Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-07-24
A HORRIBLE FIND IN0CON[E..
OF UNs0UNDY MIND, ,sMALlNDA RICE, AGED
II, ,WANDERs FROM HOME AND DIES. [
BODY TORN BY Dogs AND VULIURES
Buried BY Strangers ipl a Strange Land HsI
Brothers MOI interested In Hsr Case.

Little River, July 23.-On the nth Of
juno last Miss Malinda Rice, aged II
years, and Of unsouud mind, who lived
with her brother, Ransom Rioe,lin jack
son county, N. O., left homo while no
one was at the house, carrying with her
q small bundle of clothes. She passed.
tho homo of hor brother, Jacob Rice, but
did not stop, The next house she passed.
was VIM. McCall's. She asked Mrs.
Mccall if that was the way to Pickens.
Being informed that it was she went on.
She was not seen or heard Of any more.
After about two weeks some one passed.
the home Of her nephew, Mr.. Nathan
Rogers, and inquired after tho missing
woman. Mr. Rogers had heard nothing
of her. After somo days the neighbors
began y search. They hunted for three
or four days, and finding no trace Of her,
gave up tho search.
Mr. r. A. Hudson, of jackson county,
N. G., came down in the Little River Sec
tion on Saturday, July 13, and said that
On Sunday, the 14th, at Little Rivor
church, arequest was made for every
body interested in finding the aged lady
to meet at tho Whitewater road early
Monday morning. On Monday morning
Messrs. j. r. Talloy, II. A. Hudson and
j. l.. Talloy started for tho Whitowator
road, whore they woro met by Messrs. j.
S. Holden, j. S. Cantrell, S. N. Wilson
and @. ID. Corbin. The search was begun,
each member of tho party taking diff
ferent dire, Con, and having a thorough
understanding of signals agreed upon
should thoy be necessary. The search
was continued until 11.30 o'clock, wben
tho party met and rested, making plans
for moro thorough hunt. About 1
o'clock tho party again separated for
work, and in short while Mr.. Hudson
gave tho distress signal, and finally all
the soarchers were assembled to witness
a horrible spectacle. Scattered over an
area of fifty or sixty yards wero tho
clothing and bonos Of human being on
a ridge, under large tree, whore tho
unfortunate woman died.
A courier was dispatched for hor
brothors, but neither of them oamo. The
scattered clothing and bones wore gath
cred up by Messrs. j. r. Talley, G. D.
Corbin and j. j.. Talley. Tho body had
been torn to pieces by dogs and buzzards.
All that was found was the skull, shoul-
der blados, hip bones, one thigh bono,
ono log bono, one bone supposed to be
an arm, tho backbone and one rib. Sow
oral pieces of bone had boon brokon up
by hogs OF dogs. All that was found was
put in box and buried on tho spot
whore she diod. The grave is marked by
rocks at tho cast and west ends. Tho
timber is also marked, so it can be found.
The grave is on South Carolina soil, but
a North Carolinian rests within.
We hopo no two mon within tho bor-
ders of this State will over DO found
with soulsHs dead' as to allow thom
to show no respect or concern for sis
tor, as was the case in this instance.
Hor two brothers showed no inclination
to assist in any way tho efforts made by
outsiders to search for tho remains OF to
give them respectable burial aftor they
were found ~