Evening star., 1898-08-17
fE HAD LIVED HER E
reported Death of Roy ". Slentz Confirmed
Today.
First Accounts Thought to Be a Joke
He Was Barber-Head
Cut OF.

Information has been received here of
the death of Roy W. Slentz, barber, who
was formerly employed by Mr. F. NJ By
roads. who keeps on NJ street. north side.
between Both and 31st streets. The infor-
nation was received yesterday IL letter
signed by William Leyshon, a just ce of the
peace giving his address as tn Canton
police station, Baltimore, Nd. The letter
was brief and stated that SIentz was killed
by the cars, and asking for information
concerning him, and any disposition of the
body. The news was received at this end
of the line in the nature of a Joke. The
handwriting was exactly similar to that of
Slentz, and il was believed that he had
written the death notice to throw off all
suspicion of his whereabouts.
Slentz disappeared from Georgetown on
Thursday morning of last week The night
before he was making an attempt to get
married to young girl who lives on Both
street just north of NJ street. The couple
were cut on the street as late as midnight
with a marriage license issued at Alexan-
dria, Va, trying to secure the service of a
local minister to perform the ceremony
In this they were unsuccessful The next
morning the man left town, and so far as
known the marriage ceremony never took
place.
Later information from Baltimore seems
to confirm the belief that Slentz was the
victim of an accidental death in railroad
accident, his head being cut off.
Baltimore paper of today gives the
following account of the accident:
The body of Roy W. Slentz of Waynes-
5orO, Pa. with the head cut off was found
in a ditch alongside the tracks of the
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
railroad. at Bayview Junction, about
O'Clock yesterday morning. The discovery
was made by the crew of freight tram
which stopped there to make up.
Il Is thought that Slentz fell off freight
tain, on which he was stealing & ride, and
falling under the truck of one of the cars,
his head was cut off and the body and the
head rolled into the ditch together. Early
Monday evening Slentz was at the Canton
police station. where ne asked to be shelter
ed for the night, but was refused by Turn
key Goodwin. Afterward he stated that he
was going TO Philadelphia. Justice Ley
skon Of Canton held an inquest, with a
jury summoned by Constable kerchof A
The body was sent to the mOrgue in Balti-
more, ard today il Will be taken in charge
by the father of the deceased, William
Slentz, who Will have ii taken to Waynes-
bCro' fer interment. The Identification
of the man was made by papers and letters
found IN his clothing.
Charles G. Slentz, a barber at 2G47
Francis street. Northwest Baltimore, said
the dead man was a barber, and seven
weeks ago went TO Washington. where he
opened a BARRIERS shop at 3053 NJ street.
He became engaged to a woman there and
the license was taken out, when he discOv-
cred she was a divorced woman and the
engagement was declared off. Two photo
graphs of women were found in his cloth
ing One was stated to be that of the
Washington woman. and the other that of
a young lady in WaynesbOro', who was
also engaged to nim.''