The Portland daily press., 1888-06-11

HIS Siut, anu Olucidlr opposite, WneD ne
heard the latter excaim, Damned if you
do" as if some one had attacked him, and a
minute later the man came round the end of
the case and dropped to the floor, bathed in
blood, and expired soon afterwards. Breen
believes that Sellon Is the guilty man, his
conduct during the trip to Bangor indicating
At the Station.
BANGOR, June "a terrible tragedy oc-
CURED tonight, resulting in the death Of
Jerry G. Sinclair of Ossipee, N. H., postal
clerk on the Bangor and Boston, night run,
the details of which are shrouded in mystery.
He had just finished piling the mail bags in
the car and the signal was given to start,
when the conductor ordered the train to stop
which was done, after moving the length of
two cars. 1t was said man in the postal
car was taken with hemorrhage and must be
taken off.
Persons rushed into the car and found Sim
clair lying on pile of bags in a pool of
blood. He was taken into an omnibus and
carried to the Penobscot Exchange, where
he boarded, and found to be dead. He was
supposed to be dead from the time he was
put in the omnibus. He was taken to un-
dertaker Hunts to be prepared for burial,
when it was found, instead of hemorrhage,
his death resulted from wound in the breast
made by some sharp instrument, apparently
double-edged, cutting through his Jumper
and shirt, penetrating the breast just below
inches, severing a large artery, and death
must have ensued almost Immediately, as
shown by an autopsy held tonight
The case is shrouded in the deepest mys-
terry, as the only, persons known to be with
the deceased in the car were postal clerks A.
| G. Selion Of Massachusetts and S. Lyman
| Hayes of New Hampshire, who have run for
years with Sinclair, the latter having been
| on the road some fourteen years.
| The train started off directly, taking the
| postal clerks. Nothing has been learned Of
| their first discOveryof the fact and dispatches
have been sent by Marshal Whitney to have
them returned on the morning train.
From the appearance of the wound it
might have been inflicted by blow in front
| or behind,o it might have been self inflicted.
| Some believe. that some tramp or other
| evil disposed person may have ceen conceal
| ed in the compartment and crept up behind
| Sinclair, dealt the fatal blow and escaped be-
| fore the alarm was given.
The deceased was much liked by all. He
was not known to have ansenemy and his as
| sociates in the service stand high as any in
the community
| In regard to the matter Mr.. Z. ii. Water
house, chief clerk of the railway mail SER
vice, said: "All three of the men were ex-
ceedingly fine clerks. and were liked and
respected by those who knew them. They
| were Republicans. If they had not been
| good clerks they would not have been re-
tanned so long. 7 lese men constituted the
| only Republican through-line railway postal
| crew in Maine. Sellon lives in Massachu
setts, and is married and has number of
children. He also has relatives in this city.
He is about forty-fve years old, and has
| been In the service eight years. Hayes is
about thirty-two years old, lives at Milton,
N. H., and has been in the service five years.
He is moderate man, but smart, active
clerk. He has a wife, but think he has no
children. l examined the car, which was
very bloody. don't think that Mr.. Sinclair
Was man that would commit suicide. | re-
gard the suicide theory rather. wild. In my
OPINION Mr.. Sinclair was murdered, and re-
gard tae affair as one of the worst in the his
Tory OF our railway mail service. Mr.: Sin
ciair iost MS wife short time ago, and two
cnlldren survive him. He has been seven
teensyears In the service. So far as / know
there Dad Deen no trouble among the men
that would lead to murder. They got along
together as well as any crew, and good
deal better than some crews that are COM
posed OF Republicans and Democrats. l am
not at liberty to state the inference drawn