Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-08-12
JUDGE LYNCH.
Detailed Account Of the Carter County Rape
and Murder Case.

oAN N AANoi Saeos
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn, Aug. Z, IA.
EDITORS CHRONICLE Having suf-
fered slight injury few days since,
we have been unable to give the
CHRONICLE, the items from this sec.
ton for some time past, but to-day we
have been called upon to chronicle the
most horrible tragedy, that has ever
been our misfortune to witness.
Learning at late hour yesterday
evening that young girl by the name
of Alice Moody, had been outraged
and murdered, by colored boy by the
name of Jim Morley in Carter county,
about seven mile, distant from this
place. We, were soon ON our-way to
the scene of the outrage, in company
with severed gentlemen After a ride
Of two hours IN the night, along un-
frequeuted roads and by. paths, We
Were informed that we were near the
place, and our guide went forward to
ascertain our whereabouts ~ It was
very dark and the forest dense Breath.
voice rdug out upon the night air. in
an uncertain, iaiterirg tone, here
boys, this must lie the place - Then
in second he called out Here /
knew | was right: here hangs the
ID scOundrei by the neck, "a dead H.
hi" We were soon OH the spot, every
one enquiring where "wh.r-,m and
no one leaving the crowd To see. A
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our party bad one. Two gentlemen
were then dispatches to the nearest
house for light that We might see The
SURROUNDINGS, when a man made his
appearance riding a white horse bear.
ing Il dim lantern We hailed him
and soon We were presented with "A
scene, iuaH God forbid, that we should
ever behold again. Hanging by the
neck L. a dog wood tree, was found
the fieud that had murdered ami out
ragged Alice Moody, All innocent or.
phan girl, only twelve year, OF age,
four days previous, on the same spot.
The woods were vocal with oaihs for
sometime. Each one, TO be sure he was
dead, examined for himself. Ona
close Inspection il was fnuld that his
body contained eight or ten bullet
holes. He was Also shot in the face
and head.
The following are the facts CLEANED
from persons on the spot who witness.
ed the hanging aud heard the confess
ion:
Last Sunday morning the girl, who
has been making her home among her
relatives, since the death Of her
parents, went to visit her upclc, who
lived one mile ami half dislAut. with
the intention OF remaining several
days, as was her usual custom, but late
in the afternoon concluded to return,
and passing through thick wood
carrying pet chicken, a present from
her uncle, was met by Jim Worley,
who seized her and carried her about
ten PAGES from the path, attem pied To
violate her person, when he was so
strongly +, sisted by the child that he
had 10 choke her down. He then hit
her severe blow with club, and TAX
Ing out his knife cut her throat. az.
cOmpllshrd his hellish design. covered
up the body and passed on. where he
was sent TO feed some stock in a neigh.
boring field. The deed was not dis
covered until Thursday evening. when
some men passing thai way who had
q
was unmistakable, and on search soon
found the mangIrd and putreded re-.
mains OF Alice Moody.
She was taken up aud buried that
night about ten o'clock The whole
country was on the search ~ the
murderer. A. first there seemed 10 l..
no clue until II was found that this
negro BOY W., seem lOiug -, IA,
lafa I.N
but denie VA INK anytrIn- o do vi l.
II, or knowing all, hnIZ about IT,
Every one seemed To be Convinced thal
he was the guilty party, and he wa,
not released, and IL was soon found tha
he had been seen with bloody knife
also the girls belt. When he wa
charged with this he confessed that he
knew something about il, but that bOS
by the name OF Rufus Taylor, Jr., was
the guilty party. Taylor was arrested
and when he appeared before Coroner
Martin, Morley said he had nothing
10 do with II, but he (WOrley) did ii
all. 1t was with some difficulty that
his life was saved until the preliminary
examination was concluded. He wa
then delivered 10 Deputy Sheriff
Crockett, who, with a. strong guard
bound him and started TO EliZabethtOI
Jail, when they were intercepted bS
about zone hundred men, white anC
black, who Overp0wered the guards
took the boy, and after giving ain
time TO pray, (which he occupied il
cursing them and declaring biz gull
and readiness to die, he was hung "A,
before stated, in the presence of at leas
four hundred people, white and black
men and women.
he Is still hanging, and no one will
dare to take him down. Never wss
there as much excitement In tina
county, never in the history Of thi
country, was there ever committed
crime half so heinous. Little Alic
VISA beautiful, promising child, love
and pattad bv oil who Epayy bar fTbi