The Monroe journal., 1921-04-22
| KILLED, | WOUNDED in
ARRAY NEAR STATE Line
Desire 60 Secure Vengeance Believed
"a Have Actuated the killing
al Gan>on tunderburk.
THE TWO AssaIlANTs ESCAPED

Ganson Funderburk. eolored. was
instantly killed. and Rena Funder-
burk. also colored was seriously. II
not fatally wounded. early Wednes-
day morning in Chesterfield county,
near the Lancaster and Union county
lines. by two unidentified negroes.
The assailants are believed 10 be the
nepheNs OF the negro Seegars who
was killed by GanSon Funderburk
several weeks ago when he was re-
sisting arrest. and IL is thought their
deed was actuated by a desire To Sc
cure vengeance for the death of their
kinsman.
Since the shootins occurred near
the state line. sheriff Fowler OF this
county. Chief ol Paliee spoon OF
Monroe. sheriff Hunter OF Lancaster
county. aud sheriff Grant OF Chester
field county. al fastened TO the
scene. but il was found thar the deed
was actually committed in Chester
field county and therefore under the
jurisdiction Of sheriff Grant
The killing. according To Rena Fun
derburk. who was carried TO Char
lotte hospital for treatment. was an
atrocious, cold blooded murder, He
gave Sheriff Fowler. and the other
officers. the following account OF the
shooting:
"Ganson and Laney Funderburk
and myself were blowing in the bot
tom near the creek when two strange
negroes appeared about : O'Clock in
the morning None Of MS had ever
seen them before They pretended
10 be cold and hungry. saying they
were lodging the officers. and that
they were on their way To Atlanta.
One OF them said the cause of their
flight was the shooting OF an officer
when posse raided their blockade
still We Immediately built them a
IRE, and sent Laney to the house for
food. one of the men taking his pillow.
shortly after the departure OF
Laney, the negroes drew pistols, and
began shooting al stump. One OF
them made an excellent shot. and
asked us 10 examine the target. Both
of us walked over TO the stump. and
as we bent over TO examine the target,
our visitors began opening fire. Gan.
son was instantly killed. and ! fell
BY his side.
Ganson Funderburk was shot in
the head and in the left breast about
the heart. while Rena was shot in
the head. the ball entering over his
right eye. aud in the left side.
Laney Funderburk, who was at the
house getting the two strangers food
when the murder took place, said he
first heard one shot then several IN
rapid succession. He rushed back to
the field TO investigate the shots,
finding his companions dead and no
trace of their assalants.
The story of the negroes was veri- +
fed by the finding of bullet in the
stump. and by tracks showing that
two men had fled in haste over the
hillside. f
A white man in the community told +
Sheriff Fowler that he saw two
strange negroes sitting in a. buggy (
near the dead mans home the even
ing previous, and this assertion led
the officers TO believe that the two
men planned to kill Funderburk that
night If he left his home His failure
to 90 out. they believe, delayed his
death.
Descriptions of the negroes, as sent
out over the country in the hope OF
leading to their apprehension, are:
One was a mullato, about SS years
of age; height, feet. 10 inches;
weight, about $50. He wore blue
overhalls, dark coat, black hat and
sported short mustach. The other
negro was of dark complexion. % or
so years of age; weight about 40
pounds; also wore oyeralls had on
a light-colored shirt and black hat,
Clean shaven.
The officers are confident that the
killing was done by nephews of See
gers, as there is no other possible
motive than that of revenge that could
have actuated the deed. they say.
None of the belongings of the ne
groes were stolen. it was pointed out.
and even If robbery had been their
motive, the officers say it would not
have been necessary for them TO re-
sort to murder as both were armed.
The shooting of Seegers, which is
DtilcNcu 10 De at inc uONAbiE " NV
killing, was depicted in recent issue
of The Journal, as follows:
"How a Pageland negro. by the
name of Funderburk, avenged HIM
self upon another member Of his
race, who goes by the name of Seeg-
ers, and at the same time saved the
life of Constable Rogers, who was
sent to arrest both OF them, is told
by Mr.. W. Z. Funderburk. The shoot
ing ARRAY. which occurred Monday,
ended In the death of Seegers.
"A few days ago Funderburk and
Seegers had a row. resulting in the
latter inflicting a pistol wound upon
his adversary. News of the trouble
reaching Pageland some time later.
Constable Rogers had warrants is
sued for the arrest of the two, and
on Monday went to the home of Fun
derburk. which is few miles from