Birth: August 21, 1872
Source: Naturalization and Passport
Birth: August 22, 1863 Age 62
Source: District of Columbia Death Certificate No. 374405
Obituary: Age 60 and 66 Years
HIT-RUN VICTIM'S FAMILY STRICKEN
Wife and 10 Children Are Left Helpless by Traffic Death.
Mrs Anthony John Grasso, wife of Washington's seventeenth 1936 traffic victim, who died in Sibley Hospital yesterday, last night sat in her home at 6 Carroll Manor Circle, Takoma Park, Md., surrounded by her 10 children and wondered what will happen to them now.
Grasso, who was struck by a hit-and-run driver and left lying in the gutter at Fourth and H streets north-east last Wednesday night, might have left his family a little better prepared if he had been given a little more time.
He had been employed only short, part-time jobs since his great benefactor, Thomas J. Walsh, died suddenly on a train that was bringing home from Florida to Washington to assume his duties as Attorney General. Grasso already had been promised an assistant attorneyship, but death stepped in.
Obtained Another Job.
Death stepped in again yesterday. He had been given another job. Not in the Department of Justice, but with a reputable insurance company. He was to have begun work today.
Mr. and Mrs. Grasso had been married 15 years. Their oldest child is now 14 years old and the youngest is 18 months old. Despite his meager income, Grasso kept his family in a fine old red brick home in Takoma Park. He also kept all his children except the three youngest, in the Takoma Park Elementary School.
"I don't know what is going to happen to us now," Mrs. Grasso moaned last night. "We are going to take the baby with us to New Haven tomorrow, but after that I don't know". The other of "us" will be the lifeless body of her beloved "Tony".
A member of the Catholic Charities was at the home last night. She would not give her name, but said the family would be maintained intact. When asked what name could be used to quote her, she replied: "Smith or Jones, whichever you prefer".
Left No Insurance.
Mrs. Grasso said her husband left no insurance and that with his death she and the children are left helpless. She denied, however, that they had been on relief, explaining that her husband had been "barely able to eke out a living for us since he gave up his office". He formerly had office here as a practicing attorney.
Grasso was 60 years old, and came here from New Haven, Conn., when a young man. Soon after his arrival here he met and later married the present Mrs. Grasso. Mrs. Grasso is a native Washingtonian.
Grasso was found lying in a gutter by Edward Dant, 728 Maryland avenue northeast, at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, and was taken to Sibley Hospital. He was treated by Dr O.B. Ball for a compound fracture of the right leg and abrasions of the left leg and shock.
Detective Sergt. W.J. Liverman of the homicide squad and Detective Sergt. L.M. Wilson of the ninth police precinct were in Charlotte, N.C., last night, to return a man believed to be the hit-and-run driver who struck Grasso.
Published by The Evening Star, District of Columbia, February 25, 1936
A.J. GRASSO
TO BE BURIED
ON SATURDAY
Former New Haven, Resident
Dies at Washington
From Auto Injuries
Funeral Here
Funeral services for Anthony J. Grasso, 66, lawyer, linguist and soldier who died from auto injuries in Washington, D.C., Monday will be held in this city Saturday morning.
While on his way to argue a case before the Supreme Court, Mr. Grasso was hurled against the curb by a hit-run driver and sustained fractures of the shoulder, arm and leg and internal injuries.
Born in Caizzo, Italy, Mr. Grasso came to the United States shortly after being graduated from the University of Naples where he received his A.B. degree. At Fordham University he received his Ph.D., later returning there as an instructor in languages at the Georgetown School of Foreign Service.
World War Veteran
In 1908, he graduated from the Georgetown Law School and for the next five years practiced law in the District of Columbia. In 1915, he gave up his practice to become an instructor at Notre Dame at South Bend, Ind., and held that position until the entry of the United States into the World War. He served overseas with the American Expeditionary Forces.
In 1920, Mr. Grasso resumed the practice of law both in New York City and Washington and was engaged in that pursuit at the time of his death.
He leaves his widow and ten children, all of Washington; and two brothers, Alfonso Grasso of this city, and Vincent Grasso of Hollywood, California. He had not resided in New Haven for the past 16 years, but was well known here.
Funeral services will be held at 8:30 A.M. Saturday from the funeral parlors of Frank DeLucia and Sons, Inc., 528 Chapel Street, and from Michael's Church at 9 A.M. Burial will be in St. Lawrence Cemetery.
