The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1897-03-10
3 Murdered for Ills money.

ATLANTA, Ga. Feb. ~. "A special to
the Evening Constitution from Gains.
vile says: ''The Evening Constitu-
ton correspondent this morning visit.
ed Grady Reynolds, who is in jail at
this place charged with the murder of
M. @. Hunt His crime is one of the
most horrible, in all details, ever com
mitted in his section. The alleged
murderer is a heavy set, stalwart man
some thirty-five years of age. He is
cool and collected and has exhibited
marvellous nerve from the very be-
ginning of the awful plot which he
conceived. TO your correspondent
he gave tho following statement in
direct confession of his guilt: ''Bud
Brooks and myself planned the whole
murder and robbery a month ago.
Brooks was raised in South Carolina
near the former home Of Hunt he is q
relative of my mother. Hunt; ran a
store at Bolton and carried about ST..
200 worth of goods He had $500 in
gold and 81, 800 in bills, which he car
rled for weeks on his person. He was
free in the matter Of showing his
money, and went around with it all
the time. l wont to him and agreed
to buy his stock and on Monday the
10Th, I'persuaded him to take his team
and 60 with me to Harmony Grove,
where said I would pay him tho
money in the trade. He understood
had money there In bank. We drove
to Harmony Grove. both of us in good
hum0r, and went out to Mrs. Buffers
plantation, near the Oconee river, to
spend the night. Tuesday morning
we went bird hunting. Hunt carried
the only gun in the crowd, and Bud
Brooks went with us. Hunt shot two
birds and Bud pointed out third and
asked for the gun to get a shot. Hunt
handed him the gun, and as he looked
off to see the bird, Brooks hit him in
the back of the head with the butt of
tho gun. He fell like log. We
then took off whet things were Of
value on his body, and Brooks got an
AK he had been using to get out rail-
road ties and hacked the body in the
side and over the heart. We then
carried it to the river, weighed it and
sunk it. Both of us then went back
to Mrs. Buffers, and when she asked
after the other man. Bud told her he
had gone across the iron bridge aud
we were to meet him. hooked up
the team, took Hunts ring pistol and
overcoat and went back to Bolton. +
left Brooks working within 800 yards
of whore Hunts body was buried in
the water. At Bolton I told the story
we had fixed up-that Hunt sold out
to mo, gone west to see the prize fight
and had directed me to dispose OF his
effects and scnd him the money. I
sold the team for 800 to Quillian 81
Bros, and took charge of The store
| didn't know that Hunt had another
horse in the livery stable, and when
they asked about 1t, Iguess + gave my.
self away. They suspicioned some
thing and sent for Hunts brothers.
| then got away from Bolton and was
near HarmonyG otrying to got to
SEQ Brooks whe was arrested. y I
didn't do the kiln e myself, j was
to get Hunt OF and Brooks was to
have the So, 100 for killing him. He
got the money. T. was afraid the peo.
pie Of Bolton would lynch mo, but 7
feel safer in this place. But T don't
SOC any way out of this thing now.n
The above ia the substance Of his. oon-
fessiOn, made as coolly and with sas
much nerve as could we'll be exhibited
under the most conf forte ble circum
stances 81 It lis tai lxetl al out In Bolton
that Roy nolds slammed that certain re-
lationsl betwe Hunt and Reynola,s u
sister had somet hing to n do with the
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