Lytle, Earl Chester

1907 - 1928  (20 years)

• Name	Lytle, Earl Chester  [1]
  Birth	5 Nov 1907	Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Between 1910 and 1920	Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Graduation	Jun 1925	Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA
  	He graduated from the "Shamokin high school with the class of 1925 and had been working with a typewriter company since as a mechanic repairman. In fact, he started this occupation in his spare time during his junior year in high school.
  	20190227HAv- Earl Lytle Dies At Local Hospital From Page One Lytle was arrested by the officer after Lytle and three other companions were alleged to have been disorderly near the corner of Shamokin and Race streets about 3 o'clock on Memorial Day morning. McCollum was taking Lytle to the lockup and according to the officer's story, Lytle feigned Illness, slumped to the pavement, Clay street, side of the home of Attorney W. W. Ryan, near Shamokin street. "You'll have to drag me up," Lytle is supposed to have told the officer and when McCollum stooped to get hold of him, the youth is alleged to have kicked the officer, taken his mace from him and struck him on the left temple. The officer then opened fire, sending four bullets toward the youth about 10 feet distant. One of them took effect and the other three went wide of their mark. The bullet struck Lytle, went through his body and lodged with the other three in a board fence near by. The youth was taken to the Shamokin state hospital'. McCollum reported the affair to City Hall and went off duty. He didn't work for several days. The injury to his forehead which required four stitches to close and the nervous reaction following the shooting made him unfit for service. McCollum said at his home that he was sorry he shot Lytle, "but that he did it in self defense. Lytle was born here November 5, 1907 the son of Mrs. Anne Lytle. He graduated from the "Shamokin high school with the class of 1925 and had been working with a typewriter company since as a mechanic repairman. In fact, he started this occupation in his spare time during his junior year in high school. The young man was not known to have born a bad reputation. Ordinarily he was of quiet disposition and the fact that he was in the fatal mix-up with the officer of the law came as a distinct shock to his many friends. From friends who knew him well comes the information that he was a youth of good character. Others pay tribute to him for his industry and his close applications of his duties. He was a member of the Omricon fraternity and the Lincoln Street Methodist Episcopal church. He had lived with his mother, Mrs Lytle 109 North Franklin street. In addition to his mother he Is survived by the following brothers and sisters: - P. J., - Walter E., - Mrs. Herbert Dinger, - Mrs. Jacob Stark, - Miss Grace, all of Shamokin and - Mrs. Dinger, of Paxinos. The funeral will be held at two o'clock Thursday afternoon from his late home. The services will be private and will be in charge of Rev. Gordon Arch Williams, pastor of the Lincoln Street Methodist Episcopal church. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery. Clipped from Shamokin News-Dispatch, 05 Jun 1928, Tue, Page 2 wetzupdoc Member Photo Shamokin News-Dispatch (Shamokin, Pennsylvania) 05 Jun 1928, Tue Page 2 wetzupdoc · 6 seconds ago ___________ 20190227HAv- Earl Lytle in the Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1966 Name: Earl Lytle Gender: Male Race: White Age: 20y 6m 29d Birth Date: 5 Nov 1907 Birth Place: Shamokin, Pennsylvania single occupation: Clerk Death Date: 4 Jun 1928 20:45h Death Place: State Hospital Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA cause: Bullet wound of abdomen. Shot by Boro Policeman 197? 5 days contrib: resisting arrest autopsy? yes incident: May 30, 1928 signed: Geo G. Reese MD Father: Theodore Lytle birth: PA Mother: Annie Shipman birth: PA burial: June 7 1928 Odd Fellows' Cemetery informant: P.J. Lytle Shamokin Certificate Number: 66362 Source Citation Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania, USA; Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1965; Certificate Number Range: 065501-068500 Source Information Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1966 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1963. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
  Incident	30 May 1928	Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA
  	shot in abdomen by boro policeman, resisting arrest. Died 5 days later in State hospital
  	20190227HAv- Earl Lytle Dies At Local Hospital From Page One Lytle was arrested by the officer after Lytle and three other companions were alleged to have been disorderly near the corner of Shamokin and Race streets about 3 o'clock on Memorial Day morning. McCollum was taking Lytle to the lockup and according to the officer's story, Lytle feigned Illness, slumped to the pavement, Clay street, side of the home of Attorney W. W. Ryan, near Shamokin street. "You'll have to drag me up," Lytle is supposed to have told the officer and when McCollum stooped to get hold of him, the youth is alleged to have kicked the officer, taken his mace from him and struck him on the left temple. The officer then opened fire, sending four bullets toward the youth about 10 feet distant. One of them took effect and the other three went wide of their mark. The bullet struck Lytle, went through his body and lodged with the other three in a board fence near by. The youth was taken to the Shamokin state hospital'. McCollum reported the affair to City Hall and went off duty. He didn't work for several days. The injury to his forehead which required four stitches to close and the nervous reaction following the shooting made him unfit for service. McCollum said at his home that he was sorry