The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-13
DEAD IN THE OOzE
Of THE CAPE FEAR
The Bodies of Gore and
Brewer Found.
PYTHIANs FIND THEM
The Boat Capsized in SQuall. At
tempts to Bescue the Young Men
Proved Hopeless. Would-be
Rescuers Nenrly
Drowned.
Especial to News and observer.)


Wilmington, n. c., Dec. 12-
Weighted down With their cunning
paraphernalia and partially buiied N
the mud, cold and silent in the ON
nrace of death, the bodies of Attorney
mo. Fl. Gore, law partner of ex-Gov-
arnor Daniel l.. Russell, of this city.
ard John Brewer. .twenty-one wears OF
age, Of Franklin, Va, a brother-ir- -law
Il Gore, weer found this morning five
miles down the river, where they fell
-Ahausted clirging TO their capsiZed
canoe.
They wear returning from duck
aunt during a squall early Saturday
night when they met their sad fate.
George Harris and William Sneeden.
companions of the two men, had q
narrow escape from a similar fate
While attempting TO rescue their COM
rades.
The bodies of the two men were
found by Il rescuing party from JeifAr-
SON Lodge, knights of Pythiss. Of III
3ity, of which Gore was a memhet-
The position OF the bodies indicated
that the men clung to the capsizet!
boat. until exhausted BY the cold ar1cs
Xertion necessary tC maintain a foot
nold i'm the deep marsh, they fell IN
three feet Of water and were eitfse.
drowned or frozen to death, their COM
oanious thinking they hao gone
3shore. 7eventy~five yards distant.
A Aog in the boat with drowned
men swan to a steam launch up the
river from which the ducking party
cad embarked several hours befcre
ind when they were attempting to
make aagin when they were drokned.
The ducking party left the city SAT-
.rrday afternoon on the steam lGunol
Mermaid. in charge Of Captain Halt,
from whom it had been chartered for
he Trip The launch was monred
about a mile this side of Ilarendoii
plantation, ON the Brunswick side ci
he river, five miles from Wilmington.
Brewer and Gore had one small canoe.
and Harris and Sneeden anoSheti thc
hunters proceeded down the river for
a trip through the rice fields or the
plantation in search of ducks. The
party had spent about two hours at
The sport. and We're returning 10 sth"
steam launch, when a squall came VI
about dark, capSiZing the small boat lr,
which Brewer and Gore were seated
the two being thrown out in q guag-
nlire, where the government has been
jumping mud from the channel Of the
river.
The two men took hold Of each enc
1f tho capsized boat, and shouted 70
Messrs. Malris and Sneeden In. the
other canoe, short distance an saf
The second boat vas put about with
difficulty III the storm. but It was too
small for the four men, and Harl'tss
aad SEeeden told their companions
they would go on to the launch, a nils
distant. and come back FOL them.
The launch was reached. and Cap
tain Hall. in the larger boat, put back
10 tho rescue, with Messrs. Harris and
Sneeden The gale increased in fury.
however, and the large boat vas
81 ounded about a hundred yards from
the two men struggling in the quagr
inire. Mr. Harris then jumped into
the smaller boat ana again tried t0
reach the men, but the canoe soon
flled with water. and Mr.. Harris natl
To be dragged aboard the Mermaid.
lie heard the shouts Of Gore an
Brewer, and yelled to them TO 30
ashore. Their shouts coon ceased and
the men on the Mermaid concluded
that the two meI had gotten ashore
The larger boat was then headed -
ward Wilmington, reaching here about
Midnight.
There were many searching parties
| out Sunday, but their quest for the
| bodies of the dead men proved futil1
Mr. Ffore was son OF MT. ~. -
| Gore. e well-known wholesale grocer
land capifalist here. Young Brewer
| was a son of Prof. j. b. Brewer, for
linerly principal IT the 2Chowan Bar
| fist Female College, of Murfreesboro
| ister of Wake Forest and now prlncl-
| pal of a school at Franklin, Va he
came to Wilmington a few months,
! and had a position with his brother
m-law in the management OF large
real estate interests in and around vii.
mington. Young Mr.. Gore graduated
| at Wake Forest College in both the III
| erary and law departments. he form~
| ed q law partnership With ex-Gover-
aor Russell in 1899. He married Miss
| Mary Brewer, of Wake Forest and
she, with one little daughter, five years
old. survive him. He also leaves Il
father and mother one sister, MRS. W
i Il, Cooper, of Wilm ngton. and one
brother. Claude Gore, OF Rockingham
who married a sister of Mrs. Gore.
making the two families doubly be-
reaved
Young Brewer leaves a father and
mother and several brothers and sis
ters.
i Young Mr. Gore was at the head OF
1.-The new stock company organized
here last week for the publication OF
Ianother afternoon paper, Messrs. HAr-
Iris and Sneeden Of the hunting panty
Yesterday. being his associates IN thai
enterprise It is not known what TT
feet Mr. cores death will have upon
liAc venture