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

ENMrrY BETWEEN BROTHERS CAUSED BY 4
TICKLE woMAN-THE YoUNeEk wAxLAID
AND snor--HE SEARCH FoH THE BODY AND
THE DIscovERY-DIsAPPEARANc or THE
MURDERER.
MouNrvILLE. Pa, Jan. 20. 1871
Up In the welch Mountains. three miles from this
Iumberng village, lives a family by the name OF Lis
top consisting of old man, his wife, and until ten
days ago, two sons named John and William. Tho
wero all woodchoppers. and, while being ignorant
aud coarse had never been looked upon bad char
actors John. the eldest, was married yesr ago to .
girl named Sarah Carley. Tho latter died three months
ago John began at 10 pay attention to sister
OF his late wife, named Eliza. Che, at the time OF the
death OF her sister. was engaged to be married. TO
William Lston. After her sister died and John Lston
began his attentions Eliza forsook her betrothcd and
favored the brothers. The Carley family Is also
a family OF lumbermen, and Of about the stand
ing as tho Listons.
BETWEEN THE DRoTnEkA y
In consequence Of the jting he received at the
hands Of eliza Carey William Liston, looking upon
his brother US the direct cause, harborcd ecIng OF
bitter cnmity against him. This iccng broke out IN
fierce personal encounter between the brothers on
CHRISTMAS Day. and William inflicted severe injury
upon John with knc. 1t Is alleged that the latter
subsequently, swore that he would ''bo even with Bill
II 1t took HIM all his life" But Notwithstanding tho
two continued to 1.-Two at home aud saw oach other
every day. renewal OF hostes took place, and the
cnds OF each believed that thero would DO no urthe!
trouble since the LIST oil January both the mon had
been working in tho mountain, some two miles from
home, getting out logs Ono day. week before last,
been seen proving about further back In the noun
tain, party oi organized to so IN search
they had gone OF into the woods John Lslon said no
believed he would go too, and borrowing gun OF
fellow workman, followed tho hunters
MURDER.
In getting in tho neighborhood OF where ths bear
had been seen the men separated. Tho snow was
deep, but covered with thick crust that bore the
weight Of the William Lston took course
down the mountain. The men hunted nearly all day,
tho clearing. but without William Lislon. After
he lett the party ~ the morning noin,ni
after he disappeared the report of
gan heard of the direction he took. John Lis.
ton mad beon with the hunters at ALL and returned
his work three hours after he followed the
party out, remarking that he'd had all the damned
%sn that William had probably 20. ssSs ana shot
the bear aud had followed lar that ne had been
unable to get back as soon US the rest But when next
morning camc and he was still missing the party be.
alarmed and the whole logging camp, consisting
Of ten men, started out 10 look for him.
SEARCH FOR TIN BODY.
John Liston entered tuto The search, but It was
noticed by several that he acted in strange manner
the men that John had killed his brother and made
away with the body. This suspicion was turned into
certainty wheu John separated himself from his COM
panons and finally disappeared entirely and has not
been or heard from since.
The search Or Inc missing man was kept up LOT TWO
DAYS but no sign OF MIN his body could be found,
and it was believed that either his murderer had
the body OF the deep and inaccessible
that abound In the locay, or had been de-
voured by wild animalA So the hunt for 1t dis
continued.
THE DISCOVERY.
On Thursday last Jonah Clay, woodman. was out
on the mountain milo beyond the farthest point the
hunters had reacned IN their search testing shingle
trees. While chipping pino tree th stood near the
edge OF steep-banked gulley he looked down me-
chanlcally the bottom of the ravine and saw the
body of man lying there on the crust Clay knew at
that 1t must be the body OF William Liston. He
clumbered 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 Liston One sdo OF the face and head
skull and tho interior OF the mouth and throat It
evident that the terrible wound had been inflicted
with load oil buckshot, and the fact that the
nosh surrounding 1t was burned with powder showed
tho gun had been held close the wounded mans
head when dscharged-probably from behind There
we're wounds the body, but they had doubt
been Inflicted II thrown into the gulch. The
murdered mans gun lay on the snow near HIM. Clay
threw tho corpse his shoulder, and climbing out
the ravne carried to Liston's father The excite.
ment was, oil course, intense among the umbermen.
A JUDICIAL INVESTIGATION
made into the case, which revealed the facts
TO the effect that William Lston his death The
hands of John Liston The murdered man will be
buried tomorrow. The whereabouts Of the murderer
are not and probably will row never be known Will
lam Liston was twenty years old; John is about
twenty eight.