Hey Barbara are you related to Philip McCormick who  died in 1945 and married to Elizabeth  (Vernon) (Daly)? They were from Phila. Peggie  ________________________________ From: Barbara McCormick <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 8:36 PM Subject: [PAPhl] Harry BUSKEY murdered Dec. 1924 by Sarah STEAD And here's another version: "Trenton Evening Times" (Trenton, NJ) 21 Dec 1924 Mother-in-Law Stabs Man to Save Husband Philadelphia, Dec. 20.  Harry Buskey, 35 was stabbed to death by his mother-in-law, Mrs Sarah Stead, police declared. The woman is alleged to have said that she killed the man to save the life of her husband, Walter Stead, with whom Buskey was fighting. According to witnesses, Buskey, under the influence of liquor, went tonight to the home of his wife's parents with shom she had been living because of illness.  He became abusive and Mr. Stead, coming home, tried to reason with him.  A fight started and Stead, of slight build, was punished severely. Mrs Florence Summers, another daughter and the other women separated them, they declared, but Buskey attacked them again. Buskey, the woman said, had his father-in-law down on the floor and was beating him mercilessly when Mrs. Stead seized a butcher knife and stabbed him four times. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynne" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 8:49 PM Subject: [PAPhl] Harry BUSKEY murdered Dec. 1924 by Sarah STEAD > > Hello all > > My Lancashire family liked to flit back and forth from England to the US, > resulting in a few children being born in the Philadelphia area and others > born in England.  Most of my research has centered on the English, but an > interesting death certificate has brought me to Philadelphia research. > > Harry BUSKEY (BUSKY), b. 4 Nov. 1890 Conshohocken, PA, married Hannah > STEAD in 1924.  It appears he had previously married  Margaret E Wallace > July 1912 in Delaware.  On 20 December 1924, Harry BUSKEY died on the way > to Episcopal Hospital, Philadelphia, as the result of "stab wounds of > chest the hands of Sara STEAD."  The death certificate is stamped > "homicide" and signed by Robert J. Patton, coroner. > > A search of Ancestry has not revealed further information about Harry's > death nor about the STEAD family.  Of course, that doesn't mean the > information isn't there, just that I'm no good at finding it. > > I'd be very interested to find any mention of the murder in newspaper > articles, any information about the STEAD family, and what happened to > Sarah STEAD (was Sarah actually Hannah?), and have no idea where to look. > I'd be very grateful if someone would point me in the right direction. > > If this is too vague, please let me know what other information I should > provide. > > Thanks in advance. > > Lynne > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAPHILAD > ********* > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAPHILAD ********* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message