Awful news. 26 February 1924
CO. MEATH TRAGEDY Ceanannus Mor Man Found , Dead With Throat Cut A shocking tragedy occurred in Cesnannus Mot, Co. Meath, on Saturday last, when 'Peter Higgins, • shoemaker, aged about 60 years, was found dead by one of his daughters, with his throat cut, in a shed at the rere of his residence in Magdalene street. Deceased, who was a widower, had been in delicate health for some time past. An inquest was held on the same evening by Dr. John Brangan, P.C., coroner for North Meath. The jury returned a verdict that deceased came by his death from a wound self-inflicted while temporarily insane. Kate Higgins deposed that about 4.30, after a search for her father in the garden, she found him in the shed, stretched on the floor in a pool of blood. He was not in good health, and much depressed since Christmas. Michael Higgins stated that at 1.30 he was informed that his father had taken a lotion. He immediately inquired from him what he had taken, and deceased informed him he was suffering from internal trouble and had taken Sloan's liniment at 11 a.m. His father had been depressed for the past six months.
In the Census posted Peter Higgins was a shoemaker