he shot Lytle, "but that he did it in self defense. Lytle was born here November 5, 1907 the son of Mrs. Anne Lytle. He graduated from the "Shamokin high school with the class of 1925 and had been working with a typewriter company since as a mechanic repairman. In fact, he started this occupation in his spare time during his junior year in high school. The young man was not known to have born a bad reputation. Ordinarily he was of quiet disposition and the fact that he was in the fatal mix-up with the officer of the law came as a distinct shock to his many friends. From friends who knew him well comes the information that he was a youth of good character. Others pay tribute to him for his industry and his close applications of his duties. He was a member of the Omricon fraternity and the Lincoln Street Methodist Episcopal church. He had lived with his mother, Mrs Lytle 109 North Franklin street. In addition to his mother he Is survived by the following brothers and sisters: - P. J., - Walter E., - Mrs. Herbert Dinger, - Mrs. Jacob Stark, - Miss Grace, all of Shamokin and - Mrs. Dinger, of Paxinos. The funeral will be held at two o'clock Thursday afternoon from his late home. The services will be private and will be in charge of Rev. Gordon Arch Williams, pastor of the Lincoln Street Methodist Episcopal church. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery. Clipped from Shamokin News-Dispatch, 05 Jun 1928, Tue, Page 2 wetzupdoc Member Photo Shamokin News-Dispatch (Shamokin, Pennsylvania) 05 Jun 1928, Tue Page 2 wetzupdoc · 6 seconds ago ___________ 20190227HAv- Earl Lytle in the Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1966 Name: Earl Lytle Gender: Male Race: White Age: 20y 6m 29d Birth Date: 5 Nov 1907 Birth Place: Shamokin, Pennsylvania single occupation: Clerk Death Date: 4 Jun 1928 20:45h Death Place: State Hospital Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA cause: Bullet wound of abdomen. Shot by Boro Policeman 197? 5 days contrib: resisting arrest autopsy? yes incident: May 30, 1928 signed: Geo G. Reese MD Father: Theodore Lytle birth: PA Mother: Annie Shipman birth: PA burial: June 7 1928 Odd Fellows' Cemetery informant: P.J. Lytle Shamokin Certificate Number: 66362 Source Citation Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania, USA; Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1965; Certificate Number Range: 065501-068500 Source Information Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1966 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1963. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
  		Lytle, Earl Dies Local Hosp ShamokinNews 19280605 20190227HAv- Earl Lytle Dies At Local Hospital From Page One Lytle was arrested by the officer after Lytle and three other companions were alleged to have been disorderly near the corner of Shamokin and Race streets about 3 o'clock on Memorial Day morning. McCol-lum was taking Lytle to the lockup and according to the officer's story, Lytle feigned…
  Race	White  [2]
  Name	Earl Lytle  [2]
  Occupation	Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA
  	... had been working with a typewriter company since as a mechanic repairman. In fact, he started this occupation in his spare time during his junior year in high school.
  	He graduated from the "Shamokin high school with the class of 1925 and had been working with a typewriter company since as a mechanic repairman. In fact, he started this occupation in his spare time during his junior year in high school.
  Death	4 Jun 1928	Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 2]
  	20190227HAv- Earl Lytle in the Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1966 Name: Earl Lytle Gender: Male Race: White Age: 20y 6m 29d Birth Date: 5 Nov 1907 Birth Place: Shamokin, Pennsylvania single occupation: Clerk Death Date: 4 Jun 1928 20:45h Death Place: State Hospital Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA cause: Bullet wound of abdomen. Shot by Boro Policeman 197? 5 days contrib: resisting arrest autopsy? yes incident: May 30, 1928 signed: Geo G. Reese MD Father: Theodore Lytle birth: PA Mother: Annie Shipman birth: PA burial: June 7 1928 Odd Fellows' Cemetery informant: P.J. Lytle Shamokin Certificate Number: 66362 Source Citation Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania, USA; Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1965; Certificate Number Range: 065501-068500 Source Information Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1966 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1963. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Age: 20 Bullet wound of abdomen. Shot by Boro Policeman; resisting arrest. 5 days in hospital
  Burial	7 Jun 1928	Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 2]
  	20190227HAv- Earl Lytle in the Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1966 Name: Earl Lytle Gender: Male Race: White Age: 20y 6m 29d Birth Date: 5 Nov 1907 Birth Place: Shamokin, Pennsylvania single occupation: Clerk Death Date: 4 Jun 1928 20:45h Death Place: State Hospital Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA cause: Bullet wound of abdomen. Shot by Boro Policeman 197? 5 days contrib: resisting arrest autopsy? yes incident: May 30, 1928 signed: Geo G. Reese MD Father: Theodore Lytle birth: PA Mother: Annie Shipman birth: PA burial: June 7 1928 Odd Fellows' Cemetery informant: P.J. Lytle Shamokin Certificate Number: 66362 Source Citation Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania, USA; Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1965; Certificate Number Range: 065501-068500 Source Information Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1966 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1963. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Odd Fellows' Cemetery
  Person ID	I55830	WETZEL-SPRING

