Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-06
BODY FOUND
IN ALLEY
THOMAS MccUE is THOUGHT
MURDERED
FRACTURED AND FACE
MuTILATED
Engineer Discovered LifeIess Near
Laundry-May Have Been Car
rIed to Spot in Buggy
by SIayers

Murdered for his money and then car
ried to the alley in rear of the Troy
laundry at Fifteenth and Main streets Is
supposed TO have been the fate OF
Thomas McCue an engineer whose body
was found in that place by w. III. Woods
of 1920 South Main street while on his
way to work yesterday morning.
Death is supposed to have been caused
by heavy blows on the face and head.
A fracture at the pasc of the skull and
several decorations on the face, forehead
and nose are pointed to as evidence that
he was murdered.
At the autopsy held by DR.. George
Campbell at Bresee Bros undertaking
establishment shortly after the body was
found, 1t developed that the man had
been drinking heavily and that he was
evidently intoxicated when murdered
That the soles of the mans shoes were
dry, despite the fact that the ..iley in
which he lay was covered with mud, Is
one of the things which lead the police
to believe that the body was carried.
Tracks showing that light wagon or
buggy had passed through the alley and
that horse had paved the ground
few feet from the place where the body
lay strengthens the theory.
According to DR.. Campbell the man
had been dead a number Of hours when
found.
According to Detectives James Hosick
and A. C. Craig, who made an investi-
CATION after the body was found, the
man is known to have called on wo-
man named Mary Mallaney at the Young
Woman's Christian home, 125 East
Fourth street, at 8 o'clock Friday night.
Refused, Admission
Owing to his condition he was denied
admission and did not see the young
woman Miss Mallaney and the man are
said to have been we'll acquainted.
81 met Mr. McCue on the train COM
| ing from Salt Lake to Les Angeles,
September 15," said the young woman.
He was intoxicated when l met him
and every time 1 nave seen him in Los
Angeles he was under the influence of
| liquor.
'.Mr. McCue never told me much about
himself, but one day said he had been
employed as engineer in hotel at Yel-
| lowstone park.
II did not see him last night and knew
nothing of his companions or actions.
| The detectives believe McCue came to
| his death 10 the result of an accident.
They say it is probable that he fell while
intoxicated and that his skull was frac-
tured by striking his head against some
| object.
They have traced the man from Salt
Lake City to Los Angeles and say that
he has a large number of friends and not
an enemy so far as they have been able
| to learn.
McCue is said to have been unmarried
and about "a years of age.
| When searched at the undertaking es-
tablishment the dead man was found to
have 65 cents in his pocket, a Pullman
passenger check on car No. 30s7 punched
| September 10 on the Santa Fe from Salt
| Lake.
He was well dressed, wearing hat
which bore the name of Sherwood on
| the inside and an expensive suit of
clothes and shoes.
He had no watch in his pocket, but is
known to have been the owner of an
expensive gold timepiece.
| The body VIII, n found lay in the center
| of the alley, about 100 feet fom the
street. The coat was off and lay in a
crumpled mass beneath the body.