The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-03-25
A Fatal Fsmily Feud.

A New Albany, Ind. correspondent OF
the Sun describes q terrible tragedy re-
sulting from a long standing feud, OF re
cent occurrence in that vicinity. On Tues
| day night last, Thomas Moody. a promi-
nent and highly respected citizen was
shot dead as he was about entering his
house. Scores of excited men ran to the
place whence the report of the double dis
charge of shotgun proceeded, and there
| found Mr.. Moody lying bleeding and pros
| trate on the ground, surrounded bv his
| three brothers, who had come from the
house on hearing the cries Of the victim
for aid The wounded mSh was carried
into the house, and then it was ascertain
ed that he had evidently been shot with
double barreled shot gun, heavily loaded
with buckshot, as his body was filled with
the shot, Four were found in the gate
and six in the door, one OF which penetrat-
ed through the door and sunk into the
| stairway From Mr.. Moody's antemortem
| statement it appears that the first shot
was fired Just as he was opening the gate,
| the four buckshot taking effect in his right
| hip, He then turned around and faced
| the assassin, who was concealed behind
| a fence. some thirty PAGES distant, and
| hidden from observation by the shadow OF
| stable. Then came the second discharge
the load taking effect in his abdomen, AID
| two shots striking his left arm and break
| ing it. He fell to the ground and the as
sassin esce ped. What adds peculiar IN
| terest to the affair is that some time ago
the house of the Moody family occupied
| by the present victim, his three brothers
and Mary Tolliver widowed sister, Wa7
attacked by fifteen armed men, who made
a desperate effort to murder the-enlire
! Household and burn the house.
The assa5sins began their attack by
| throwing three Jugs of benzine through
| the windows into the room occupied by
| Dr. Thomas Moody, at the same tim"
| throwing q number of large torpedoea
| loaded with buckShot nails, screws, and
| other missiles into the rooms on the
ground floor, setting fire to The furniture
| and bedding. Meantime they Were firing
| into the house with revolvers and guns
| Mr.. Lee, the man employed by the MoodvS
as a farm hand, was shot through thr
thigh and through the back Mrs Iolli
yer was injured slightly By some of the
missiles from the torpedoes and badly
burned by fire. Mr.. Thomas Moody ran
out of the house and was shot i'm the back,
the ball coming out OF his breast but n"
escaped from the scene of the outrage,
and aroused a neighbor named Hall, Who
gave the alarm. Suspicion pointed Y
family living in the neighborhood. named
| Tolliver, as the rlngleader- in the daSttlNi-
| ly outrage 1t seems that about one Nrpr
| before the attack, the sister Of the Mpudl
| brothers married a wealthy widoWer uan-
ed Tolliver the father of the parties SITS
pected of making the attack. Iolilv@
| grown up son and daughters bitterly va
| posed the match, and made it exceedingly
| unpleasant Tor the young wife. Shortly
after the marriage the aged bridegroom
met a violent death, being thrown bl 70
runaway horse. and 4 terrible quaI".
arose as to the manner OF diSposing OF NJ
large property These pickering led To Il
| feud between the two families and it had
been frequently prophesied that it would
| lead to bloodshed 1t is thought that the
| assassin came from Illinois, and was hire
to commit the deed by the Tolliyers. y
reward OF $1,000 has been offered Tor the
arrest and conviction Of the murderer oj
| Thomas Moody, and Coy. Hendricks will
| offer a reward Of at least on equal amount
| on behalf OF the State The excitement iu
the surrounding country IS rapidly mcrea7
| ing. and every effort will be made by tip"
| authorities and the people to bring Tn"
guilty parties to justice