The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-05-08
TO BE INVESTIGATED.
Cause of Jonas Frazee's Death, For
merly of This County, is
Mysterious.
lie WAS LOCKED UP AS BEING DRUNK.
Now 1 Is Claimed That He Was Struck by
Wagon and Received Fatal Injuries.
Attorney For Dead Mans Brother Has
the Matter in Hand.

In the last issue of this paper men
ton was made of the death of Jonas
Frazee, formerly of Selbysport, this
county, which took place at Pitts
burg on Tuesday, the funeral occur
ring at Selbysport Thursday. At the
time of publication the only informa-
ton we had concerning the death was
simply the announcement in a tele-
gram from Chas. f. Frazee, the dead
mans brother, who resides in Pitts
burg. Since that time this paper has
received copy of the Pittsburg Dis
patch containing full particulars of
the occurrence which is published
below as follows:
Director j. o. Brown has been
asked to order all investigation into
the death of Jonas Frazee, of Selbys
port, Md, who died at the Homeo-
pathic Hospital April 80, having been
removed there several days previous
from Central police station suffering,
the police claim, from delirium ire
mems.
Charles F. Frazee, of the East End,
brother, claims the man was in
jured by being struck by wagon at
Penn avenue and Seventh street on
April %, and that death resulted
from injuries received at that time.
He charges the police with neglect in
giving his brother no medical atten-
ton for 80 hours, when they finally
sent him to the hospital. His cloth
ing was clotted with blood when they
finally found the body at the morgue,
the brother says, and though there
were no letters IN his pocket that
would identify him, he claims the po
lice made no attempt to find any of
the members of the family.
Attorney l.. K. Porter addressed
letter to Director j. 0. Brown yester-
day, asking for an investigation of
Charles Frazee's charges. He also
asks that the coroner be represented
at the hearing. Both the police and
the hospital authorities declare Fra
zee was i'll with delirium tremens and
the hospital people claim any paper
of identification that might have been
on the body were retained.by the po-
lice. At any rate, Jonas Frazee lay
an unknown at the hospital for six
days and was finally sent to the
morgue for Identification, while two
others were searching for him.
According to the brothers story,
Officers Ben Brombley and Williams
were notified on the morning of the
22d that a man had been hit by a
wagon in Penn avenue. He quotes
the officer as saying that the man was
the deceased Frazee, and that he was
lying in store nearby when the Of
ficers arrived. The books at the sta
ton show the man to have been taken
there at 1876 a. III. of that day and
registered as a case of drunkenness.
The records at the hospital show, it is
claimed, that the man was taken
there at $50 on the evening of the
23d. For seven days he lay uncon-
scious, and his body was taken to the
morgue April 30.
''Frazee admits his brother may
have been drinking, but claims por-
tions of his clothing were literally
clotted with blood when they were
turned oyer to the relatives. Accord
ing to his story, the man bled at the
ears and nose after he was struck by
the vehicle.
"Frazee had several relatives in this
city, though his wife lived in Mary
land. The body was taken there for
burial May /. One son is cashier in
Matt E. Weiss cafe on Smithfield
street. The police insist the hospital
records are wrong and say the man
lay at Central station much shorter
time than 80 hours