  
  

  Father	Lytle, Theodore Edwin,   b. 8 Dec 1864, Lower Augusta, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA d. 18 Jun 1943 (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Shipman, Annie Estella,   b. 10 Jun 1868, Lower Augusta, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA d. 25 Mar 1938, Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	6 Mar 1886  [1]
  Family ID	F39828	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 5 Nov 1907 - Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA Residence - Between 1910 and 1920 - Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA Graduation - He graduated from the "Shamokin high school with the class of 1925 and had been working with a typewriter company since as a mechanic repairman. In fact, he started this occupation in his spare time during his junior year in high school. - Jun 1925 - Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA Incident - shot in abdomen by boro policeman, resisting arrest. Died 5 days later in State hospital - 30 May 1928 - Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA Occupation - ... had been working with a typewriter company since as a mechanic repairman. In fact, he started this occupation in his spare time during his junior year in high school. - - Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA Death - 4 Jun 1928 - Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA Burial - 7 Jun 1928 - Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		Lytle, Earl Dies Local Hosp ShamokinNews 19280605 20190227HAv- Earl Lytle Dies At Local Hospital From Page One Lytle was arrested by the officer after Lytle and three other companions were alleged to have been disorderly near the corner of Shamokin and Race streets about 3 o'clock on Memorial Day morning. McCol-lum was taking Lytle to the lockup and according to the officer's story, Lytle feigned…
  		PA Death Certificate 19280604 Earl Lytle.tmp 20190227HAv- Earl Lytle in the Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1966 Name: Earl Lytle Gender: Male Race: White Age: 20y 6m 29d Birth Date: 5 Nov 1907 Birth Place: Shamokin, Pennsylvania single occupation: Clerk Death Date: 4 Jun 1928 20:45h Death Place: State Hospital Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA cause: Bullet wound of…

  
  

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  [S1708] Public Member Trees, recovered, Public Member Trees, 201406 Peter James Lytle - Melanie Werley20190605HAv- Record for Jacob "Jake" Stark Public Member Trees, 201406 (63) facts. Record for Jacob "Jake" Stark 20190605HAv- Record for Jacob "Jake" Stark Public Member Trees, 201406 (63) facts Public Member Trees, 201406 Peter James Lytle - Melanie Werley peter Shipman 1833–1918 BIRTH 11 AUG 1833 • Lower Augusta, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, DEATH 16 MAY 1918 • Lower Augusta, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, Record for Jacob "Jake" Stark 20190605HAv- Record for Jacob "Jake" Stark Public Member Trees, 201406 (63) facts Public Member Trees, 201406 Peter James Lytle - Melanie Werley peter Shipman 1833-1918 BIRTH 11 AUG 1833 • Lower Augusta, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, DEATH 16 MAY 1918 • Lower Augusta, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, [S1127] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Lytle, Earl Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania, USA; Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1965; Certificate Number Range: 065501-068500. Record for Earl Lytle (11) facts 20190227HAv- Earl Lytle in the Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1966 Name: Earl Lytle Gender: Male Race: White Age: 20y 6m 29d Birth Date: 5 Nov 1907 Birth Place: Shamokin, Pennsylvania single occupation: Clerk Death Date: 4 Jun 1928 20:45h Death Place: State Hospital Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA cause: Bullet wound of abdomen. Shot by Boro Policeman 197? 5 days contrib: resisting arrest autopsy? yes incident: May 30, 1928 signed: Geo G. Reese MD Father: Theodore Lytle birth: PA Mother: Annie Shipman birth: PA burial: June 7 1928 Odd Fellows' Cemetery informant: P.J. Lytle Shamokin Certificate Number: 66362 Source Citation Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania, USA; Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1965; Certificate Number Range: 065501-068500 Source Information Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1966 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1963. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 20190227HAv- Earl Lytle in the Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1966 Name: Earl Lytle Gender: Male Race: White Age: 20y 6m 29d Birth Date: 5 Nov 1907 Birth Place: Shamokin, Pennsylvania single occupation: Clerk Death Date: 4 Jun 1928 20:45h Death Place: State Hospital Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA cause: Bullet wound of abdomen. Shot by Boro Policeman 197? 5 days contrib: resisting arrest autopsy? yes incident: May 30, 1928 signed: Geo G. Reese MD Father: Theodore Lytle birth: PA Mother: Annie Shipman birth: PA burial: June 7 1928 Odd Fellows' Cemetery informant: P.J. Lytle Shamokin Certificate Number: 66362 Source Citation Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania, USA; Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1965; Certificate Number Range: 065501-068500 Source Information Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1966 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1963. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. PA Death Certificate 19280604 Earl Lytle.tmp 20190227HAv- Earl Lytle in the Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1966 Name: Earl Lytle Gender: Male Race: White Age: 20y 6m 29d Birth Date: 5 Nov 1907 Birth Place: Shamokin, Pennsylvania single occupation: Clerk Death Date: 4 Jun 1928 20:45h Death Place: State Hospital Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA cause: Bullet wound of…

  
  

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