Published by The New Haven Evening Register, New Haven, Connecticut, Thursday, February 27, 1936
Source: Naturalization and Passport
Birth: August 22, 1863 Age 62
Source: District of Columbia Death Certificate No. 374405
Obituary: Age 60 and 66 Years
HIT-RUN VICTIM'S FAMILY STRICKEN
Wife and 10 Children Are Left Helpless by Traffic Death.
Mrs Anthony John Grasso, wife of Washington's seventeenth 1936 traffic victim, who died in Sibley Hospital yesterday, last night sat in her home at 6 Carroll Manor Circle, Takoma Park, Md., surrounded by her 10 children and wondered what will happen to them now.
Grasso, who was struck by a hit-and-run driver and left lying in the gutter at Fourth and H streets north-east last Wednesday night, might have left his family a little better prepared if he had been given a little more time.
He had been employed only short, part-time jobs since his great benefactor, Thomas J. Walsh, died suddenly on a train that was bringing home from Florida to Washington to assume his duties as Attorney General. Grasso already had been promised an assistant attorneyship, but death stepped in.
Obtained Another Job.
Death stepped in again yesterday. He had been given another job. Not in the Department of Justice, but with a reputable insurance company. He was to have begun work today.
Mr. and Mrs. Grasso had been married 15 years. Their oldest child is now 14 years old and the youngest is 18 months old. Despite his meager income, Grasso kept his family in a fine old red brick home in Takoma Park. He also kept all his children except the three youngest, in the Takoma Park Elementary School.
"I don't know what is going to happen to us now," Mrs. Grasso moaned last night. "We are going to take the baby with us to New Haven tomorrow, but after that I don't know". The other of "us" will be the lifeless body of her beloved "Tony".
A member of the Catholic Charities was at the home last night. She would not give her name, but said the family would be maintained intact. When asked what name could be used to quote her, she replied: "Smith or Jones, whichever you prefer".
Left No Insurance.
Mrs. Grasso said her husband left no insurance and that with his death she and the children are left helpless. She denied, however, that they had been on relief, explaining that her husband had been "barely able to eke out a living for us since he gave up his office". He formerly had office here as a practicing attorney.
Grasso was 60 years old, and came here from New Haven, Conn., when a young man. Soon after his arrival here he met and later married the present Mrs. Grasso. Mrs. Grasso is a native Washingtonian.
Grasso was found lying in a gutter by Edward Dant, 728 Maryland avenue northeast, at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, and was taken to Sibley Hospital. He was treated by Dr O.B. Ball for a compound fracture of the right leg and abrasions of the left leg and shock.
Detective Sergt. W.J. Liverman of the homicide squad and Detective Sergt. L.M. Wilson of the ninth police precinct were in Charlotte, N.C., last night, to return a man believed to be the hit-and-run driver who struck Grasso.
Published by The Evening Star, District of Columbia, February 25, 1936
A.J. GRASSO
TO BE BURIED
ON SATURDAY
Former New Haven, Resident
Dies at Washington
From Auto Injuries
Funeral Here
Funeral services for Anthony J. Grasso, 66, lawyer, linguist and soldier who died from auto injuries in Washington, D.C., Monday will be held in this city Saturday morning.
While on his way to argue a case before the Supreme Court, Mr. Grasso was hurled against the curb by a hit-run driver and sustained fractures of the shoulder, arm and leg and internal injuries.
Born in Caizzo, Italy, Mr. Grasso came to the United States shortly after being graduated from the University of Naples where he received his A.B. degree. At Fordham University he received his Ph.D., later returning there as an instructor in languages at the Georgetown School of Foreign Service.
World War Veteran
In 1908, he graduated from the Georgetown Law School and for the next five years practiced law in the District of Columbia. In 1915, he gave up his practice to become an instructor at Notre Dame at South Bend, Ind., and held that position until the entry of the United States into the World War. He served overseas with the American Expeditionary Forces.
In 1920, Mr. Grasso resumed the practice of law both in New York City and Washington and was engaged in that pursuit at the time of his death.
He leaves his widow and ten children, all of Washington; and two brothers, Alfonso Grasso of this city, and Vincent Grasso of Hollywood, California. He had not resided in New Haven for the past 16 years, but was well known here.
Funeral services will be held at 8:30 A.M. Saturday from the funeral parlors of Frank DeLucia and Sons, Inc., 528 Chapel Street, and from Michael's Church at 9 A.M. Burial will be in St. Lawrence Cemetery.
