engine down to the coal shed at Fish Point,
accomp aned by his fireman, Mr.. Bryant, in
order to coal-up. He reached the shed where
| the coal platform is about on a level with the
top of the tender. Two men were employed
in shoyelling the coal into the tender from
the platform. One was named j ohm Stanley
The name of the other he did not know ut
was afterwards said to Harry be Driscoll.)
Both of these shovellers had been drinking
AS they shovelled the coal into the tender
they dropped it too much in one place, and
Mr.. Mcclellan called to Stanley and told him
to spread it more evenly in the tender. The
next bucket full was shoveled so that some
of the coal fell into the cab. Mcclellan
made use of an cxpletive at which Stanley
rushed at him and said, shaking Lis fist in
his face, .You call me a - will you?" Nc
Lellan was much astonished at SANKEY'S ac-
ton, and even them didn't imagine he meant
the man-McLellan was seated on the top Of
the tender with his feet hanging oyer-Stan-
| ley struck him blow on the side of the face
and knocked him off the top of the tender
Drscoll came to Stanley's aid and both men
pitched into Mcclellan to pound him. AT
this, the fireman, Bryant, went to McLelan's
assistance. When Stanley and Driscoll saw
this they left Mcclellan and seized the fire.
man. bent him over the cab window and be-
gan to pound him. Mcclellan said he sprang
to his feet, seized a coal shovel lying on
the tender and gave swinging back-blow
with it. 1t hit Stanley over the head aad
knocked him down. Driscoll left the fire.
man and picking up peice of coal flung it
at Mcclellan, who was on the tender
and who leaped to the ground. He,
Mcclellan, then got back on to
the coal platform and tried to get chance to
see what hurt Stanley had received for he
was motionless and evidently unconscious.
| Driscoll, however, seized the shovel to at
| tack Mcclellan with and, to avoid the blow,
Mcclellan jumped from the platform TO the
ground, some eight feet At this time two
brakemen came along, one of them named
Benjamin Merrill, and they managed to keep
Driscoll quiet while Mcclellan and the fire.
man. Bryant, poured cold water on Stanley
to revive him. The engine, with all parties
aboard, ian down to the round house, and
DIR. ii. p. Merrill summoned, and also hack
in which Stanley was taken to his home, No.
II Chatham street The doctor found the
man badly hurt, and yesterday morning DIR.
Weeks was called in consultation and the
TWO surgeons decided the man could live but
a short time. Such was McLellan's straight
| forward story.
| The fireman, Loring Bryant, substantiated
McLellan's story. He saw Mcclellan strike
Stanley with the shovel
Mr.. Mcclellan and the fremen both said
they never dreamed Stanley would die
and that the blow was only given in self-de-
tense.
Superintendent Martin, of the locomotive
department, said both Stanley and Driscoll
had been quarrelsome before, and in one
case, the engineer who was attacked, and
who was strong man, had to give Stanley
good choking.
A third man. Donahue, was found who
said he was also engaged in shovelling the
coal that night into No. 321. He took no
part in the row. When the row took place
over the coal shovelling one of the shoyellers
said he would fix Bryant. Then Mcclellan
stood ON the tender with a shovel.in his hand
to protect Bryant who got into the cab.
Driscol made a motion as if to strike Bry-
ant and Stanly walked towards him. when
Mcclellan reached down and struck Stanley
two blows Telling him to the track.
Stanley is Russian Finn but several peo
pie say he was full of liquor on Monday
night. His skull was fractured length of
some few inches over the right ear.
Yesterday afternoon about o'clock, Dris-
coll was brought into the station by officer
Skillings. His story did not differ material
ly from that told by the others. Mcclellan,
Bryant and Driscoll were all taken to
jail AT 5.45 p. M. Stanley died. He is
36 years old and leaves a widow and
adopted daughter His dntS-mortem state
ment could not be taken as he remained
in comatose state from the time after he
received the blow at the hands of Mcclellan.
A jury will be empannelled by Coroner
Gould and coroner's inquest will be held
today. A verdict Of justfable homicide will