Joseph Litty
June 8, 1885-Aug. 24, 1944
Niles Daily Star, Friday, August 25, 1944, page 1, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
Liddy Dies of Beating by His Sons
After being in a coma for four days, as the result of head injuries, Joseph Liddy, 59, of Route 4, Niles, died Thursday afternoon at 5 in Lee Memorial hospital, Dowagiac. He never regained consciousness after state police took him to the hospital last Sunday.
Although Asa Hayden, prosecuting attorney of Cass county, could not be reached today in Cassopolis, it is believed that no charges will be brought against the two men, who reportedly protected their mother and home from attack by Liddy, who was in a drunken rage.
Liddy's injuries were inflicted during a brawl in which the sons, Mike and Joseph, wrested from him an iron pipe with which he had begun to wreck contents of the Liddy home in Milton township, while threatening members of the household, according to the family's story.
A warrant previously had been issued charging Liddy with assault on the sons with intent to do bodily harm.
Funeral Private
Joseph Liddy was born in Austria June 8, 1885, and came to the Untied States 35 years ago. Surviving him are his former wife, Anna, six sons and seven daughters and a brother, Steve, believed to be still in Austria.
Private services will be conducted by the Rev. Joseph Hyink in the Rutherford funeral home Saturday at 2. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.