Whakaotihia te rerenga kōrero e whai ake nei: I te matenga o Narcissa Willis i te tau 1899, ka tukuna e tana tamahine a Beatrice te whare hei hoko. Ko Libbie Moody, e noho ana i roto i te whare e tata ana ki te whare rangatira, i tono ki tana tahu, a William Lewis Moody, Jr., kia tukuna he tono mo te whare rangatira. I muri i te
I whakangaromia a Galveston e te ngaru o te tau 1900 i tērā marama o Hepetema, he tokomaha o ngā kaitono i whakamutu i te hoko. I riro i a Moody te whare rangatira mo te $20,000, he hautanga o te whare rangatira neke atu i te $100,000 te uara. Ko Moody, ko tana wahine me nga tamariki tokowha i neke wawe mai ki te kaainga ka whakanui i to ratau Kirihimete tuatahi i te whare rangatira i te tau 1900.