Age: 70
Sex: male
Date: 14 Oct 1905
Place: Clifton Smithy, Overshiel Farm, East Calder, Edinburgh
Patrick Docherty was found murdered in his cottage, Clifton Smithy, near Overshiels Farm in East Calder on Saturday 14 October 1905.
He lived in a lonely spot close to Overshiels Farm and Clifton Farm with his skull battered to pieces. It was thought that he had been battered with a hammer which was found bloodstained nearby.
see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
see Falkirk Herald - Wednesday 18 October 1905
see West Lothian Courier - Friday 20 October 1905
see Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser - Monday 16 October 1905
see Kirkintilloch Herald - Wednesday 27 December 1905
see Unsolved 1905
