The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-11-29
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..!lIi MURDER EIIl OR ACCIDENT 4
4 A;;eossz,ting. ;esss, Home on; Thursday for q
::.5s:ssa,sgisiagg Day Hunt, prentiss
Moore and Guy Rogers Not Heard
From Until Searching Parties Find
5gseir ReH,ains In Brancli.
Egseir Remains In Branch.

4 aaa Prentiss Moore were found Sat
urday morning about ten o'clock. The
two boys left their home In Bennetts-
Vile early Thursday morning for q
bunting trip. They went TO Gardner's
BInR, hitched their. horse and buggy
and nothing definite could be. learn
ed OF their whereabouts until the
bodies Rese found:
{ Preptiss Moore. aged IL, the son
OF. Mrs. Emily E. Moore, was: found
wing on the south side OF branch !. g
asont, FIVE feet, ,detp. His feet were
toWard the bottom OF the branch RAJ 8
!, and he ;olutehed 3 .br;ar between his
aneerss. Examination showed that
sAe load from; shotgun had entered
4 ahe side near the edge OF the shoulder
baade and ranged toward the middle
Of the chest, passing through the
body. The entire load, shot and wad;
Has lying underneath his clothes
In front Of the chest. .. y: = :
Guy Rogers. aged IS. son OF n: B.
Rogers, county treasurer, was found
In the bottom Of the branch. only a
.:asw feet from the body OF little
sasore. His face IVES turned to the
Eroand; bis body was, nearly In
knetling position, with the head, In
the edge Of the water In puddle
OF blood. He. too, was wounded with
4 shotgun. the load entering direct
sy into the heart from the front,
passing through the chest, shattering
the ribs ON the back side, some
sshot shai.rrying themselves In the skin
In the back
One wad, that between the powder
+! and shot, was found inside the shirt
near the wound. The wound IN
young Rogers body ranged slightly
down from the front. A double bal
relied shotgun was found on the
: brink Of ! the branch, the muzzle
;asghtly elevated, pointing toward
the ditch, one trigger cooked and In
the breech was. caught small part
OF the shirt OF young Rogers. One
barrel, the one with the cooked trig-
ger, was found empty; the second
barrel contained an empty she'll. An
other empty she'll was found within.
a few inches of the .muzzle of the
gun.
The branch runs through broad
aeld. An overgrown hedge covered
the banks Of the branch, which Is
about five feet deep and about SIX
feet wide at the top. Within about
$50 yards Is negro cabin. An old
hegro woman who lives there said
shat she saw the boys out there
shooting. but that she paid no atten-
tsoni to them and knew nothing OF
Sheir disappearance. Within half a
mile away there are three other
Houses. The point where the boys
hstehed their horse was about u quar-
ssr OF mile OF where their bodies
were found.
Thursday, night and Friday morn
Ing searching parties were out look
Sag for the boys: The party was in
creased largely Friday night and with
lanterns the entire swamp on this
side OF the river was carefully search
ed. 49,
A party was again formed Satur-
day morning, many who had been
sSSat all night renewing the search.
which was begun at the place where
she boys were last seen. with the
understanding that It was to spread
sradually and take In every foot OF
she ground.
The portion of ground where the
boys were found was assigned to a
party among whom were Frank
Crosland and W. C. Carlisle. Mr..
Crosland was riding horseback up
the branch when he saw the body OF
young Moore.
The Bodies remained as they were
found until the coroner empaneled
his Jury, when they were moved and
an examination made by DR.. W. J..
Crcsland. The jury made a thor
ough examination and took the testi-
mony of every one In the immediate
vicinity. 1t Is practically impossible
10 harmonic facts with the theory
Of accident, yet nothing has develop
ed to point conclusively 10 the theory