The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-06
4 REIGN or TERROR IN INDIANA.
Horsewbippina. Midnight Assa ssinHtiou, Ar
son. and Threatened Lvnching.

FROM the indianapolis sentinel
MITCHELL, Ind, June 29.-The county OF
Orange and south part OF Lawrence county, In
dcrgoing q storm OF excitement, owing to some
alleged recent Developments In the history Of
certain great grimes committed In tho neigh
borhood Of Orleans, Ave miles south OF this
place. during the last ak or eight years Pri-
yate feuds have nllcd the WHOLE community
Perhaps the feeling OF insecurity but feebly ex-
presses the fact, for some, Of the most 1endish
offences known IN the dark annals Of crime have
occurred IN this immediate neighborhOod with
In tue last Few years Some OF these, which
have tahen place In the families OF the Moodys
and Iollivers. are peculiar in their character
The father Of the present Tolliver family, an
old gentleman Of some sixty years, having lost
bis FIRST wife, married u maiden sister OF MIR.
Thomas Moody. She was old and her character
hxed, so that she aud her husband are said not
70 have agreed well together, whilc the cOndi-
equal IN point OF misery to being in Pandemo-
mum. This, however, did not last long. II was
who was killed by n runaway team. But the end
OF one misery was only the beginning OF an other
wealth, part Of which was thought To- be in
bonds and money This part of his fortune
was never found. and Its absence became
cause OF mutual elimination between
the stepmother. widow. and the chill
dren. While il-feeling from this cause was
running high between them, the sale Of old Mr..
Iollye.s propert, took place, and Mr. Thomas
was admissablo. AOnzo u. Jones, VINO had mar
red one OF the daughters. avenged the impro-
prety by whipping the old man severely. The
next step was a Islander suit, brought 10y the
MOodys against some OF the Tolliver children
Tor words spoken In relation to the lost money
and bonds. This action was prosecuted for
Moody BY the Hon. Martin VI. Ray, late OF this
CIT. Owing TO his ability aud eloduence bis
client recovered a verdict for $500.
Not long after a large number OF rsons, In
the middle OF n summer night, assailcd Moody's
house, and having placed several demijohns
kerosene
set them on Ore, and then threw BON bshells and
hand ereDades. charged with every species Of
de dly missile, through the windows. Several
members Of the family were wounded. Men
and women rushed from the building to escape
the danger Of the flaming floors while the Ore
leaped up the sides Of the house and caught the
ceilings. As Thomas Moody stepped from the
door he encouniered the mob, and pursuit was
at once given. He ran toward the cornneld. In
which the stalks were high enough to conceal a
man. The crowd gave chase. As the unfortu-
nate man reached the top OF the fence be was
struck oy one Of the large number Of balls fred
At him. Thus wounded and bleeding he fell
ESCAPED into a neieh6ors house. willis his enc.
mics, seemingly satisfied with what they had
done, left the place.
he recovered. Some attempts TO prosecute the
offenders were made soon after the commission
to the absence OF any. sunieient evidence. At
last, IN 1879 or 1873, indictments were returned
against A. b. Jones, one Of the Tolllvers, aud
one Murray a brother-in-law Of the other de-
PENDANTS, for the crimes OF arson, burglary and
assault and battery with intent to commit MUIR
der.
rhey wero tried and acquitted, and the other
Indictments were dismissed.
In March, 1870 an event happened which again
called attention TO the subject. aud gave rise to
much speculation In regard to IL. THIS was the
assassination Of Mr.. Moody at his own door In
the town Of ORLEANS. In the night time. He was
shot TO death, two barrels OF adoubIe-b arrelIed
shotgun. loaded with buckshot, being die
CHARGED into his person. lie died the next
morning. without identifying his assassin. No
clue To the murderer or murderers was made
aud the event W IS seemingly forgotten. Subse-
quently by crime or misfortune, the planning mil
OF A. b. Jones. in the town Of Mitchell, was
burned to the ground. Involving a loss OF nearly
all he possessed. and tue house Of simpson Toll-
yer met with n similar fate. No author Of these
crimes, " they werc such. has ever been discov-
ereu. WITHIN the last four weeks, however,
large rewards have been offered by the Gov
ernor. the Com miss ners OF Orange county, aud
the Moody family. A. Il. Jones was arrested
and brought before a magistrate, charged with
the murder Of Moody.
The Grand Jury on the ed Of June, returned
an Indictment Tor murder in the hrst degree
against A. IL. Jones, one Lowry, Lee Jones, DR..
Milton y. foliver. and Thomas Iolliver. Upon
thi- indie ment they nave all been arrested, and
are now In custody. Lowry pleaded guilty and
was sentenced to imprisonment for life at JET
tersonyille. Tho others remain In the jail e
PaOli. The popular excitement has risen with
the mon spirit, Immediately fter the cOnvic-
ton OF Lowry. was life III the streets II Pdoli.
Men were heard To decla.e with great oaths that
all that now remained to complete Justice IN
respect to the other four was to give each Of
them seven feet OF rope.