[Pharmboy]

Not especially easy to beat a man to death with your fists. Dad must have either known how to throw a punch (training? natural athlete?), hit him in a vulnerable area (larynx? temple?), used a rock or a stick, or got him on the ground an kicked the stuffing out of him (abdomen-->ruptured liver? head-->bleed?).

The guy could have also had a heart attack out of fear...be interesting to see what the coroner says...at any rate, not guilty.

[W. W. SMITH]

A shoulder into the small of the back and power drive him into or through a wall. That would be good odds for him being dead.

[Forty-Niner]

“Not especially easy to beat a man to death with your fists.”

I assume that it was the father’s barn.....cowboy’s/farmers make their living with their hands/strength. They are as tough as nails. Crossing them is taking your own life in your hands.