The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-10-06
WEIRD MURDER STORY.
Negro Avenged Death of Unknown
kinSman Upon InstiGation and
N.th Il E'cA Drinks.

never seen. Will Boyd. Mineral
'ISprines. negro, is Il raving maniac
in The South Carolina insane asylum.
and Ablaham Lincoln, Monroe ne
gro, faces life sentence in the pen
itentiary. y voluntary confession
made TO Sheriff Grant, of Chester
field county, will save his life. be
lieves j. c. Skies, OF Monroe. who
represents him.
Their uncle. old man Steven See
lEars, wcll-to-do- Chesterfield farm
ler, who is charged with being the
instigator of the murder, will face a
lChesterfield jury along with Lincoln
lat the next term of court beginning
7 Monday. September 90. He. too.
Will be tried for his life but it is
Thought that the state will be salts
fled with sentence of life impris
Ionment for both him and Lincoln.
Boyd, unless he regains his sanity,
will never be tried for the offense.
| Mean whiskey and the appeals Of
his uncle, Steven Seegars, for the
Iavengeance of his sons death. who
was shot by Ganson Funderburk while
he was attacking an officer who was
attempting to arrest him, are assigned
by Lincoln as the cause of his deed.
They just wouldn't let me alone, -
Lincoln told Mr.. Skies, in speaking
) of the efforts made by Seegars and his
boys to get him to go down to South
Carolina to kill Gauson. He told
me" he continued, that if had been
killed like his son that he would have
come to North Carolina to uvenge
my death"
For days, said the negro, he re-
sisted the combined efforts of the Ii
quor and his uncle. but when the
' widow and children of the dead man
were brought to his house he yielded
Lincoln and Boyd went to the
: home OF Seegars for the purpose of
killing Ganson but on their first at
tempt their nerve failed. However,
' their uncle continued TO give them
\ liquor and at first. he stated, worked
them up 10 the point where they
shot the two Funderburk brothers
while they were working in the
i field.
He denies there was a money con-
sideration involved. 'TheS5.O0 bill
given me by Uncle Steven" he de
clared. was to pay my railroad fare
= from Bethune, S. c., TO Monroe"
g Lincoln says they were carried to
the scene of the killing by one OF
: old man Seegars' boys. Shortly af
ter daybreak they approached Can
son, Relias and Laney Funderburg
he continued, while they were plow-
ing in the field. Pretending 10 be
FLEEING blockaders, they explained 10
Ganson that they were cold and hun
CRY. Atlanta, Georgia. they said.
was their destination. "You needn't
q
the salution they made when they
first greeted the Funderburk broth /
ers.
Here Lincoln explained that it
was their intention to kill Ganson
as he started to his field, but that
this plan was abandoned when thev!
saw that there were three in the par
ty, and besides the Funderburks had
spotted them before they could kill
them unawares.
On hearing their story. Ganson
said TO his brother, Laney Funder-
burk. GO and get these men some
thing to eat; we may be away from
nome some time and these very men
may feed us" Laney started on his
mission, as heretofore related.
4 After Laney's departure Lincoln
exhibited his pistol to Ganson. who
likewise showed his. They fondled
each others guns, admiring their
good qualities and making various
comments upon them Lincoln's
pistol barrels were highly polished
he stated further. causing the sun
10 reflect upon il is the faces OF the
, pair. Il don't like a shining gun"
Ganson is alleged TO have said
Boyd also showed his pistol. hand P
ing it over to Ganson for examina-
ltion.
Lincoln and Ganson began firing
at stump, causing all four of them
TO cross "a low place TO view the tar
get. Boyd and Lincoln, however,
held back, and as Ganson and Relias
were bending over the stump fired
several times. Looking around they
saw the Funderburk brothers pros
trate upon the ground.
, Leaving the men for dead, they
hastened back to the woods By
slow degrees. lodging all roads.
they made their way back to the
home of Seegars, who promptly or
dered them to go into a stretch of
woods in the rear OF his home, say
| ing that he feared that the officers
might discover them il they stayed /,
about the house. When told of the
success of their plan. Lincoln said
that Seegers shook their hands. con :
graduating them as follows: Boys,
lyou have made good job of IT,"
They remained in the woods near
lSeegars' home the remainder of the S
day. Food, he said, was sent them q
from the house. During the day while !
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