George Moody

Murdered

In a tragic incident on December 9, 1911, Richland County Sheriff George Moody, affectionately known as "Doc" Moody, was fatally shot while attempting to evict a squatter from a farm near Wahpeton, North Dakota.

The squatter, later identified as Bert Hudson, had been illegally occupying a farmhouse owned by U.S. Marshal James Shea. When Sheriff Moody and his deputies arrived to serve the eviction notice, Hudson emerged from the house armed with a shotgun and fired without warning, killi ...Read More

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