The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-08-18

3 Y llpo lEed the.dqol re-
2.
tAem pa fi6nl d the jail, where he
proclaimed general jail deliyeryin
the name Of King George the Third,
and ordered three prolonged cheers
to be given.
One of the prisoners, net being ac-
8quainted with the geography of the
country, wandered all night in the
vicinity Of the village and the next
morning concealed himself in hol,
low log, where he was found by some
raccoon hunters and taken back to
his old quarters.
A few miles southwest Of Newton
lies large tract Of low marsh land,
known as the Great Meadows, bound.
ed'on the northwest by Jenny Jump
Mountain. Between this marsh and
the mountain wound narrow serp-
entinc path, which was frequently
travelled by Moody and his coihpan-
ions.
AT one point it destended a small
ledge BY fight Of rude, narrow
steps formed by the hand Of nature
from the rough, broken granite.
One night, When Il was supposed
that Moody would pass that way, a
couple Of the nearest neighbors pro-
cured a very large beat-trap and set
il atithe fobt Of these steps, securing
az. 70 a tr@by a strong chain fasten-
cd by a huge paddock. When Moody
reached the lo&est rock, instead Of
steppingsbee down into the
trap, as his adversaries confidently
expected, he, witllhiis characteristic
caution,seached down with hs.cane
to fnd solid footing, and, touching
m beaslsa5l ysl,sslA g+.witlssa
'claSk that sent a,sbbdder 10. even
the crime hardened ,heart,ofthis dar.
ing Tory. !.
Getting down and finding the pad
lock, he broke it to- pieces with a
stone, shouldered trap and. chain,
and Carried. them along to some
place Obscure conceaiment.
When the two neighbors returned
sto.the place the next morning to
sshag their game" imagine their cha
grin when, instead of finding Moody
they found themselves minus trap
and chain, and were forced to &C.
knowledge that they had again been
,outwitted by the wary, artfll Tory
leader,
One day. while the Amerieanarmy
was encamped at Morristown, an
officer was drilling some raw recruits,
wher mar, very shabby dressed,
and mounted on an old wurnout
horse, was seen riding along careless.
ly in front of the lines. He looked
like a simple-heartedt soft.headed
rustic, lacking in both worldly sense
and substance.
However, there was something
about the suspicious movements of
that old animal and his awkward
but apparently fnquisitive rider
that led sotRe Of the men to believe
they meant much more than their
first appearance would indicate.
,0ne of the soldiers thought he had
seen that face before, and that 1t was
some crafty spy in disguise, thus
openly reconnoitersng their ranks.
Soon after he left the camp horse.
man was dispatched to bring him
back. overtaking him just after en-
tering piece of woods, and ordering
him to halt, Moody-for he it was
drew large pistol from under his
coat, partly turned in his seat and
shot the horseman dead, then dragged
him into the woods out Of sight, and
once more made narrow escape by
secreting himself in a contiguous
swamp.
1t is said That he and companion
were afterward arrested while cross.
ing the river to the British army, at
New York, brought back to Norris.
town, and hung as traitors and spies
This, however, may or may not be
true, for it has never been positively
ascertained where when or how bo