Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-06-21

SHOCKING TRAGEDY IN LowELL.-One of
the most shocking crimes was committed in
Lowell, Tuesday about noon, in the murder
of Mrs. Bryant Moore by her own husband,
and his subsequent attempt at suicide. Bry-
ant Moore, the perpetrator of the tragedy, is
shoemaker by trade, and has resided in
Lowell about three years. He is about fifty
two years old, and has been three times mar.
ried. He is of temperate habits, and very
courteous in his dealings with all persons ex-
cept the members of his own household with
whom his relations have been of most disa
greeable character. About year since he
was married to Mrs. Alexander Sisson, widow
OF well known druggist, and a lady much
respected by all her acquaintance. She was
forty five years old last December Both par
ties have children by former marriages. For
some time Mr., Moore has been uncontrollaby
jealous of his wife, his suspicious being chiefly
directed to milk man, named Samuel Woos.
ter, living at Dracut, who supplied his family
with milk, and whose reputation is too good
to suffer any injury from the stories Moore
has circulated about him. The only ground
he had for this suspicion was the fact that
Wooster had once taken Mrs. Nj. to ride. be.
fore her last marriage, and had carried her to
visit his place at Dracut.
On Tuesday, after dinner, when there was no
one III the house but himself and wife. her it,
tie grand daughter and his idiot son, he came
down from the attic to the Kitchen where his
wife was busy at work, and asked her to 90
up stairs and help him pack his things, prepar
atory to going to Somerylle She complied
and went up with him. After they had been
gone some minutes, the little girl heard two
sharp reports of pistol and in few moments
Mr. Moore came rushing down, with his head
wifi HAT h.,
dered. He rushed out on the street, and on
going up stairs she found her grandmother ly.
ing dead City Marshal Lovejoy happened to
be passing the house at the time and saw
Moore rush out, crying Murder" S'I'm shot,"
They've been trying to kill me-" "My wife
has shot me-" &c. He found his head and
clothes were covered with blood, and carried
Kim into the house. Before he got in he made
a statement that he and his wife had been shot
by man, but that he did not see his face, or
recognize him. Going to the attic he found
Mrs NJ. lying dead in pool of blood On or
near her left hand was five barreled revolver,
all the barrels of which had been discharged.
Moore, who was below, several times. stated
that his wife had shot him and then killed her
self. The following letter was found among
many others, and shows that he had premedi-
tated the destruction OF his family for several
days =
LOWELL, June I4th 1850
Mr. John w Mouton and Nathaniel Roberts
l Leave you and all the Rest of the world sudden
l cannot stay and may god have mercy on our souls
and bless all we Leave behind tell Della and Eugene
there father Loved them and Loves them still but he
could not Live any Longer for hard work and trou-
bic has worne him out and he has one to care for
MIN or Lemuel they go to gether do not think me
Kong in taking Lemuel with me how would he fare
If ! should Leave him i'll this cold world for giyeme
If have done ROng feel that god has for given
Inc ana Dlds me come home Bryant MoOie'
"Lowell June 14th 1860
would say to all that may be conserved that all
the goods in this house are mine except bed steds
beds and some good that aIe in trunks and Q
square boxes one baurough cloks and . tables and
3 chairs
II wish if il is NECESSARY to buiTe me and my wife
and Lemuel that fourth as much as is NECESSARY
to be sold to pay the bills if there is any thing left
wish Della and Eugene to have it."
The general impression seems to be that
Moore was not insane but only had his excit.
able disposition very much destructed by
Jealousy, till it gradually grew to be morbid
passion. His intercourse with people, if at all
singular, was not characterized by anything
more than slight eccentricity, and all of his
most insane actions are thought by many to
have been fegned in order to cover up his real
criminality.