Francis Adams Found Dead of Bullet Wound
Francis Lyman Adams, 19, was found dead last night at the foot of the cellar stairs at his home, 115 Caroline ave., Solvay, with a bullet wound in his head, a few minutes after he had spoken with his mother. Coroner Harry L. Gilmore said death was due to a rifle shot thru the head and gave a verdict of suicide. A rifle that the youth had borrowed Monday for a hunting trip he said he would make yesterday, was found at his side. Adams, who was a night elevator operator at Hotel Syracuse, had returned home from work about 8 a. m., according to the coroner's office, and had gone to bed, getting up for dinner at 1:30 p. m. After dinner, the youth went downtown and his mother, Mrs. Blanche Adams, next saw him about 7:30 p. m., when he told her he was going downstairs and would be back, the coroner's office stated. However, a few minutes later Mrs. Adams heard a thud and going to the head of the stairs saw her son's body lying at the bottom of the flight, it was reported. Adams served with the 17th airborne division during world war 2. Surviving besides his mother are his father, Arthur J. Adams; two brothers, Donald H. and Walter J. Adams; one niece and one nephew. The body was released to the Greenleaf funeral rooms.
Syracuse Post-Standard
Wednesday, January 15, 1947
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Francis Lyman Adams, 19, was found dead last night at the foot of the cellar stairs at his home, 115 Caroline ave., Solvay, with a bullet wound in his head, a few minutes after he had spoken with his mother. Coroner Harry L. Gilmore said death was due to a rifle shot thru the head and gave a verdict of suicide. A rifle that the youth had borrowed Monday for a hunting trip he said he would make yesterday, was found at his side. Adams, who was a night elevator operator at Hotel Syracuse, had returned home from work about 8 a. m., according to the coroner's office, and had gone to bed, getting up for dinner at 1:30 p. m. After dinner, the youth went downtown and his mother, Mrs. Blanche Adams, next saw him about 7:30 p. m., when he told her he was going downstairs and would be back, the coroner's office stated. However, a few minutes later Mrs. Adams heard a thud and going to the head of the stairs saw her son's body lying at the bottom of the flight, it was reported. Adams served with the 17th airborne division during world war 2. Surviving besides his mother are his father, Arthur J. Adams; two brothers, Donald H. and Walter J. Adams; one niece and one nephew. The body was released to the Greenleaf funeral rooms.
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Wednesday, January 15, 1947
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Francis Adams Found Dead of Bullet Wound
Francis Lyman Adams, 19, was found dead last night at the foot of the cellar stairs at his home, 115 Caroline ave., Solvay, with a bullet wound in his head, a few minutes after he had spoken with his mother. Coroner Harry L. Gilmore said death was due to a rifle shot thru the head and gave a verdict of suicide. A rifle that the youth had borrowed Monday for a hunting trip he said he would make yesterday, was found at his side. Adams, who was a night elevator operator at Hotel Syracuse, had returned home from work about 8 a. m., according to the coroner's office, and had gone to bed, getting up for dinner at 1:30 p. m. After dinner, the youth went downtown and his mother, Mrs. Blanche Adams, next saw him about 7:30 p. m., when he told her he was going downstairs and would be back, the coroner's office stated. However, a few minutes later Mrs. Adams heard a thud and going to the head of the stairs saw her son's body lying at the bottom of the flight, it was reported. Adams served with the 17th airborne division during world war 2. Surviving besides his mother are his father, Arthur J. Adams; two brothers, Donald H. and Walter J. Adams; one niece and one nephew. The body was released to the Greenleaf funeral rooms.
Syracuse Post-Standard
Wednesday, January 15, 1947
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Francis Lyman Adams, 19, was found dead last night at the foot of the cellar stairs at his home, 115 Caroline ave., Solvay, with a bullet wound in his head, a few minutes after he had spoken with his mother. Coroner Harry L. Gilmore said death was due to a rifle shot thru the head and gave a verdict of suicide. A rifle that the youth had borrowed Monday for a hunting trip he said he would make yesterday, was found at his side. Adams, who was a night elevator operator at Hotel Syracuse, had returned home from work about 8 a. m., according to the coroner's office, and had gone to bed, getting up for dinner at 1:30 p. m. After dinner, the youth went downtown and his mother, Mrs. Blanche Adams, next saw him about 7:30 p. m., when he told her he was going downstairs and would be back, the coroner's office stated. However, a few minutes later Mrs. Adams heard a thud and going to the head of the stairs saw her son's body lying at the bottom of the flight, it was reported. Adams served with the 17th airborne division during world war 2. Surviving besides his mother are his father, Arthur J. Adams; two brothers, Donald H. and Walter J. Adams; one niece and one nephew. The body was released to the Greenleaf funeral rooms.
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Wednesday, January 15, 1947
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