Published by The New Haven Evening Register, New Haven, Connecticut, Thursday, February 27, 1936
Birth: August 21, 1872
Source: Naturalization and Passport
Birth: August 22, 1863 Age 62
Source: District of Columbia Death Certificate No. 374405
Obituary: Age 60 and 66 Years
HIT-RUN VICTIM'S FAMILY STRICKEN
Wife and 10 Children Are Left Helpless by Traffic Death.
Mrs Anthony John Grasso, wife of Washington's seventeenth 1936 traffic victim, who died in Sibley Hospital yesterday, last night sat in her home at 6 Carroll Manor Circle, Takoma Park, Md., surrounded by her 10 children and wondered what will happen to them now.
Grasso, who was struck by a hit-and-run driver and left lying in the gutter at Fourth and H streets north-east last Wednesday night, might have left his family a little better prepared if he had been given a little more time.
He had been employed only short, part-time jobs since his great benefactor, Thomas J. Walsh, died suddenly on a train that was bringing home from Florida to Washington to assume his duties as Attorney General. Grasso already had been promised an assistant attorneyship, but death stepped in.
Obtained Another Job.
Death stepped in again yesterday. He had been given another job. Not in the Department of Justice, but with a reputable insurance company. He was to have begun work today.
Mr. and Mrs. Grasso had been married 15 years. Their oldest child is now 14 years old and the youngest is 18 months old. Despite his meager income, Grasso kept his family in a fine old red brick home in Takoma Park. He also kept all his children except the three youngest, in the Takoma Park Elementary School.
"I don't know what is going to happen to us now," Mrs. Grasso moaned last night. "We are going to take the baby with us to New Haven tomorrow, but after that I don't know". The other of "us" will be the lifeless body of her beloved "Tony".
A member of the Catholic Charities was at the home last night. She would not give her name, but said the family would be maintained intact. When asked what name could be used to quote her, she replied: "Smith or Jones, whichever you prefer".
Left No Insurance.
Mrs. Grasso said her husband left no insurance and that with his death she and the children are left helpless. She denied, however, that they had been on relief, explaining that her husband had been "barely able to eke out a living for us since he gave up his office". He formerly had office here as a practicing attorney.
Grasso was 60 years old, and came here from New Haven, Conn., when a young man. Soon after his arrival here he met and later married the present Mrs. Grasso. Mrs. Grasso is a native Washingtonian.
Grasso was found lying in a gutter by Edward Dant, 728 Maryland avenue northeast, at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, and was taken to Sibley Hospital. He was treated by Dr O.B. Ball for a compound fracture of the right leg and abrasions of the left leg and shock.
Detective Sergt. W.J. Liverman of the homicide squad and Detective Sergt. L.M. Wilson of the ninth police precinct were in Charlotte, N.C., last night, to return a man believed to be the hit-and-run driver who struck Grasso.
Published by The Evening Star, District of Columbia, February 25, 1936
A.J. GRASSO
TO BE BURIED
ON SATURDAY
Former New Haven, Resident
Dies at Washington
From Auto Injuries
Funeral Here
Funeral services for Anthony J. Grasso, 66, lawyer, linguist and soldier who died from auto injuries in Washington, D.C., Monday will be held in this city Saturday morning.
While on his way to argue a case before the Supreme Court, Mr. Grasso was hurled against the curb by a hit-run driver and sustained fractures of the shoulder, arm and leg and internal injuries.
Born in Caizzo, Italy, Mr. Grasso came to the United States shortly after being graduated from the University of Naples where he received his A.B. degree. At Fordham University he received his Ph.D., later returning there as an instructor in languages at the Georgetown School of Foreign Service.
World War Veteran
In 1908, he graduated from the Georgetown Law School and for the next five years practiced law in the District of Columbia. In 1915, he gave up his practice to become an instructor at Notre Dame at South Bend, Ind., and held that position until the entry of the United States into the World War. He served overseas with the American Expeditionary Forces.
In 1920, Mr. Grasso resumed the practice of law both in New York City and Washington and was engaged in that pursuit at the time of his death.
He leaves his widow and ten children, all of Washington; and two brothers, Alfonso Grasso of this city, and Vincent Grasso of Hollywood, California. He had not resided in New Haven for the past 16 years, but was well known here.
Funeral services will be held at 8:30 A.M. Saturday from the funeral parlors of Frank DeLucia and Sons, Inc., 528 Chapel Street, and from Michael's Church at 9 A.M. Burial will be in St. Lawrence Cemetery.
