Corporal Clarence Jordan McClary, a 28-year-old officer with the Alexandria Police Department, was tragically killed on March 17, 1935, in the mountains south of Leesburg, Virginia. McClary was part of a posse comprising federal, state, and Alexandria officers searching for several men involved in a violent incident the previous day. During a raid on two liquor still operations, a federal officer had been shot and wounded. The posse aimed to apprehend the individuals responsible for this attack.
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