Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-11-11
BOY TELLS STORY
!. Of FATAL STABB|NC
BY GEORGIA YOUTH
Tiff Farmers Son Jailed Fol-
lowing Death of Wealthy
Maryland Man

WASHINGTON. Nov. 10.--F'red
A. Mcclellan, twenty-five years old
of Triton, Ca, is held in the Rock
Vile, Md, Jail charged with stabblnS
to death Thomas A Sims, wealthy
contractor, fifty-tWo years OLD, at
whose home Mcclellan boarded.
After the stabbing, Mcclellan sum-
moned an officer and surrendered.
Police said he made a statement de-
claring he went to the Sims home
and found the latter intoxicated ana
abusing his wife. Sims, he SAID,
turned on him, shook his fist, and
ordered him out of the house. sims.
he asserted, followed him into the
yard, abused and berated him anu
attempted to strike him with a stick.
in self-defense, he said, he drew a
pocketknife and cut Sims after the
latter had welded the stick.
Mrs. Sims was placed in the care
of physician after the killing. Po-
lice said she had made no statement.
Boys Story of Affair
A twelve -year-old orphan boy will
be called before the grand jury of
Montgomery county Wednesday to
testify about the stabbing. The or
phan is George Wheaton, who was
ia ken into the Sims home a year
ago from a Washington asylum.
States Attorney John A. Garrett to-
day put the boy in custody of Sher-
if Clay Plummer as a material wit
tness.
Jealousy aroused in Sims and his
direct accusation against his wife
and the youth were responsible for
the quarrel, according to the boys
story today to the sheriff and the
states attorney. Sims staggered
back from the fight, bleeding at the
throat, and fell dead at the feet Of
the wife whom he had accused, ac
cording to the boy.
He declared the woman fainteS
falling forward upon her husbands
PROSTATE form, after screaming aft
er McClelland Mac, come back
here, I've killed him."
Young Wheaton is said to have
been an eye witness of the struggle
between the young man and the
contractor, and the only one who
saw the fatal blow struck.
COntradicts Confession
The boys account contradicts
ttatements in the confession of Nc
Clellan at the Jail. Sims ordered
Mcclellan to pack his clothes and
leave, according to young Wheaton.
vAs Mcclellan went out with his be-
'longings, Sims followed The boy
said:
81 opened the door and saw Mac
hit Mr.. Sims and then run. Mr..
Sims didn't have anything in his
hands. He stepped back couple
of PAGES, picked up a chair and
started for the gate. But Mac was
away down the road and running as
Mast as he could go.
Mr.. Sims turned around and start
ed back toward me. L cried out
that there was blood on his neck.
He said, that darned fool did it,
then he sort of Wavered and fell"
Mcclellan who was one of fam
lily of eleven children, said Mrs
Sims had been liFe a mother to him
since last spring. When he was
hired by her husband
MCLELLAN'S RELATIVES
WILL GO TO HIS AID
Triton, Ga, Nov. 10.-Fred Nc
.Clellan, reported to have stabbed to
teath Thomas A. Sims, at Kensing-
ton, Md, is the son of Mitch McClel-
Ian, prominent farmer and lumber.
man of Tiff county. Relatives of
the young man are expected to go
Immediately to Maryland to lend aid
to the youth and ascertain details of
the affair. Young Mcclellan bore a
Stosf reDlltatiou here