Peter was congenial kind of guy who nevertheless did not hesitate to resort to physical force when confronted with a situation fraught with the need for dorceful retaliation. This incident, in March of 2015, was most likely the result of a provocation. Peter was 17 at the time so protraying him as a "man" may indicate there was some kind of bias in play on the part of the reporter. And the reporter could have stated that "it could not be learned what the 14 year old did to deserve the beating".
World War I draft registration card in 1918 when Peter was 20 years old..
Early on Peter took a job in the coal mines an gets hurt in January, 1920. Attaching a mule harness to the side of a loaded coal car is referred to as a side hook .
Peter became a Mount Carmel police officer around 1930. Policing standards in those days included having officers carry a night stick as they walked their beat....and they were expected to use them to maintain the peace. Miscreants were well aware that a cracked skull was a real possibility should they choose to resist or ignore an officer's orders.
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You can't make this stuff up.
Andy Griffith Show fodder.
This 1940 census report shows Peter and his family of wife and three children living with his mother in her house on 7th Street in Mount Carmel. Peter's father had passed since the census of 1930 was taken.
Peter's World War II draft card. Men 25-45 were required to register. However, sole family providers were deferred. Peter did not serve during World War II.
By 1950 Peter's mother had died and his last child Carol Ann was born.
Peter earns a ell deserved promotion on the Mount Carmel police froce.
An early death left Verna a widow faced with having to raise four kids by herself
Peter was buried in the Lithuanian Holy Cross cemetary next to his parents
