Year: 1867

SOFT footsteps were heard IN MS parlOr,
but the wind was blowing, and the sound
might have been deceptive. His son
crept down, and peeping into the dining
room, saw that window had been hoist
ed. Upon going back and reporting, the
ladies doubted the report. He went down
a second time, satisfied himself fully, and
coming back, it was determined he
should shoot the rogue, as he went out
of the open window. In few minutes
he saw a man about twenty steps
from the house, and fred on him. The
signal lights went up-the man fell fiat
and crept off. At the same instant that
young Moon fired, man ran between
two Of the guards, about two hundred
yards off, on the other side of the yard,
and was fired at by one of them with a
pistol. The other guard could not fire
for fear of shooting one of his eompan-
ions. The next morning, tracks made
by coarse boot of shoe were found
coursing down the hill from that point.
That night the store-room door was
found locked, but upon going in they
found bag, with two apartments in it,
left on the -four barrel; and about double
handful of coffee split in with the -four.
"a shawl, missing from the dining-room,
= was dropped at the spot where Mr.. Moons
son shot at the man. 1t seemed to have
been perforated with three shots. The
entrance and exit of the thief had evil
IDENTIFY been made through the back pass
age door by means of false key, al
though the door was found locked. The
window. had been hoisted to escape
through in case Mr.. Moon came out of
his chamber. The thief was disturbed
; by the whispering up stairs.
ar The next night it was determined to
let the rogue come in, if he would, and
try to shoot him in the house. Mr..
Moons: brother stood, gun in hand, in
the back part of the passage-two other
gentlemen were in the house to assist
him, if necessary. Late at night, by
moonlight, man was observed from an
, up stairs window, crawling cautiously
by a flower border, from the front gate.
It seemed to take him nearly half an
hour to reach the house. He had in his
hand a long rod, which was supposed to
be ramrod. Approaching near to the
house he seemed to prefer exposing the
front part of his person, and crawled
with his back to the ground. Upon
reaching the foundation of the house he
reached around with his rod and smash
ed side light in the face of Mr.. Moon s
brother, who Immediately fired through
the door, under the mistaken impression
that he was about to enter the house.
He was observed to move off rapidly,
but with his body kept very near to the
ground. The side light selected to break
was one through which the door could
be unlocked, with the key left in the
lock every night. The same night he
) was seen on the outskirts of the yard
again. .raisI sdf ai zzooi bua =sui2 lsq


The next night there were fourteen
men around the house-two of them
= however, made gap by leaving their
posts early in the night. Mr.. Moons
brother was on duty about sixty yards
directly in front. At a late hour he
heard some one step boldly on the plat
form before the front door and unlock
the door and go in: He supposed it was
some member of the family. One of the
ladies up stairs heard noise below and
awoke Mr.. Moons son. She afterwards
saw a man 60 out of the front door and
crouch by the side of the platform. Mr.
Moons son went to the window and fired
down at the spot she indicated. The
guard rushed to the house and found, as
they supposed that night, large blood.
stain on the steps, over which they ex.
ulted very much. Fruitless pursuit was
made. The men came in, and had hardly
gotten quiet when signal whistles, fre.
quently repeated, were heard in various
directions from the house. (We have
failed to mention that, what seemed tc
be signal whistles, have been heard
about Mr.. Moons house at night, fol
several mouths back-so boldly and fre
quently blown, that we suppose at least
thirty persons have had opportunities O


hearing them.) In the morning Mr.
Moon found reason to question whether
( the stain on the step was blood, or not
| but had no means of determining its
character. (We have omitted to mention
that bag was found this night, in the
passage, which would hold about peck
In one corner of it, part of Mr.. Moons
powder and caps, which had been left or
a passage table, had been carefully tied
up so as not to mix with anything elst
that might be put in the bag.) - e,.


The next night there were three mer
on guard about the yard. One of then
stationed at the yard fence reports thai


he saw man rise up from among 8
clump of bushes and walk off shor


distance and take position as if to
watch the house. He fired at him with
a shot gun. The man, he says, fell i'm
mediately. He fired again at the spot
where he fell. There was no result from
this shooting. Mr.. Moons impression
is, that the object shot at, fell Just be-
fore the first shot, or it may have been 9
man with defensive armor on.


Upon returning from the Albemarle
Court on the next Saturday night, 8
neighbor came in to spend the night
Before retiring Mr.. Moon put him il
charge of the lower part of the mali
body of the house. He fastened every
door and window carefully. Mr.. NJ, il
going out of the back passage door to
his chamber, locked the door on the in.
side and left the key in the door to pre-


vent false key being put in the lock-
This night young Moon slept at the of


flee, the first time for eight or ten nights
He says he had not time to go to
sleep before the dog began to bark
ON the other side of the yard. and Ii,
heard some one walking around the of
fee. He heard also a clank of meta


which he described to be such as soldiers


make when having sabres' attached tt
them. The man kept close to the foun
dation of the house, but made good dea