Hubert Treacy

Hubert J. Treacy, Jr., born 01/13/1913 in New York, NY.  Lived in New York, NY. prior to entrance on duty. Died on 03/13/1942 in Abingdon, VA.

On March 13, 1942, Special Agent Hubert J. Treacy, Jr., was murdered by two Army deserters in an Abingdon, Virginia, gun battle.  SAs Treacy and Charles L. Tignor approached two soldiers from Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, to question them in an Abingdon restaurant.  The fugitives opened fire without warning.  SA Treacy was killed almost instantly, and SA Tignor was seriously wounded.  The soldiers, Charles J. Lovett, age 21, and James Edward Testerman, age 22, were captured a few hours after the shooting by FBI Agents and local officers.