Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-04-16
From the Kentucky Reporter.

ing urecked, but the late stormy weather.
From the Kentucky Reporter.
HoRRID TRANSACTION.
Extract of letter to the Editor of The Re-
porter, dated EddyviIle, Feb. &c.
GA most horrid, iohuman, and audacious
murder, was committed in this neighbor-
hood on Saturday last, on the tody of Smith
Moore, and attempts were made to murder
Stan6eld Moore, his brother, Jane Moore,
his sister, and one Talbot.
"The circumstances seem TO be, that the
father of the Moores and Talbot, strangers
from Pensy lvania, lately hired farm Of the
widow Long, about six miles from this, and
lad moved to il with their families in the
afternoon on Saturday, James M'Auley,
Joshua Perkins, and Jonah -, living at
or near the mouth of Cumberland river,
protesting to belong TO regulating party,
came :vih arms to the house ar,here those peo-
pie tsved. Talbot being at the door, inyi-
ted them into the hopse-as he walked in,
two rifles were leveIled at him, one missed
fire, the othert ook effect, he boil svens taro'
his SHOULDER and back, lodging in tie o,hen
shoulder; heJsH enchanting he tyas dead
man. AT the same time the other of The
murderers went to the opposite door to pre-
vent the escape of those within, being
considerable number Of men, women and
shildreA.
"The murderers next attacked Smith and
Stanfeld Moore, with knives, dirks, &c. the
latter received many wounds, but effected
his escape into the woods with life, while
SMITH MOORE bore the brunt of the
murderers' rage; besides receiving many
other wounds, Perkins gave him a mortal
stab in his body above his second lower
rib, which reached into his liver; after
which he made many efforts to escape, but
the unrelenting savages pursued and beat
him with their guns until the breath left his
body. While he was crying for help and
mercy, bis sister, girl OF II, running to.
wards him with stick in her hand, fell in
with M Auley, and struck him to the ground;
.N'Auley recovering, struck her to the
ground, wounded her badly, and left her
for dead. During the transactions, the
father and mother of Moore, and the woman
present, by tears, argument and exertioms,
endeavoured to check the in6uman iIurde-
rers, for which they received nothing but
insult, and threats that they should also
lose their lives.-The murderers fixed 4
rope about the neck Of the dying Moore,
and were dragging him along, as if to Sc
secret the dead body, when Perkins be.
came alarmed and cried out cit is time for
US to be of, the neighborhood will be up in
arms against u.s." on this they retired.
Such is sketch of the history of this horrid
transaction. taken from the witnesses who
appeared before the jury Of inquest on the
body of Moore. Perkins is militia major.
and M'Aurey, who is man of family and
property, is Justice of the Peace in Liy-
ingston county; some attempts have been
made to apprehend them, but they are ye (
running at large near their homes.
This barbarous murder has been com
mitted under pretext of Furnishing offenders
against the laws, and shocking as it is To-
state it, there are in this civilized christian
country, those who justify this conduct. 1t
is an awful state of things, where the vilest
nen,und.r pretence Of suppressing villany,
are countenanced in whipping, wounding,
manning and numbering those whom preju-
dice or ill will point out as victims Of their
displeasure in this state Of things, the ter.
rorists, the regulators, have no security for
for their own lives against the displea,ure
OF their coadjutors.
THE FIRES
Every part Of the country seems 10 have
been visited with destructive Gres this
spring, some distressing accounts of which
will be found in the proceeding columns.