Irishman’s Fierce Fight Against Arrest
SUSPECTED OF MURDERING A WOMAN.
Received Wednesday, 11.50 p.m. LONDON, April 29.
Suspected of murdering a woman, John Harrity, a farmer of Eathmullin, County Dongeal, put up an extraordinary fight against arrest. Upon receiving warning he seized a gun and ammunition, rushed to Lough Swilly and clambered into a boat. Four Civil guards manned another boat and went in pursuit. Harrity picked off and wounded each of the police. Soldiers then manned four boats, firing while they converged on the fugitive who only surrendered slightly wounded when his boat sank under him.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 30 April 1931, Page 3
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