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5,000 , suffered a heart attack and becamemeed helpless at once.pre-aineolecott ere inFOUND DEADLocaiting-f rec-lt;julp-mt inise of IAFTER PISTOL-TheDISCHARGED318 I161- I 100*'FltheKit tstrowhiiJosiwhoketTimMJames Eckman Fatally Shot!the I While Visiting His !*««Mother !beerI iTAvvilvl monJames Eckman, aged 40, was1 01113 280ill'1 (found dead in a bed room at the *“10' V30 I home of hi.s mother, Mrs. John G tIn *I Eckman, on Market street, Leech-burg123'!lumlthat227* 1 3:45 o’clock. Mr. Eckman, who holds F'rcd9® ‘ a responsible Government positionwas258been blan•2 j in good health and had been visit-l~!-‘|ing his mother and had gone up-t stair# preparatory to accompanying 82V j frjends on a hike for frogs that evening. A few minutes later the repoit of the discharge of a revolver was heard juid when members of the familv entered the bed room, he38276*. 145', 96 88 V47 _■to t year Pres knov subs Freecontwas ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■I bullet wound in his temple and hisSTjwuuuu iu uia icuiyjir smju9® • i brother’s revolver in one hand. ”94 *44 ,9523567'.a25 V 87 V 120V. 166*, 142 152 71Relatives say they believe thatMr Eckman had picked up the pistol from a dresser where It was found lying and was examining it when it was suddenly and unexpectedly discharged.Coroner A. W. Doseh went to Leeehburg Thursday afternoon to conduct an inquiry.Deceased was an unusually bright, talented man, and was held in highE57,; esteem by friends. He is survived by3976226213V21 TV 89 Vhis wife, of Washington, D. C., hi* mother, and the following brother and sisters: Paul, Leeehburg; Mrs. William Raper and Mrs. Glenn Jack, Vandergrift; Mrs. Blanche Stoop, Freeport. I aPPICctheCreeworlcomimodpens took a nee In proa wav will ters300services will be held at sldlt;the Eckman home in Leeehburg Saturdav aiternoon at 2:00 o’clockbridthe
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Kittanning Simpsons Daily Leader Times
Kittanning, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, Aug 01, 1929
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