Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-01
KILLED BY A TRAIN.
Frank McClellan's Mangied Body Fcssd
ON the II. and q. Track Near Ivy CITY.


Last night about II O'Clock. a. Oticcr Coxhiis.
OF the sixth precinct, Was about 10 turn from
the patrol box al sth and streets northeast,
he was accosted by VIM. Stephenson and Sohs
Dugan, who stated that they had found ths
dead body Of man on the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad track. short distance this side - Ivy
City. One Of the men handed the officer o
watch, which, he said. he took from thu de-d
mans clothes. The Officer went with the men
to the place designated by them and found the
body OF middle-aeed white man lying fs>s
downward, and the head covered with blooA
There appeared 20 be q hole in the bacl part
OF The head. and foul play was suspected The
oodN was removed 30 the morgue, and The two
men VINO gave the information 10 the eiicer
were locked up 10 await the result of an inves-
ngauon. In the dead mans pockets were
louhu number of worthless articles ana sew
efal 'elegrams, which showed that he had beee
connected IN some manner with the race track
the name OF W. b. Jennine, the horsemsa. APP
pearing on them.
TIN BODY IDENTIFIED.
This morning the body was identified a. that
OF Frank Mcclellan. aged forty-uine years,
who has for a number of wears been foreman
on Mr. Jennings Stables. This morning onBcer
SLACK found the dead mans hat which had
oeen CUT IN Two by train. None Of the dead
thought by some persons that he had been
murdered This theory was strengthened this
morning when small boy living In IyF CITY
found on the track near where the BODY vas
a,scoNered several cartridges and a piece Of
plated rope. which looked as though Il ,uixht
haNe been the handle of a blackjack or Sung
snot Among the articles found IN the pockets
Oh the dead man were several cartridges SINH
lar to those found on the track Aftsr the
ooay was laentihed othoer Slack started sut 30
n a. IN aZfnaw
The officer learned that Mcclellan h.a HE
shoes blacked in Ivy City last night and u wss
thought that he was coming 20 the city He
was with Mr. Chase, superinten dent OF the r.ce
track early nm the evening, and about O'Clock
ne was seen with n man named Hnrris This 10
THE LAST TIME BE WAS syrS AIIvr
He was always a very quiet man, ana vas
never known to have any trouble with any one.
Several persons about the village stated that
they heard pistol shots fred in the vicinity Of
the railroad track about 1880 O'Clock 1-hss
was about the time that the two men, held &c
prisoners. passed the village. This morning
when Coroner Patterson visited the mergue,
omcer Slack and several reporters wers pres
ent. The officer was advancing the thes,ry OF
foul play. but the coroner was inclined 10 be-
lieve that railroad train had killed the anfor-
tunate man.
NO EVIDENCE or FouL rLAY.
Then a search was made for bullet holes. but
none were found. close examination ~ the
head revealed terrible cash in the back OF
the skull. There was also hole or break on
the top Of the head. This discovery tended 90
show that the death of Mr.. Mcclellan was caused
by railroad train. His clothes were sonlewhat
torn and covered with grease from the train.
The men who had been locked up at the sixth
precinct station stated that they left Balfimore
yesterday and were on their way
to Richmond that they were walking
along the track when their Attentions was
attracted 10 something between the rails.
They lighted match and discovered That 10
was the body Of man. The watch was hang
ing from his pocket and they took IL 90 rive 20
an officer. The body was still warm Whom they
found it, showing that Mcclellan had not been
dead very long.
Coroner Patterson will hold an inquest az II
O'Clock tomorrow morning at the sixth pre-
cinct station.