Anthony Dvoretcki: Murder

Anthony Dvoretcki was born about 1909 most likely in Illinois. His parents were Jacob Dvoretcki  & Margaret.

Inmate: #14107 Leavenworth Federal Prison

Rec: 14 Jun 1919

Crime: Murder

Term: Hanging

Commuted to Life then to 20 Years

 I found the following newspaper articles:

Here are a few of his prison records:

All his prison records are online at the National Archives, I did make him a tree on Ancestry and attached everything to it, there are almost 200 documents.

Anthony shot and killed a fellow soldier while in France, his name was Sgt. A. C. Bradley and was killed 28 Jul 1918 at Camp Du Valdahon, France. Below are some photos i found of the camp including a cemetery located at the camp.

This is the ship Anthony took to France

Mauretania 

Anthony was Military #1097846 5th trench Mortar Battery Brigade, 5th Division. He departed from NY

On his return he was on this ship as a prisoner and was held first in the Atlanta Federal Prison in Georgia.

Susquehanna 

While Anthony was in prison his father died, Nov of 1923 and he was trying to get some money together to go to the funeral with a guard escort, but it didn't happen, the following telegrams that are in his prison records show what happened.

His father was buried without him.

Anthony had the following siblings

Albion

Peter

Margaret (Mary)

Charles

They are all his contacts while he was in prison

I also found the following Military records

Anthony's other prison records

Anthony was paroled 27 Feb 1929

This record below is common when investigating murders they always look to a known criminal first unless they have witnesses ect.

Anthony died 9 Dec 1949 in Chicago, IL

I hope you enjoyed Anthony's story, although we do not know if he ever married after being released, we know he was home with his family.