LYNN DAILY EVENING ITEM MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1934 PAGES 1 & 2
EXCERPTS: CITY SYMPATHIZES WITH BLONDY RYAN AND FAMILY
John "Blondy" Ryan, only a few months from coming home a baseball hero, to
receive the plaudits of his family and friends as the star short-stop of the New
York Giants, baseball champions, returned again today, an unhappy boy, to
bid farewell to the father who was so proud of him. The father, patrolman
Thomas F. Ryan, 54, a highly respected and able member of the Lynn police
department, took his own life Saturday evening, in the Lynnfield street house,
purchased by his son last fall. Despondency, believed to have been caused
by poor health, was believed the cause of the tragedy.
"Blondy", who was in Florida for the spring training of the Giants, hurried home
by airplane and train, not knowing when he started that his father was dead.
An emergency call by the Lynn police department to Miami Saturday evening,
said that his father was critically ill. When informed of this, "Blondy" left
immediately to make plans for the flight of 1800 miles. The plane ran into a
storm at Raleigh, N.C. Sunday and was forced down. He then had to travel the
rest of the way by train; Raleigh to Richmond thence to Washington and New York.
He telephoned his sister, L. Frances Ryan and learned that he was coming home for
a funeral. He arrived in Boston shortly before 8 o'clock this morning and was met by
his uncle, Deputy Chief Joseph E. Scanlon of the Fire Department.
Patrolman Ryan was made a reserve policeman Oct. 31, 1913 and a regular Oct. 13,
1914. For nearly 20 years he covered the Union Street beat on the early morning division.
Part of his duties was to care for the children on their way to the St. Joseph's parochial
school mornings and he was very popular with all the pupils
EXCERPTS: CITY SYMPATHIZES WITH BLONDY RYAN AND FAMILY
John "Blondy" Ryan, only a few months from coming home a baseball hero, to
receive the plaudits of his family and friends as the star short-stop of the New
York Giants, baseball champions, returned again today, an unhappy boy, to
bid farewell to the father who was so proud of him. The father, patrolman
Thomas F. Ryan, 54, a highly respected and able member of the Lynn police
department, took his own life Saturday evening, in the Lynnfield street house,
purchased by his son last fall. Despondency, believed to have been caused
by poor health, was believed the cause of the tragedy.
"Blondy", who was in Florida for the spring training of the Giants, hurried home
by airplane and train, not knowing when he started that his father was dead.
An emergency call by the Lynn police department to Miami Saturday evening,
said that his father was critically ill. When informed of this, "Blondy" left
immediately to make plans for the flight of 1800 miles. The plane ran into a
storm at Raleigh, N.C. Sunday and was forced down. He then had to travel the
rest of the way by train; Raleigh to Richmond thence to Washington and New York.
He telephoned his sister, L. Frances Ryan and learned that he was coming home for
a funeral. He arrived in Boston shortly before 8 o'clock this morning and was met by
his uncle, Deputy Chief Joseph E. Scanlon of the Fire Department.
Patrolman Ryan was made a reserve policeman Oct. 31, 1913 and a regular Oct. 13,
1914. For nearly 20 years he covered the Union Street beat on the early morning division.
Part of his duties was to care for the children on their way to the St. Joseph's parochial
school mornings and he was very popular with all the pupils
LYNN DAILY EVENING ITEM MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1934 PAGES 1 & 2
EXCERPTS: CITY SYMPATHIZES WITH BLONDY RYAN AND FAMILY
John "Blondy" Ryan, only a few months from coming home a baseball hero, to
receive the plaudits of his family and friends as the star short-stop of the New
York Giants, baseball champions, returned again today, an unhappy boy, to
bid farewell to the father who was so proud of him. The father, patrolman
Thomas F. Ryan, 54, a highly respected and able member of the Lynn police
department, took his own life Saturday evening, in the Lynnfield street house,
purchased by his son last fall. Despondency, believed to have been caused
by poor health, was believed the cause of the tragedy.
"Blondy", who was in Florida for the spring training of the Giants, hurried home
by airplane and train, not knowing when he started that his father was dead.
An emergency call by the Lynn police department to Miami Saturday evening,
said that his father was critically ill. When informed of this, "Blondy" left
immediately to make plans for the flight of 1800 miles. The plane ran into a
storm at Raleigh, N.C. Sunday and was forced down. He then had to travel the
rest of the way by train; Raleigh to Richmond thence to Washington and New York.
He telephoned his sister, L. Frances Ryan and learned that he was coming home for
a funeral. He arrived in Boston shortly before 8 o'clock this morning and was met by
his uncle, Deputy Chief Joseph E. Scanlon of the Fire Department.
Patrolman Ryan was made a reserve policeman Oct. 31, 1913 and a regular Oct. 13,
1914. For nearly 20 years he covered the Union Street beat on the early morning division.
Part of his duties was to care for the children on their way to the St. Joseph's parochial
school mornings and he was very popular with all the pupils
EXCERPTS: CITY SYMPATHIZES WITH BLONDY RYAN AND FAMILY
John "Blondy" Ryan, only a few months from coming home a baseball hero, to
receive the plaudits of his family and friends as the star short-stop of the New
York Giants, baseball champions, returned again today, an unhappy boy, to
bid farewell to the father who was so proud of him. The father, patrolman
Thomas F. Ryan, 54, a highly respected and able member of the Lynn police
department, took his own life Saturday evening, in the Lynnfield street house,
purchased by his son last fall. Despondency, believed to have been caused
by poor health, was believed the cause of the tragedy.
"Blondy", who was in Florida for the spring training of the Giants, hurried home
by airplane and train, not knowing when he started that his father was dead.
An emergency call by the Lynn police department to Miami Saturday evening,
said that his father was critically ill. When informed of this, "Blondy" left
immediately to make plans for the flight of 1800 miles. The plane ran into a
storm at Raleigh, N.C. Sunday and was forced down. He then had to travel the
rest of the way by train; Raleigh to Richmond thence to Washington and New York.
He telephoned his sister, L. Frances Ryan and learned that he was coming home for
a funeral. He arrived in Boston shortly before 8 o'clock this morning and was met by
his uncle, Deputy Chief Joseph E. Scanlon of the Fire Department.
Patrolman Ryan was made a reserve policeman Oct. 31, 1913 and a regular Oct. 13,
1914. For nearly 20 years he covered the Union Street beat on the early morning division.
Part of his duties was to care for the children on their way to the St. Joseph's parochial
school mornings and he was very popular with all the pupils
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Advertisement
