Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Lyons nọ na kọleji Boston naanị nwa oge, tupu a họpụta ya onye isi kọleji Gonzaga. O were ọkwa ahụ na Disemba 27, 1908, na-anọchi Joseph J. Himmel. N'oge na-adịghị anya mgbe ọ batara n'ọchịchị,
ala ọma jijiji mere na Messina, Ịtali, ụlọ akwụkwọ ahụ wepụtara nnukwu emume maka ndị ahụ nwụrụ, nke Bishọp Diomede Falconio mere ma bụrụkwa nke Bonaventura Cerretti bụrụ. Ndị bịara ya bụ Bishọp Denis J. O'Connell, Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte, onye nnọchianya Ịtali na United States, bụ́ Joseph Himmel, na ndị ụkọchukwu si n'òtù ndị okpukpe Dominican, Franciscan, na Paulist. Emere oriri iji sọpụrụ onye isi ala ọhụrụ na February 10, nke Congressman William Bourke Cockran gara. Ọchịchị Lyons kwụsịrị na July 8, 1909, mgbe Eugene DeL nọchiri ya. McDonnell, ị na-ekwu eziokwu?