The New York herald., 1877-01-22
A MODERN CAIN.

ENMITY BETWEEN BROTHERS CAUSED BIZ
TICKLE woMAN-THE yoUNaEk wAYLAID
AND sHor--HE SEARCH roR THE BODY AND
THE DIsoovERY-DIsAPPEAnANc OF THE
MURDERER.
MOuyTvILLE. Pa, Jan. 20. 1871
Up In the welch Mountains, three miles from this
numbering village, lives family by the name OF Lis
ton consisting Of old man, his wife, and until ten
days ago. two sons named John and William. Tho
men wero all woodchoppers. and, while being ignorant
and coarse, had been looked upon as bad char
actors John, the eldest was married year ago to
girl Sarah Carley The latter died three months
ago ana John began pay attention to
his late wife, named Eliza. Che, AT tho time OF the
death OF her sister. was engaged to be married TO
William Lston. After her sister died and John Lstoh
began his attentions Eliza forsook her betrothod and
favored the brothers. Tho Carley family also
a family OF lumbermcn, and Of about the stand
ing as the Listens.
BETWEEN THE DRornEkA =
In consequence of the jtng he received at the
hands OF eliza Carey William Liston, looking upon
his brother the direct cause, harborcd ecng OF
bitter cnmity against him. This icong broke out in
fierce personal encounter between the brothers on
CHRISTMAS Day, and William Inflicted severe injury
upon John with knife. II Is alleged that the latter
II IT took all his lile." But notwithstanding tho
every day, renewal OF hostes took place, and the
rcnis OF each believed that there would be further
trouble Since the LIST OF January both the mon had
been working in tho mountain, two miles from
home, getting out logs. Ono day, week before last II
be en- seen proving about further back the
tain, party Of men was organized TO go IN search
o h% Among the Party was w1ls% 1hn s,on s,a After
believed he would go too, and, borrowing gun OF
fellow workman, followed tho hunters.
MURDER.
In getting in tho neighborhood OF where the boar
had been seen the men separated Tho snow was
deep, but covered with thick crust that bore the
weight Of The men, William Liston took course
down the mountain. The men hunted nearly all day.
the clearing. but without William Lislon. Ai.el
he LETT the party IN the morning noinin!
HAD been seen seen Of him, About an hou.
gun heard of IN the direction be took. John Lis
ton had been with the hunters at ALL and returned
TO his work threo hours after he followed the
party out, remarking that she'd had all the damned
bear hun,in' he wanted" 1t thought by all the
the bear, ana had followed fur that had been
unable TO get back soon tho rest. But when next
came alarmed the whole logging camp, consisting
Of ten men, started out 10 look for him.
John LIston entered uto the search, but 1t was
noticed by several that he acted In strange manner
and before hour the suspicion became general among
the men that John had killed his brother and made
away with the body. This suspicion was turned into
a certainty When John separated himself from his
paniOns and finally disappeared entirely and has not
been heard from since
The search for the missing was kept up for Two
davs but no sign OF MIN his body could be found,
and il beloved that either his murderer had
creted body OF the deep and inaccessible
ravncs that ABOUND in the locality had been do.
vourcd by wild animals So the hunt for II was dis
continued
THE DISCOVERY.
On Thursday last Jonah Clay, woodman. was out
on the mountain milo beyond the arthest point the
hunters had reached in their search testing shinge
trecs While chipping pine tree th t stood near the
edge OF steep-banked guey he looked down me-
chancay 10 the bottom Of the ravine and saw the
body OF man lying there on the crust Clay knew at
once that It must be the body OF William Llston. He
cumbered down the bank to the bottom. distance OF
about twenty feet The body was lying face down.
ward, and Clay turned IL over Ho could never nave
recognized in the mutilated face that met his gaze
that OF William Lston. One sidc Of the iacc and head
was torn entirely off, exposing the ragged edge OF the
skull and the interior OF the mouth and throat 1t
with load OF buckshot and tho fact that the
flesh surrounding it was burned with powder showed
tho gun had been held close TO the wounded pans
head when discharged-probably from behind There
wounds the BODY but they had, no doubt,
been inflicted when II thrown nto the gulch. The
murdered mans gun lay the snow near HIM. Clay
tho corpse his shoulder and, climbing out
the ravine, carried It to Liston's father The excite
ment was, oil course intense among the lumbermen.
JUDICIAL INVESTIGATION
was made into the case, which revealed the facts aa
stated above The Coroner's jury returned verdict
to the effect that William Lslon met his death Al the
buried tomorrow. The whereabouts OF the murderer
are not and probably will row never be known. WILL
lam Lison was twenty-four years old; John is about