OBIT: Harry P. ALBRIGHT, 1946, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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Harry Albright Found Dead In Hotel Bathroom

  Harry P. Albright, aged 74, was found dead at 8.20 o'clock this 
morning in a third floor bathroom at the Colonade hotel, 914 Chestnut 
avenue. Death resulted from a heart attack, reported Deputy Coroner 
Edgar G. Walls.
  Albright was accused of shooting his wife, Elizabeth, during a 
drinking party at the couple's home in 1924. He was tried in the Blair 
county courts and, following conviction, was sentenced to undergo a 
term in the penitentiary by Judge Thomas J. Baldrige on March 17, 1924. 
Most of the sentence was served at Rockview prison farm and Albright 
was released on parole in January, 1931.
  Albright had resided at the Colonade for the past four years. He had 
no occupation, according to Deputy Coroner Walls and Detective Sergeant 
Robert Bartlebaugh and Office W. T. Stevens, who were called by Mrs. 
Iva Bergstresser, who conducts the hotel.
  Harry P. Albright was born on June 10, 1872, at Roaring Spring, the 
son of Jacob and Sarah Albright. He is survived by one brother. The 
body was given over to Undertaker Leslie E. Axe for burial.

ALBRIGHT - Funeral services for Harry P. Albright of 914 Chestnut 
avenue, will be held from the Axe funeral home at 10 o'clock Tuesday 
morning with Rev. Ira Duvall in charge. Interment in Grandview 
cemetery. Friends are being received at the Axe funeral home.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Friday, June 21, 1946