The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-12-01
BODIES OF BOYS FOUND.
GUY ROGERS AND PRENTISS
MOORE KILLED WITH GUN.
No One Knows Anything of Death of
Two Bennettsville Youths, Miss
ing Since Thanksgiving.

ing Since Thanksgiving.
Bennettsville, Nov. 26.-The dead
bodies OF Guy Rogers and Prentiss
Moore were found this morning about
10 o'clock,
As reported, these two boys left
home Thursday morning on a hunt
ing trip. They went to Gardner's
Bluff, hitched their horse and buggy
and nothing definite could beYearned
of their Whereabouts until the bodies
were found to-day.
Prentiss Moore, aged II, the son
of Mrs. Emily e. Moore, was found
lying on the south side Of branch
about five feet deep. His feet were
toward the bottom Of the branch and
he clutched briar between his fin
gers. Examination showed that the
load from a shotgun had entered the
side near the edge Of the shoulder
blade and ranged toward the middle
of the chest, passing through the
body. The entire load, shot and wad,
was lying underneath his clothes in
front of his chest.
The Other Body.
Guy Rogers, aged Is, son OF N. b.
Rogers, county treasurer, was found
in the bottom of the branch only g
few feet from the body of little
Moore. His face was turned to the
ground; his body was nearly in a
kneeling position, with his head in
the edge of the water In puddle Of
blood. He, too, was wounded with 9
shotgun, the load entering directly
into the heart from the front, passing
through the chest, shattering the ribs
on the back side, some of the shot
burying 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 bar
relied shotgun was found on the
brink OF the branch, the muzzle
slightly elevated, pointing toward the
ditch, one trigger cooked and in the
preech wssSan9ht aBnaH part of the
shirt Of young Rogers. One Barrel,
the one with the cooked trigger, was
found empty; the second barrel con-
tanned an empty shell. Another empty
shell was found within few inches
of the muzzle of the gun. b
The branch runs through q broad
field. 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 a negro cabin. An old negro
woman who lives there said that she
saw the boys out there shooting, but
that she paid no attention to them
and knew nothing of their disappear
ing. Within half a mile away are
three other houses. The point where
the boys had hitched their horse was
within quarter of mile OF where
their bodies were found.
Large Searching Party.
Thursday night and Friday morn
ing searching parties were out look
ing for the boys. The party was in
creased largely last night and with
lanterns the entire swamp on this
side Of the river was carefully search
ed.
A party was again formed this
morning, many who had been out all
night renewing the search, which was
begun at the place where the boys
were last seen, with the understand
ing that it was to spread gradually
and take in every foot of the ground.
The portion of ground where the
boys were found was assigned to a
party among whom were Frank Cros-
land and w. c. Carlisle. Mr.. Cros-.
land 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 removed
and an examination made by DR.. w
J. Crosland. The jury made thor