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Albert De Leary

Male 1906 - 1957  (51 years)


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  • Name Albert De Leary 
    Born 1906  Muncey Reserve, London, Middlesex Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/252830253 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-143836 
    Died 1957  [1
    Buried Pinehill Cemetery, Pinehill, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I143836  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

  • Notes 
    • In Criminal Charges

      True bills were returned on Tuesday by the grand jury at Supreme Court winter assizes at Kitchener in four criminal charges.

      Alvin Lebold, Wellesley, and Albert Deleary, Muncey Reserve, London, will go on trial on a charge of murder in connection with the death
      of Donald Fowler, 21, of Stratford.

      The youth's body was found last October on a road leading from No. 7 and 8 highway near Waldau.

      New Hamburg Independent 2 Feb 1952

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      Murder Charge Laid In Killing Near Waldau


      Alvin Lebold, 32, of Wellesley, and Albert Deleary, 44, of the Muncey Reserve, were charged with murder in connection with the death of Donald Fowler, 21, of Stratford, whose body was found Wednesday morning outside the trailer which the three men shared, in a trailer camp at Waldau, on .the highway three miles west of Kitchener.

      Fowler's 'body was discovered resting on a stump, with a .22 calibre rifle at his feet. Asleep in the trailer were Lebold and Deleary, who were charged with the killing, following medical examination of the body, which revealed that a bullet had penetrated Fowler's neck.

      The two men charged are employees of a New Dundee sawmill, and had lived in the trailer about two months. Fowler, a handyman, had joined them about a month ago. Investigators learned that a scuffle took place in the trailer Tuesday night and the sound of a rifle discharge was heard.

      New Hamburg Independent 11 Nov 1951

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      Deleary is acquitted of the D. Fowler murder charge

      KITCHENER, Ont. (P.C.) Albert Deleary, 45, of the Muncey reserve, was acquitted of a murder charge yesterday.

      The victim in this case. Donald Fowler, 21, of Stratford, lived in a trailer, along with Deleary and another individual, Alvin Lebold, 32, of Wellesley, who is due to hear the jury's verdict today on a charge identical to that of which Deleary was acquitted.

      Fowler was killed by a shotgun blast in the neck on November 21, following a quarrel between the three men, who had gotten drunk.

      Le Droit, Ottawa, Le Jeude 21 Fevriere 1952

  • Sources 
    1. [S560] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - Pinehill Cemetery CC#4549 Cemetery Internet Link.
      Albert DeLEARY/ 1906-1957/ Born Muncey Reserve/ London, Ontario/ At rest

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1906 - Muncey Reserve, London, Middlesex Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Pinehill Cemetery, Pinehill, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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