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Russell LeRoy Marten

Birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
8 Apr 1920 (aged 16)
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
April 9, 1920

YOUTH IS FOUND DEAD, SHOT THROUGH HEART

PARENTS DISCOVER LIFELESS BODY AFTER THEATRE PARTY

When the parents of Russell Martin, sixteen years old, returned to their home at 3455 Emerald Street, last night, after an evening at the theatre, they found that the boy had shot himself through the heart with a revolver, and was dead.
The youth for the last three years had suffered from an affliction of the lungs, and the trouble has made him despondent.
Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
April 9, 1920

YOUTH IS FOUND DEAD, SHOT THROUGH HEART

PARENTS DISCOVER LIFELESS BODY AFTER THEATRE PARTY

When the parents of Russell Martin, sixteen years old, returned to their home at 3455 Emerald Street, last night, after an evening at the theatre, they found that the boy had shot himself through the heart with a revolver, and was dead.
The youth for the last three years had suffered from an affliction of the lungs, and the trouble has made him despondent.


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