HEN CAUSES DEATH.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3579, 15 September 1920, Page 7

HEN CAUSES DEATH.

A tragic affair occurred at Dcrgmony near Tmagh, Co., Tyrone, as a result of which an ol'd-age pensioner named Patrick Huughey lost his life, and two neighbours, named Henry McDermott and his son Francis Joseph McDermott, have been arresfe* and remanded in custody. At the inquest his widow said she had asked him what was wrong. He said: "Harry MeDermott and his son killed me." The jury returned a verdict that deceased died from broken ribs and collapse. When the McDermotts were charged with causing the death of Haughey, Henry McDermott said: "I don't deny T struck him," and the son, on arrest, said. "1 did not strike him; it was my father struck him." It is stated that the fatal dispute arose over the trespass of a hen.