The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-09
rINDAL AND RUSH VERY MUCH ALIVE
Not Drowned in Santee-Rush Comes Back
Home-Affair 10 Longer a Mystery.


Orangeburg. April G.-Sp-cial: a.
J. Tindai and Blrc'al Rush are alive.
They were nos drowned while dyna-
mitiug for 6Sh in the Santee River,
near Eutawville on March l3 last, and
whi'e nearly every man in that section
of Orauyeburg county WAS engaged 10
dragging the river 10 efforts to recover
the budies Of the supposed drowned
men, the "vlc inns" of what was heliev-
eo, by som-, deplorahl- double trag
edv, were quietly making their way To
distant parts.
The veil Of mystery surrounding this
affair has been torn away by no less
personaoe than one of the surprised
"victims" himself, Barclay Rush. in
flesh and blood, who arrived nerr this
afternoon Oh the Atlantic Coast Line
rraiu from Augusta. AS soon as Rurh
ishted be was recugniZed hy az ac-
ouaintance and Was Ia CIR located at
boarding house in the ely by the cor.
respondent of The News and Courier.
Rush talked freely" "f the affair apd a.
times Vas Very much amused who told
of matters at This end 10 connection
therewith. H lauyhet heat " when
informed of the long and Lir-srme search
hat had been made TO recover his and
Tindal's 'b,di-s" from the swollen
Sanlee, and again at the Information
| that rit.dal'S will had been filed.
! D.clarlny that he and Tindal had
auarrell-u and separated in Augusta.
Ga. aud that he bad not heard from or
OF his late companion since, young Rush
told story substantially as follows:
RUsH's RECITAL.
Tipdal, accoriiny tn Rush's statement
was heavily involved finant iallv and in
order to get rid of his troubles, hit upon
The scheme of taking accidental drown
lug. urging him (Rush) TO join in with
the pan, 10 which the latter consented.
The two Went tc h. river. taking dg
namte. also TWO extra hats, and these
We're the hats fnatin. or the water when
a search was Instituted for the ml-S nY
| men. and which. 10 the minds "f many,
helped TO cou6 10 he drowning theory
After ''plantiug the ''-vidence at the
river, said Rush. the two prepared 70
| lake their Gepat ture tn the AtIannc
Coast Line train running between Cres
ton and Denmark, so JheV remained ~
| hiding until the tram reached Parler,
several miles abnve EutawvilIe. They
FIRST got,on the "blind baggage" but
the porter ran them off, however. just
before the train start-d, said Rush; they
sneaked back aud got ou the rear steps
of the last coach.
They went as far as Denmark that
night, March 13. then % TO Augusta
the next day. After being together in
Augusta for four or FIVE days, Rush
says he and Tindal had d falling cut and
the latter left him but where Tind,l
went or where he Is low, Rush declares
be does Dor know.
DECIDED TO COME home.
R-lating hIs experience after separ
atius from his companion, young Rush
SAWS he s.workeu around" until he land
ed in Alabama, but the only work he
could get 10 co here was too hard for
him, so he decided to r-turn 10 his
home, working his way back.
Atthe time of tine supposed drowning
of Tiudal and Rush, the Santee River
section of Oranyeburg county was
greatly stirred over the affair. Tindal
| was a protninenL young farmer OF splen-
did family connection and was to all ap-
pearances successful ip business. Bar
clay Rush was emp Dyed To assist in
conducting Tiudai's farm operations
When the !wo Young. men failed To
return from the river. where they stat
ed they were going To dynamite for fish.
op March 13, their relatives and friends
became appr-hensive and immediately
began a search. Their hats floating on
the river, the overturned and damaGed
boat and other circumstances p'alnli
indicated that they bad m tdeath eiih-r
by heiug KILLED outright by dYnam'e
or had breu SD badly Injured that b Y
we're unable To swim d hnre when their
ouat upset: therefore, they we're given
up for dead, aud for DAYS the river was
searched by dozens of people: whose ef-
forts were DOT rewarded bv the recar-
cry of The "bo lies"
WHISPERS OF ISLANDERS"
Soon. however, it began 10 be whis-
pered around that, perhaps. sear' 90
land would produce more satisfactory
results; then there Were stories in thr
uewspap-rs intimating hat, after all
there probably had heen no tragedy
The trle ndS OF the supposed 'decedS' q
became indignant at the foul attacks
upon their memories" "elc., and strong
ly resented ipsinuations that Tiudal aud
Rush had not met the fate claimed. A
little later Tindal's will, dated March
l. was filed here with the Judge of Pro-
bate. and This circumstance cauSrd
renewal of gossip coucerning The affair.
However, lha people about here APP
parentIy decided 70 give the young men
th- benefit of the doubt and discussion
of the affair was practically at an eud.
when arrives BARCLAY Rush, whose seq
sational story revives interest in tn"
matter and purs upon the lips OF nearly
everyone the Question:: where is Jack
Tindal; will he, too, return"
A Clarendon Man in Trouble.