OBIT: A. L. SKELLY, 1909, Lancaster, Lancaster County, PA

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STRANGLED IN HOTEL
Falls Between Wall and Washstand and Chokes to Death.

Lancaster, Pa,, April 21.-A man who gave his name as A. L. Skelly,
and on whose body was found the address, Thirty-fourth street and Haverford 
avenue, Philadelphia, registered at the Wheatland hotel, and was found
strangled on the floor of his room.  He had fallen between the washstand and
the wall in such a manner that his chin caught on the leg of the washstand
and caused death. It is said that he had been drinking.

Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone, PA, April 22, 1909