Allegany County MD Archives Obituaries..... Carl J. KEARNEY, 1947
 
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Evening Times, Cumberland, Maryland, Mon 17 Feb 1947: 
"Death Of Army Veteran Being Probed Today--Westernport Youth Found Dead 
Short Distance From Home; Foul Play Hinted--The body of a 20-year-old World 
War II veteran, lying face down in the sand near the Cumberland and 
Pennsylvania Railroad bridge about a block from his home in Westernport, 
was discovered this morning.  Chief of Police Burza Hanlin, Westernport, 
identified the youth as Carl J. Kearney, who resided with his sister, Mrs. 
Dewey Fazenbaker, 112 Railroad Street, Westernport.  He would have been 21 
next Sunday.  Following discovery of the body, county authorities and State 
Police received an urgent call to investigate circumstances surrounding the 
death. The youth's face was badly smashed, Hanlin said, adding that it 
looked as if the body had been carefully placed at the bridge site.  Police 
said the youth's head was lying toward the edge of the bridge.  They 
surmised that it would have been difficult for him to fall and land in the 
position in which he was found. However, an opinion of "foul play" was 
reserved by officers pending further investigation.  According to Kearney's 
brother-in-law, Dewey Fazenbaker, the victim was last seen at the Moose Home 
in Piedmont about 10 o'clock last night.  Kearney served overseas 18 months 
and was discharged from the Army May 7, 1945, it was learned from the papers 
found on his body.  The body, discovered by a passenger on a passing train, 
was identified at first from a Moose receipt found in the victim's 
pocketbook. A native of Westernport, he was a son of Luke and Olive (Boyce) 
Kearney.  He was educated in the public schools there. Besides his sister 
and parents, he is survived by three brothers, Luke and Henry Kearney, 
Shallmar, and Charles Kearney, Westernport, and three other sisters, Mrs. 
Bernice Fazenbaker, Shallmar; Mrs. Corine Cornell, Luke, and Mrs. Virginia 
Warnick. Berryville, Va."


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