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Tom Chaney: The Murder Of Mattie Ross

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Tom Chaney was a malevolent and temperamental man who murdered Mattie Ross's father over a gambling disagreement. The desire for destruction of Tom Chaney and to take justice to her own hands was an intention that remained engraved into Mattie Ross’s mind ever since she heard that Chaney had murdered her father. Justice was served in True Grit because Mattie was able to kill her father’s murderer, and along with the help of LaBeouf and Cogburn, Mattie as well got to kill many other criminals along the way through her journey. Not only did he kill, but Tom Chaney used a dead corpse as an excuse to steal from them. Tom Chaney imposed a great threat to the town of Yell County and was on the loose. Mattie Ross’s petite size and age of fourteen

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