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- Elmer Frank Archibee - May 13, 1904 - November 17, 1945. Military Service: Veteran of the United States Army during World War II, with service from November 12, 1942 to July 24, 1945. Son of Benjamin and Clara Walters Archibee.
Newspaper Article - Thursday, November 8, 1945 Syracuse Herald-Journal - Syracuse, New York - Police Close Probe Into Cell Death - Evidence Indicates Archibee Fell Before Being Jailed as Drunk - Police today closed investigation into the death of Elmer Frank Archibee, 41, of 119 Curtis street, who succumbed to a fractured skull in a cell at Headquarters yesterday. Additional evidence has shown that Archibee fell to the pavement on the North Side about 14 hours before his death, they said. Detective John Fitzgibbons last night learned that Archibee was seen leaving a grill at Carbon and Wolf streets about 12:50 a.m. He walked near a telephone pole, apparently attempted to grab it, and fell to the pavement. Coroner Harry L. Gilmore said he found a fracture at the base of Archibee’s skull, but there were no external marks on the head. The hemorrhage occurred between the brain and the brain covering. Archibee was picked up at Carbon and Wolf streets shortly after 1:30 a.m. yesterday by Patrolman William Delaney, and was booked for public intoxication. At that time, Delaney said, the victim was unable to stand, had to be lifted into the wagon, and his speech was unintelligible. Capt. Irving R. Blanchard said that at no time during his 12 hours of confinement was Archibee able to identify himself. At 12:30 p.m., two hours before the man’s death, Capt. Blanchard called an ambulance. The accompanying physician said that the victim's heart and pulse were normal and that he apparently was only suffering from the effects of too much alcohol. At 2:30 p.m., when Patrolman John J. Brolin again checked the prisoner’s condition, he found the man appeared to be failing and called Blanchard. Capt. Blanchard found him dead when he entered the cell. The body was taken to the County Morgue, and a teletype message was sent by Bertillon Clerk Patrick Hanlon to state police at Pulaski with a description of the body and man’s fingerprints. Police learned that Archibee had been living in Syracuse with a sister, Mrs. Clinton Hall of 119 Curtis street. A brother, Elwin, of R. D. 2, Richland, was located and came to Syracuse to identify the body.
Newspaper Obituary - (date unavailable) 1945 Syracuse Herald-Journal - Syracuse, New York - Funeral Tomorrow of Archibee, Found Dead in Syracuse - Pulaski - The funeral of Elmer F. Archibee, veteran of World War 2, who was found dead Wednesday afternoon in a cell at Syracuse police headquarters, will be conducted by Mrs. Donald M. Cobb, Pastor of Richland Methodist church, at 2 p.m. Sunday at the home of his twin brother, Elwin Archibee, in Vorea road, town of Orwell, with burial in Evergreen cemetery, Orwell. After an investigation by Syracuse police and Onondaga county Coroner Harry L. Gilmore, authorities reported the veteran apparently suffered a skull fracture when he fell to the pavement on Syracuse's north side early Wednesday morning. Tentative identification was made from army discharge papers in the man's possession, at police headquarters, where, officials said, he was booked on a public intoxication charge. Investigators later learned Archibee had been living in Syracuse with a sister, Mrs. Clinton Hall, of 119 Curtis street.
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1904 - 1945 (41 years)
d. 24 Sep 1928, Williamstown, Oswego County, New York