Published by The New Haven Evening Register, New Haven, Connecticut, Thursday, February 27, 1936
Source: Naturalization and Passport
Birth: August 22, 1863 Age 62
Source: District of Columbia Death Certificate No. 374405
Obituary: Age 60 and 66 Years
HIT-RUN VICTIM'S FAMILY STRICKEN
Wife and 10 Children Are Left Helpless by Traffic Death.
Mrs Anthony John Grasso, wife of Washington's seventeenth 1936 traffic victim, who died in Sibley Hospital yesterday, last night sat in her home at 6 Carroll Manor Circle, Takoma Park, Md., surrounded by her 10 children and wondered what will happen to them now.
Grasso, who was struck by a hit-and-run driver and left lying in the gutter at Fourth and H streets north-east last Wednesday night, might have left his family a little better prepared if he had been given a little more time.
He had been employed only short, part-time jobs since his great benefactor, Thomas J. Walsh, died suddenly on a train that was bringing home from Florida to Washington to assume his duties as Attorney General. Grasso already had been promised an assistant attorneyship, but death stepped in.
Obtained Another Job.
Death stepped in again yesterday. He had been given another job. Not in the Department of Justice, but with a reputable insurance company. He was to have begun work today.
Mr. and Mrs. Grasso had been married 15 years. Their oldest child is now 14 years old and the youngest is 18 months old. Despite his meager income, Grasso kept his family in a fine old red brick home in Takoma Park. He also kept all his children except the three youngest, in the Takoma Park Elementary School.
"I don't know what is going to happen to us now," Mrs. Grasso moaned last night. "We are going to take the baby with us to New Haven tomorrow, but after that I don't know". The other of "us" will be the lifeless body of her beloved "Tony".
A member of the Catholic Charities was at the home last night. She would not give her name, but said the family would be maintained intact. When asked what name could be used to quote her, she replied: "Smith or Jones, whichever you prefer".
Left No Insurance.
Mrs. Grasso said her husband left no insurance and that with his death she and the children are left helpless. She denied, however, that they had been on relief, explaining that her husband had been "barely able to eke out a living for us since he gave up his office". He formerly had office here as a practicing attorney.
Grasso was 60 years old, and came here from New Haven, Conn., when a young man. Soon after his arrival here he met and later married the present Mrs. Grasso. Mrs. Grasso is a native Washingtonian.
Grasso was found lying in a gutter by Edward Dant, 728 Maryland avenue northeast, at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, and was taken to Sibley Hospital. He was treated by Dr O.B. Ball for a compound fracture of the right leg and abrasions of the left leg and shock.
Detective Sergt. W.J. Liverman of the homicide squad and Detective Sergt. L.M. Wilson of the ninth police precinct were in Charlotte, N.C., last night, to return a man believed to be the hit-and-run driver who struck Grasso.
Published by The Evening Star, District of Columbia, February 25, 1936
A.J. GRASSO
TO BE BURIED
ON SATURDAY
Former New Haven, Resident
Dies at Washington
From Auto Injuries
Funeral Here
Funeral services for Anthony J. Grasso, 66, lawyer, linguist and soldier who died from auto injuries in Washington, D.C., Monday will be held in this city Saturday morning.
While on his way to argue a case before the Supreme Court, Mr. Grasso was hurled against the curb by a hit-run driver and sustained fractures of the shoulder, arm and leg and internal injuries.
Born in Caizzo, Italy, Mr. Grasso came to the United States shortly after being graduated from the University of Naples where he received his A.B. degree. At Fordham University he received his Ph.D., later returning there as an instructor in languages at the Georgetown School of Foreign Service.
World War Veteran
In 1908, he graduated from the Georgetown Law School and for the next five years practiced law in the District of Columbia. In 1915, he gave up his practice to become an instructor at Notre Dame at South Bend, Ind., and held that position until the entry of the United States into the World War. He served overseas with the American Expeditionary Forces.
In 1920, Mr. Grasso resumed the practice of law both in New York City and Washington and was engaged in that pursuit at the time of his death.
He leaves his widow and ten children, all of Washington; and two brothers, Alfonso Grasso of this city, and Vincent Grasso of Hollywood, California. He had not resided in New Haven for the past 16 years, but was well known here.
Funeral services will be held at 8:30 A.M. Saturday from the funeral parlors of Frank DeLucia and Sons, Inc., 528 Chapel Street, and from Michael's Church at 9 A.M. Burial will be in St. Lawrence Cemetery.
Published by The New Haven Evening Register, New Haven, Connecticut, Thursday, February 27, 1936
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