Charlotte, July 19—Lee Bumgardner, 14, lost his life apparently in an ineffectual attempt to save his companion, Allen Campbell, 16, from drowning in the Catawba River near here today. Both youths lived at Mooresville.
The fathers of the boys went up the river to fish and when they returned their sons had disappeared. After several hours had been spent in diving into the river the bodies were located.
Finger impressions were found on Campbell’s throat, and it was thought that Bumgardner attempted to save his companion from drowning and lost his own life as a result.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, July 20, 1926
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