The Funeral of John Victor Damrino who was shot and killed yesterday morning by Silas Richardson, negro, will be held tomorrow morning 10 o'clock from Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic church, the Rev. A.J. Gmelch officiating, followed by interment at Cedar Rest cemetery. His body was lying today at the home of his mother, Mrs. Annette Adams Dambrino, on Dunbar avenue, where it was viewed by many persons.
Mr. Dambrino was born in Bay St. Louis August 28, 1896, being at the time of his death 32 years old. He had lived in Bay St. Louis and Kiln all his life. He is survived by a wife, Mrs. Cornelia Favre Dambrino, and a son, John Victor Dambrino, Jr.
He was an automobile mechanic and had been connected with Monti's Garage.
(Biloxi Daily Herald, The (MS) 1928-08-15, p.: 1)
John Dambrino was an army World War I veteran. He was killed, at age 30, when Silas Richardson, an automobile theft suspect, shot his way to liberty from the jail at Bay St. Louis, MS.
Also shot in the escape was police chief Mark Oliver.
(Times-Picayune, The (New Orleans, LA) Aug. 17, 1928, sec.: 2, p.: 1)
Silas Richardson was executed, in Bay St. Louis, MS, by hanging on April 26, 1929 for his crime. (Times-Picayune, The (New Orleans, LA) Apr. 27, 1929, p.: 2)
The Funeral of John Victor Damrino who was shot and killed yesterday morning by Silas Richardson, negro, will be held tomorrow morning 10 o'clock from Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic church, the Rev. A.J. Gmelch officiating, followed by interment at Cedar Rest cemetery. His body was lying today at the home of his mother, Mrs. Annette Adams Dambrino, on Dunbar avenue, where it was viewed by many persons.
Mr. Dambrino was born in Bay St. Louis August 28, 1896, being at the time of his death 32 years old. He had lived in Bay St. Louis and Kiln all his life. He is survived by a wife, Mrs. Cornelia Favre Dambrino, and a son, John Victor Dambrino, Jr.
He was an automobile mechanic and had been connected with Monti's Garage.
(Biloxi Daily Herald, The (MS) 1928-08-15, p.: 1)
John Dambrino was an army World War I veteran. He was killed, at age 30, when Silas Richardson, an automobile theft suspect, shot his way to liberty from the jail at Bay St. Louis, MS.
Also shot in the escape was police chief Mark Oliver.
(Times-Picayune, The (New Orleans, LA) Aug. 17, 1928, sec.: 2, p.: 1)
Silas Richardson was executed, in Bay St. Louis, MS, by hanging on April 26, 1929 for his crime. (Times-Picayune, The (New Orleans, LA) Apr. 27, 1929, p.: 2)
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