Clarence Jordan Mcclary

In the quiet mountains south of Leesburg, Virginia, a manhunt in the spring of 1935 turned deadly, claiming the life of a dedicated public servant. Corporal Clarence Jordan McClary, a 28-year-old White male and an eight-year veteran of the Alexandria Police Department, was fatally shot on March 17, 1935. He was part of a posse of federal, state, and local officers searching for men involved in a violent altercation the day before at two illicit liquor stills. The operation had already seen one f ...