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Lytle, Earl Dies Local Hosp ShamokinNews 19280605

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Earl Lytle Dies At Local Hospital
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Lytle was arrested by the officer after Lytle and three other companions were alleged to have been disorderly near the corner of Shamokin and Race streets about 3 o'clock on Memorial Day morning. McCol-lum was taking Lytle to the lockup and according to the officer's story, Lytle feigned Illness, slumped to the pavement, Clay street, side of the home of Attorney W. W. Ryan, near Shamokin street. "You'll have to drag me up," Lytle is supposed to have told the officer and when McCollum stooped to get hold of him, the youth is alleged to have kicked the officer, taken his mace from him and struck him on the left temple.
The officer then opened fire, sending four bullets toward the youth about 10 feet distant. One of them took effect and the other three went wide of their mark. The bullet struck Lytle, went through his body and lodged with the other three in a board fence near by. The youth was taken to the Shamokin state hospital'.
McCollum reported the affair to City Hall and went off duty. He didn't work for several days. The injury to his forehead which required four stitches to close and the nervous reaction following the shooting made him unfit for service. McCollum said at his home that he was sorry he shot Lytle, "but that he did it in self defense.
Lytle was born here November 5, 1907 the son of Mrs. Anne Lytle. He graduated from the "Shamokin high school with the class of 1925 and had been working with a typewriter company since as a mechanic repairman. In fact, he started this occupation in his spare time during his junior year in high school.
The young man was not known to have born a bad reputation. Ordinarily he was of quiet disposition and the fact that he was in the fatal mix-up with the officer of the law came as a distinct shock to his many friends. From friends who knew him well comes the information that he was a youth of good character. Others pay tribute to him for his industry and his close applications of his duties.
He was a member of the Omricon fraternity and the Lincoln Street Methodist Episcopal church.
He had lived with his mother, Mrs Lytle 109 North Franklin street.
In addition to his mother he Is survived by the following brothers and sisters:
- P. J.,
- Walter E.,
- Mrs. Herbert Dinger,
- Mrs. Jacob Stark,
- Miss Grace, all of Shamokin and
- Mrs. Dinger, of Paxinos.
The funeral will be held at two o'clock Thursday afternoon from his late home. The services will be private and will be in charge of Rev. Gordon Arch Williams, pastor of the Lincoln Street Methodist Episcopal church. Burial will be made in the Odd Fellows cemetery.

Clipped from Shamokin News-Dispatch, 05 Jun 1928, Tue, Page 2
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