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Response
1. Sorry, but if you take it as how it's written, then Thain is mentioned separately and it does not necessarily mean he has anything to do with the Tooks who shoot the ruffians. There is said that he didn't like Lotho, and when Lotho send men after him, Tooks started to shoot. But then the Thain is not mentioned to have any connection with that (of course he probably had, but it's not written there).
And mainly, and the most important is, since there were two answers posted here, and the answer I was looking for was Fatty, I could choose, and I chose Fatty.
2. Don't worry, it's not anything like that. It's exactly the same as if I said "Who was the one who realized that Gollum is tracking the Fellowship?" Yup, you are right that this riddle is a little bit nontypical, but it reflects normal statements in the book, nothing cryptic. I.e. you'll find it in the book and say "yes, this is him."
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