March 5, 1930 - The LaFayette Sun
Lake Gives Up Bodies of Two Opelika, Ala., March 3 - The bodies of a young white man named Crowder and of a Negro, Leon McCullough, were recovered Sunday from Bartlett's Lake Ferry after a search that lasted several days. Crowder and two Negroes were out in the lake Thursday in a boat and when they did not return Thursday night, anxiety was felt by Crowder's relatives and a search was made of the lake.
The body of a Negro, whose name could not be learned, but who was believed to have been in the boat with Crowder and McCullough had been recovered up to a late hour Monday night. Nor has the boat been found.
The lake is on the line of Lee and Chambers counties in a remote section of the country and news of the disaster was late in trickling in. Details of the tragedy are not available, but it is believed that the fatal accident happened near the old Houston Ferry place.
It is thought that an investigation will be made Tuesday by Chambers county officials as the supposed scene of the tragedy was within Chambers County.
Crowder, the white victim of the boat accident, is a son of Henry Crowder, who lives in the neighborhood of the lake. He was 24 years old and married.
March 5, 1930 - The LaFayette Sun
Lake Gives Up Bodies of Two Opelika, Ala., March 3 - The bodies of a young white man named Crowder and of a Negro, Leon McCullough, were recovered Sunday from Bartlett's Lake Ferry after a search that lasted several days. Crowder and two Negroes were out in the lake Thursday in a boat and when they did not return Thursday night, anxiety was felt by Crowder's relatives and a search was made of the lake.
The body of a Negro, whose name could not be learned, but who was believed to have been in the boat with Crowder and McCullough had been recovered up to a late hour Monday night. Nor has the boat been found.
The lake is on the line of Lee and Chambers counties in a remote section of the country and news of the disaster was late in trickling in. Details of the tragedy are not available, but it is believed that the fatal accident happened near the old Houston Ferry place.
It is thought that an investigation will be made Tuesday by Chambers county officials as the supposed scene of the tragedy was within Chambers County.
Crowder, the white victim of the boat accident, is a son of Henry Crowder, who lives in the neighborhood of the lake. He was 24 years old and married.
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