ED TRACEY IS FOUND SHOT TO DEATH IN HOME
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Manager of Strand Theatre Victim of Bullet Wound
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WIDELY KNOWN IN CITY
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Edward Tracey, 40, manager of the Strand Theatre, city, was found shot to death in the living room of his home, 189 Kidder street, East End, at 3 o'clock this afternoon. He was alone at the time, members of the family being upstairs, his wife running a sweeper when she heard the report.
From the position of the body, it was indicated that he might hive been examining the weapon when it was discharged. The lead entered his heart.
Mr. Tracey had been in failing health, but he was in a cheerful frame of mind.
Death occurred instantaneously, life having passed when a doctor arrived. City Detectives Al Coyle and Thomas Nolan were summoned. Later, Coroner Luther Kniffen was notified.
Mr. Tracey was with the Comerford interests and their successors, Paramount Publix, for fifteen years. He was a popular figure in local theatrical circles.
A native of Plymouth, he made his home in this section his entire life.
Surviving are his wife and two children, his father, Patrick Tracey, one brother, Terrence Tracey; three sisters, Mrs. John Armstrong, Mrs. Frank Dougherty and Mrs. Edward Matthews, the latter two of Plymouth.
(Wilkes-Barre Evening News, 8 Dec 1931)
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Manager of Strand Theatre Victim of Bullet Wound
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WIDELY KNOWN IN CITY
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Edward Tracey, 40, manager of the Strand Theatre, city, was found shot to death in the living room of his home, 189 Kidder street, East End, at 3 o'clock this afternoon. He was alone at the time, members of the family being upstairs, his wife running a sweeper when she heard the report.
From the position of the body, it was indicated that he might hive been examining the weapon when it was discharged. The lead entered his heart.
Mr. Tracey had been in failing health, but he was in a cheerful frame of mind.
Death occurred instantaneously, life having passed when a doctor arrived. City Detectives Al Coyle and Thomas Nolan were summoned. Later, Coroner Luther Kniffen was notified.
Mr. Tracey was with the Comerford interests and their successors, Paramount Publix, for fifteen years. He was a popular figure in local theatrical circles.
A native of Plymouth, he made his home in this section his entire life.
Surviving are his wife and two children, his father, Patrick Tracey, one brother, Terrence Tracey; three sisters, Mrs. John Armstrong, Mrs. Frank Dougherty and Mrs. Edward Matthews, the latter two of Plymouth.
(Wilkes-Barre Evening News, 8 Dec 1931)
ED TRACEY IS FOUND SHOT TO DEATH IN HOME
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Manager of Strand Theatre Victim of Bullet Wound
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WIDELY KNOWN IN CITY
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Edward Tracey, 40, manager of the Strand Theatre, city, was found shot to death in the living room of his home, 189 Kidder street, East End, at 3 o'clock this afternoon. He was alone at the time, members of the family being upstairs, his wife running a sweeper when she heard the report.
From the position of the body, it was indicated that he might hive been examining the weapon when it was discharged. The lead entered his heart.
Mr. Tracey had been in failing health, but he was in a cheerful frame of mind.
Death occurred instantaneously, life having passed when a doctor arrived. City Detectives Al Coyle and Thomas Nolan were summoned. Later, Coroner Luther Kniffen was notified.
Mr. Tracey was with the Comerford interests and their successors, Paramount Publix, for fifteen years. He was a popular figure in local theatrical circles.
A native of Plymouth, he made his home in this section his entire life.
Surviving are his wife and two children, his father, Patrick Tracey, one brother, Terrence Tracey; three sisters, Mrs. John Armstrong, Mrs. Frank Dougherty and Mrs. Edward Matthews, the latter two of Plymouth.
(Wilkes-Barre Evening News, 8 Dec 1931)
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Manager of Strand Theatre Victim of Bullet Wound
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WIDELY KNOWN IN CITY
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Edward Tracey, 40, manager of the Strand Theatre, city, was found shot to death in the living room of his home, 189 Kidder street, East End, at 3 o'clock this afternoon. He was alone at the time, members of the family being upstairs, his wife running a sweeper when she heard the report.
From the position of the body, it was indicated that he might hive been examining the weapon when it was discharged. The lead entered his heart.
Mr. Tracey had been in failing health, but he was in a cheerful frame of mind.
Death occurred instantaneously, life having passed when a doctor arrived. City Detectives Al Coyle and Thomas Nolan were summoned. Later, Coroner Luther Kniffen was notified.
Mr. Tracey was with the Comerford interests and their successors, Paramount Publix, for fifteen years. He was a popular figure in local theatrical circles.
A native of Plymouth, he made his home in this section his entire life.
Surviving are his wife and two children, his father, Patrick Tracey, one brother, Terrence Tracey; three sisters, Mrs. John Armstrong, Mrs. Frank Dougherty and Mrs. Edward Matthews, the latter two of Plymouth.
(Wilkes-Barre Evening News, 8 Dec 1931)
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