Chester County PA Archives Obituaries.....Tregay, William Oct 2, 1927
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LANCASTER INTELLIGENCER, 03 Oct 1927, Mon · Page 9
C-VILLE ATTORNEY 
NOMINEE VICTIM 
OF AN INFECTION 
William Tregay Fails To Rally 
After Operation—Rushed 
To Phila. 
(Special to Intelligencer) 
Coatesville, October 3. — Failing to 
recover from an attack of acute ap- 
pendicitis followiné an operation in 
the Coatesville Hospital, William Tre- 
gay. Republican nominee for the office 
of District Attorney at the recent Pri- 
mary election, died yesterday at 6:30 
Stricken til for the first time late 
Friday night, the well known attorney 
was removed to the local institution 
where his condition was at once recog- 
ntzed as critical. Dr. James Kennedy, 
Philadelphia specialist. was rushed 
here and an operation performed Sat- 
urday morning. 
Hanging between life and death. 
Tregay appeared to be constantly 
growing weaker. Despite his condition. 
though. he waged a brave battle a- 
gainsk a virulent form of infection 
which complicated his case. 
As the man who would have become 
District Attorney suffered. the entire 
city maintained a silent death-watch. 
Interest in his condition became so 
great. as his illness became more wide- 
ly known, that the local hospital was 
obliged to issue hourly bulletins. 
Suffering a relapse late yesterday 
afternoon. Tregay was In a semi-con- 
scious condition when his wife was 
summoned to his bedside. Death ar- 
rived with a heart attack at six-thirty. 
Wfth the entire city cloaked in 
mourning for the well known attorney 
who oplY two weeks ago received the 
Republican nomination with one of 
the largest majorities of the election. 
fitting funeral services were being 
planned. 
"The entire county mourns the death 
Of Mr. Tregay," Mayor Albert H. Swing 
declared today. "He had made many 
sacrifices to take the position of Dis- 
trict Attorney and was planning many 
things for the county. He was always 
upright. honest and one of the most 
admired members of the Chester Coun- 
ty Bar." 
Fifty years of age, Mr. Tregay prac- 
ticed law • in this county for more 
than the past fifteen years. Reaching 
the peak of his success in recent years, 
he has had more cases listed for court 
than anv cyher member. 
The October term of Court which 
opens at West Chester today is Virtu- 
ally crammed With cases which will 
necessarily be postponed on account 
of his death. 
Special services will be conducted by 
members of the Washington Fire Com- 
pany. of this city, of which Mr. Tre- 
gay was a trustee. Plans for this ser- 
vice will be made today. Resolutions 
will also be passed by the Chester 
County Bar Association which will 
probably gather today.