The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-06-12
GRANTS BAIL TO
ALLENDALE men
KIRKLAND AND DUNBAR RE'
LEASED FROM CUSTODY.
Held in Murder Case
Prominent Citizens Arrested on Testi'
mony of Woman at Inquest Into
Death of MIR. III. ID. Marley.

kirkland, a large planter and mem
ber of the board of commissioners OF
Allendale county, and John Dunbar
candidate for sheriff in the recent
election in this county, who were
placed under arrest last Friday, and
enlarged with murder, following the
testimony of Carrie Stanley at the
induest of H. D. Marley, who was
killed at his home at Matthews Bluf'
this county, Thursday, May 20, just
a few minutes after he had shot to
death James W. Hogs, also large
planter of near here, have both been
granted bail, and it is expected that
their trial will be at the first term OF
court held in this county, commenc-
ing June Is. ~
Shortly after the shooting Thurs
day afternoon the only details OBJ
tainable were to the effect that Mar
ley had shot Hogg and that Hogg
shot Marley to death as the latter was
running away. Nothing of a legal
nature, different from the first YER
sion. was heard until the inquest over
Marley's body, held Friday afternoon,
when the Stanley woman, now under
arrest but out on bail, under a
charge of adultery, who, it is said,
was living with Marley at the time he
was killed, testified that certain mem
bers Of fish dinner party gathered
at the river a short distance from
the Marley house, had dragged Mar
ley from his home and shot him to
death. Her testimony was not sub
stantiated.
It is admitted, in affidavits filed by
members of the party who were at
the river, and submitted to Judge
Rice when Kirkland and Dunbar ap-
piled to him, at Aiken, for bail, that
Dunbar fired upon Marley twice with
a shotgun, although it is known that
other shots were fired. It is init
mated by counsel for Dunbar that
Dunbar,s plea will be self defense.
The only other matter of legal ma
ture obtainable bearing upon the
Marley killing are the affidavits filed
by Henry D. Best, Hugh Reeves, Her
man Lee and Paul Black, also mem
bers of the fishing party. The gist of
the afidavits reads:
ttAfter finishing dinner at Coh-
ems Bluff, about one-eighth of mile
from the Marley home, J. w. Hogg
and Buck Lewis, fisherman from
Georgia, went to the Marley house.
The reason for their going is not
known, as Lewis, although under in
dictment, is still at large
Dropping certain paragraphs of the
afidavits relating to the shooting of
Hogg by Marley and resuming at the
description of the movements of Lew
is, who accompanied Hogg to the
Marley house, after Marley had shot
Hogg, the afidavits read:
Lewis ran through the woods and
informed other members of the party
of the fact that Hogg had been shot.
Several members of the party, in
Guiding Dunbar and Kirkland imme-
diately started for the scene, Dun
bar carrying a shotgun he had taken
from Lewis Upon arriving at the
scene we found Hogg on his hands
and knees, apparently, from where
we stood, attempting to rise Marley
was approaching Hogg with shot
gun evidently with the intention of
shooting him again.
Dunbar called to Marley to sur
render, but Marley refused to do so.
Dunbar again admonished him to
thrown down his gun, but Marley re-
fused to do so and handled the gun
in a manner indicating that he was
going to shoot. Dunbar then shot him
twice. Pistols also were fred Mar
ley fell and we then found that Hogg
was dead, apparently having been
killed Immediately. Members of the
party then placed Marley in his house
and took Hogg to the home of his
brother, DR.. T. F. Hogg, near Kline. "
The two versions of the killing are
offered to the public. There is no
truth in the statement, published un-
der an Aiken date line that seven
men have been arrested in connection
with the killing. kirkland and Dun
bar are the only men arrested. Lewis
is at large, but will be arrested when
located. Hogg is not from Georgia,
as written from Aiken. His home
has always been in what is now AL
lendale county, where he has large
family connections.