Why Has Mary Turner Been Murdered? Mary Turner since she had been sobbing and crying in front of Moses, because he wanted to leave, had her taken her power and discovered that she was not a self confident, arrogant person, but a weak woman which someone had to occupy. This role has been taken by Moses who now was the one in control. This was caused by the fact that Dick could not any longer stand the way Mary was treating the blacks, especially the houseboys. They had been leaving in crowds and the Turners could hardly find new servants because Mary’s treature of them had been gossiping around by those who had left. The Turners