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Ex-Mayor Deadgo’Attorney MarvinTakes Own LifeRobert Marvin, 55, oT 152 Middle St,, well known attorney end former Portsmouth mayor, was found dead yesterday afternoon in liis summer cottage on Goat. Island in New Castle. .Marvin's body was found about ■4:20 p.m. by his brother-in-law and sister, Navy LI, Cmdr, and Mrs. A. W. Laughton, of Berkeley, C£ltf., when they, stopped in for a visit. He had died about 24 hours earlier of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the head, according to Medical Referte Wendell P. Clare.New Castle Police Chief Henry Greenberg, who investigated thetheastnerrbethlalshooting, said Marvin had visited a local bar Tuesday night and had two waitresses witness a will, explaining that he was leaving soon for a three-week trip to Canada and wanted his affairs in order in case anything happened to him.* o *. The chief said Cmdr, Laughton found Marvin's body slumped over a couch in the collage with a pistol at his Teet. A note saying, “I'm sorry mother. Robert,”• was found on a desk but no reason for his act was given; Greenberg said.vabyp!lt;enncMarvin was the second youngest Portsmouth mayor when as a Democrat he was elected in 1933 at the age of 31. He sought re-election the following year and was the first muyur to he elected for a two-year term.■During World War II, lie served in the Navy and received a Bronze Star after he was wounded In ac* Upn. !lMfdb:; In\Trance, onAug. 2, He heid'the rank of commander when he resigned after the war.{• *ri|JiaselimeakclaofocthinHibitl-Pia:ni5lai51Catholic Church Paying Tribute to Cardinal StritchROME fAPI—Princes of the Roman Catholic Church knelt In the black-draped church of St, Ignatius today In final Irib* ule to Samuel Cardinal Stritch.Tfjree thousand prlesjs, monks and laymen jammed the 300-year-old church in the center of Rome for the funeral service.The 70-ycar-old archbishop of Chicago died Tuesday after a stroke. His body wilt be flown to the United States tonight for burial Jn Chicago.Eugene Cardinal Tisserant, senior member of the College of Cardinals, gave final absolu-lion in the name oT Pope Pius X1T in the final ritual of the colorful hour and a quarter service.Bishop Martin O'Connor of Scranton, Pa., rector of the Nor tli A m erica n College In Rome, conducted the funeral service.A member of a prominent area family, he was born here on Oct. 17, 1902, the son of former Mayor William E. and Sirs. Susan R. (Bent) Marvin. He was a member of the Unltarlan-Untversa-list Church, and ‘practiced law with the firm of Marvin, Peyser and Marvin.He was a member of the' New Hampshire Bar Assn., a member of the Sons .of Colonial Wars, and had served as president of the Janies dc Normandie Chapter, Unitarian Laymen’s League. He had been a commodore of the Portsmouth Yacht Club, and 'at one lime he was a member of the State Planning Board. He was serving as clerk of the Federal Fire Society at the time of his death.* * * •Marvin graduated from Portsmouth High School in 1920, attended Phillips Exeter Academy, was graduated from Harvard College in 1524 and received a law degree from Boston University In 1929. He was admitted to the New Hampshire bar In 1931, was a Democratic candidate for county solicitor in 1932 and was elected a councilman at- large that same year.Survivors Include his mother, Mrs. Susan R. Marvin of Portsmouth; a brother, William B. Marvin of New Jersey; three other sislers, Mrs. Percival D. Jacobs of Ft. Myers, Fla., Mrs. Willard Emrry of Boston and Mrs. Archer E. King of Norfolk, Va., and scveml niees and nephews.
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Portsmouth Herald
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, US
Thu, May 29, 1958
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