NEWS: William LYNCH killed; State Trooper, Corporal William R. HANNA and young 
boy, Samuel A. KENT seriously wounded due to Hunters' Trespassing, 1932, of 
interest in Somerset County, PA   

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WILLIAM LYNCH

Bloody Tragedy Due to Hunters' Trespassing

Aged Farmer Killed and State Trooper and Boy Seriously Wounded

  William Lynch, a 70-year-old farmer, living near Fayette City, was killed last 
Saturday and Corporal William R. Hanna, State policeman, and Samuel A. Kent, a 
14-year-old boy, were seriously wounded as the result of the aged farmer using a 
gun to prevent trespassing on his land by hunters.
  Corp. William R. Hanna is the State policeman injured.  One bullet pierced his 
windpipe, threatening him with congestion of the lungs from the blood flow.
  Young Kent, a member of the hunting party, was struck in the hip when Lynch 
fired on the hunters.
  After shooting Kent, Lynch barricaded himself in his home.  Chief of Police 
John Perri of Belle Vernon, called the State Police when Lynch answered an order 
to surrender with a threat to kill the first man who invaded his home.
  Corporal Hanna and Privates Joseph Hoffer and Howard O'Donnell answered the 
police chief's call for aid.
  Lynch again refused to surrender.  The State Police threw a tear-gas bomb 
through a window.  Lynch came out, firing.  One of his shots struck Hanna in the 
neck, piercing his windpipe.  The troopers returned the fire.  Lynch fell and 
died before surgical aid could reach him.
  Corporal Hanna had been cited for bravery in 1929.  He was formerly in charge 
of the State Police sub-station at Altoona.

Meyersdale Republican, November 17, 1932