The Somerset reporter., 1888-06-14

\ terrible tragedy occurred at Bau2o
saturday night. resulting a The death 81
Jerry -. sinclair Of o->iper. y H.
+ postal clerk on the Bangor aut Boston
night run. the details IF which ar,
-hrouded IN 4 mystery, He had ju>
+ finished ping the mail 5ags IN their car
when the gnai VA given 10 start. WAef
the conductor ordered 10 stop the tram
which vas doue. after msying IA.
i length of two cars 1t Was said a mar
N the postal car Wa. taken with hemer
rhage and mus be taken Of
Persons rushed into the ear and f. o.
Sinclair wing in j pool IF blood. lie va.
taken into an omnibus and carried tn tAt
Penob>cot Exchange where he boarded
and found 10 be dead He wa- supposed
70 be dead from the time he was put il
the Omnibus. He was taken To Under
taker Hunts To De prepared for burial
when il wa, found, instead Of hemar
raa-e. his death resulted from wOuua
IN the breat ade by some sharp in-tru-
meut. apparently double edged cutting
through his jumper AMI shirt. peuetral-
5ug The breast Just below the left collar
none 20 the depth of four inches. server
NJ large artery and Death mu-r have
ensured almost Immediately, a. shown by
AZ autopsy held.
The only persons known 70 be- with the
deceased in the car were pn>ta. cierA, \
=. sellon Of Massachu>ett, and : Lyman
Hayes IF New Hampshire, who have run
for years with Sinclair. the after hay a.
3eeu On the road some fourteen years
The train started Of directly taxing The
postal clerks. Nothing has been learned
u Their dr,t discovery Of the fact and
despa Oh we're sent by Marshal Whitney
to have t1em returned on The moruiu.
train
The deceased wAs much likrd bv al
IL VA not known to have an enemy am
hl- Associates IN the service stand high
A. any in the community.
The despatch sent 5y Marshal whitney
Marshal Morse. of Augusta was received
by Officer Breen. just TO time 10 telephone
tae Marshal and Ia effect the arrest Of the
W. mail clerks Who were IN the car 0u
being informed that they must be taken
into arrest scion asked II 1t wa> on ac-
count Of the man who had 4 hemorrhazr
n Bangor. officer Breen replied that be
knew Of no homorrhage but that he had
Instructions ID arrest them on charge Of
murder. Marshal Morse responded - NE
telephone message promptly AMI the men
were held until the arrival Of the East
bound Pullman. into which they were
taken by Officer Breen ani brought to
thu city Il j. said that Sellon made
very little TAX after his arrest but that
Ha7c- talked quite freely. A. G. Scllou
head clerk on the night run, i a man
about ifty years Of age, belonging in
North Ea>ton Mass. where he has wife
bat We did not learn whether he has auy
children. He has been in the service
fifteen or >ixt sen years Lyman Hayes
the other clerk. il young man thirty
two OF thirty-three years old. belonging
in Wilton, y H. and has been in the
service about six years. All we're held in
the highest esteem be their associates in
the service, and none OF them could
believe that either of them could be
guilty of such 4 terrible crime.
Mr. Sinclair the murdered man. was
about sixty years of age, and was
at the time of his death, but had
two children at Ossipee, \. II.
The coroner's jury returned this YER
dict that from the evidence before US.
this said Jerry G.. Sinclair came TO his
ieath on the evening of the 9th of June,
1t Bangor. on board the United States
nail car, No. sol, from the effects of a
stab in the breast made by sharp instru-
nent in the hands of A. G.. Sellon." 1t
5 currently reported and generally be-
ieyed To be true, that Selioa has made a
confession of the whole matter. admit
ing str king the blow, but pleading self
iefence as au excuse. Sellon WAS taken
,efore the Municipal court but waived an
and was placed uuder 5000
,onds TO appear At the August term of
,ourt. and Hayes ordered to recognize in
he sum Of $500 for appearance At the /
anne court