The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-01-03


The entire community were shocke,
Yesterday morning by the reception .
. 3 rumor that most diabodcal outrssa
had been peTpetratei ou the family .
. an OLD gentleman re4iding about tvs
and hslf miles from the citv and IA
milisrly known As Aa,iuss Moore De /.
q gentleman OF excellent standing IN
the county.
We shall not attempt to detail the
horrors Of the crimes We are about %
mention, but simply make brief state.
ment Of what We understood 10 be the
facts.
IL appears that at about eight o clock
on Friday a squad Of negroes. either
soldiers or dressed as such, visited the
house Of Mr., Moore and demanded ad
mittance The inmates refused 70
open the door, when the ruffians At
tempted TO force it open. For some
reason or Other, Mr. y. &. Moore. 4
son Of Mr. Thomas r made his Is.
cape into the aeois the seouudrels dr.
ING 81 him as be ran. The tends then
succeeded in breaking open the door
and entered, when they demanded mon
/ ey Snd their exactions not being com
/ piled with, they knocked down the old
gentleman and threw him out OF doors.
and beat him soseverely that he could
no longer make any resistance. They
placed a guard over him and re entered
the house when they demanded from
Mrs. Moore information as 10 the
whereabouts Of her husband money
they had already taken all that he had
in his pooket-Which she persistently
refused to give They then knocked
her down, beat her, and several Of the
indescribably diabolical wretches vio-
lated the old lady's person. They also
treated in the same manner, her grand
child, who Is not over ten years OF age.
After helping themselves To what they
desired, they LETT the terribly abused
aud outraged family, no traces as yet
have been found, which may lead
to their discovery.
Mr.. Moore and his son-the latter Of
whom confesses that be hid himself IN
the weeds while his father was being.
20 far as he knew, murdered, and h.s
own sged mother was suffering a name
les Outrage-were in the city yesterday.
and st the headquarters Of Col VIM /
B. Cav, Post Commander, signed the /
following statement:
TESTIMONY OF NICHOLAS G. MOORE.
Last night, six or twelve col0red men, /
] cannot tell how they were dressed. / /
think some of them wore short coats or
Jackets with guns, and some wore over
coats, came 10 my fathers house. near
Mission Ridge. about two snd a half /
miles from town, about two hours alter
dark, or about eight o'clock, and de-
admittance into she house [
he door was not opened az their de
uand / looked out Of the door when I
iome one OF more tired two or three
shots ! then hed into the back yard
aud hid myselt in the weeds
TESTIMONY or THos. NOORE.
The above g correct, aud after my I
s0n left the house the men forced the
door aud assaulted me, and dragged
ne out Of doors AMI placed one of
their number over me 10 prevent me |
from returning into the house they !
then made an attack upon my wife. /
striking her two or three times because /
ihe resisted telling them where the /
money was my wife would not tell /
hem where the money was then they !
10 FAnsaek the house, taking /
many things, the value Of which, at this
ime, / do not remember
/, further, have reasons for believing
hat my wife and dsaghter were beaten
md seriously lahused, yet ! was out Of
lOors, but could hear their screams
md cries for help, my wife informs me
hat one or more Of the rutliaus viola
ed her person.