IRISH VENDETTA.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8832, 7 June 1907, Page 4

IRISH VENDETTA.

Tho hillside overlooking tl«> beantiful . valley of Glenariffo, Antrim, has keen the scene of a terrible family vendetta, which resulted in the death of one of the combatants and serious injury to many others. There had been bad blood between two families named MoAuley and Delarg6y for a long period, and one Sunday morning oa the way home from Mass a young Tviftn of the MoAuley clan and another of the Delargeys had a fight. About six o’clock in the evening, as if by common consent, there was a strong muster of both families’ supporters near a limekilu. The storj,_of what followed was told to the coroner s jury by Daniel McAuley, a brother of the man who was killed. He said that on that evening ho saw people running from the opposite side of idle Tglen. He followed them, and when he came to the end of the road leading to tho limekiln he saw a ' crowd standing, among whom were | Alexander Delargey, his wife, and I four sons. Delargey had a'stick, his I wife had a hammer, and one of his sons had a coal sledge-hammer. He heard someone say that the two young men who fought in the morning should finish it. Just then John McAuley was struck with a stick, and a man aimed a blow, at him with a coal hammer. There was then a regular fight with hammers, sticks, and stones. Witness was try* lug to defend his brother John, and got several knocks about the head. A few minutesjlater he saw his other brother, James, lying on thelroad, and one of the Delargeys hit him on the temple with a stone. The shout was raised that a man was killed, and the fight was stopped. There was a pathetic scene when the wife of : the dying man hurried to the spot. His head was pillowed on a brother’s knee, and he was surrounded by his sous. The woman picked up the blood-stained stone, hut the sledgehammer with which the man was felled could not be found. One of the Delargeys was dangerously injured, and one of the McAuleys had several ribs broken. Nearly all the Other combatants had severe injuries. Charles and Alexander Delargey were charged with the murder of James MoAuley, and remanded. Both appeared in court heavily bandaged.