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Was He Foully Dealt With?

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Parent Issue
Day
14
Month
August
Year
1895
Copyright
Public Domain
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Monday morning a queerly acting Btranger was helped off a T., A. A. & X. M. train and left at the depot. The conductor knew nothing about him except tliat he had been put on the train at Toledo, his fare paid to Ann Arbor and tliat he either refused or was nnable to answer the questions putto him. ïle hung around the depot for sorae time and was finally arrest.ed by offleer Wood and removed to the jail. The man was not drunk however. Xo trace of hquor could be found. Still he aeemed in a sort of stupor physically unable to give an account of himself. Superintendent of the Poor Mason was notifled and took the man out to the county poor house. It was not thought necessary to summon a physipian and so without any medical attendance whatsoever and without recovering froin his stupor sufficiently to give an account of himself the man died there Tuesday morning. The body was at once turned over to the authorities of the University medical school and prepared for tlie vat. The dark beard and moustache were shaved off, and all supposed the little tragedy to be at an eud. When helped off tliè train the man had with hiui a sinall brown grip containing some unimportant papers bearing the name of Frank Clanoy, a newly laundried white shirt, a knife, a razor, night key and some old clothes. One of these papers was dated at Paw Paw and to that place Supt. Mason wrote for information about Frank Clancy. Yesterday Mrs. Clancy, residing at 14 Mftynard st., received a telegram f rom Paw Paw telling her that a body supposed to be that of her son, Frank, was lying in the poorhouse here. Mrs. Clancy hurried to the poorhouse. The body had beíii removed to the University medical building but the grip and contenta she positively reeognized as her son's. But when confronted with the body she was equally eertain it was not that of her son. However she ideutifled it as that of her son's brotherinlaw. Both Clancy and stevens lived at Kalamazoo. A week or so ago Glancy'a wife, Edith, ran away fiom Kalamazoo with one Pat Boyle, a married man of that city. Boyle's son traced the pair to Toledo and found theni living together as Mr. and Mrs. James Dillon. A few days ago the husband and brother left home and went to Toledo in searcli of the guilty pair. Xo news carne from either until Stevens was identified here yesterday by Mrs. Clancy. As soon as the body was seen by her circ.umstances which had not before appeared suspicious began to be seen in their real light. Coroner Ball yesterday afternoon sumunoned a jury, a post mortem was decided upon and awating that the inquest was adjourned unti Wednesday. The post mortem examination is being held today at the anatomical laboratory by Dr. Darlingand lus assistant, to determine whether death was from natural causes or from poison. Froni this examination, as in fact from everythiug else about the case the newspaper reporters are excluded, and a great pretenso of secrecy and mystery is maintained. The very fact that siich is the case leads the public to belitve i that something to warrant the . ions that there has been foul play has been discovered.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Courier