The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-09-30
By this time a
r OF CITIZENS

A~N oS~h oASoAAhNSN oAio " ~ ~ pun
suit of the lynching mob. Near the
house Of Mr.. Creighton they met Mr..
Culbrcath walking back to town. He
had stopped ct the house Of MI. Crcigh-
ton, he said, asking admission and say
ing that he had been shot all to pieces,
and was dying. He gave his name and
asked for a glass of water, but it was re-
fused, and he was turned away. He
had set out to walk to town when he
was met by the party Of citizens, who,
having heard the shots, and believing
him dead at first, thought it
WAS HIS COST,
but soon saw it was Culbeeath in flesh
ard blood. He was taken in a vehicle
and carried back to town, and placed up
on a bed in the Jail for safety. The
doctors suppose that he tainted from
loss of. blood and exhaustion just about
the time he was shot the last times, and
thus it was that the mob thought him
dead. He was unable to lie down, and
complained Of ~excrueiating pain in his
side. He was propped up in bed, but
the attending physicians did not con-
slider his wounds fatal. He was per-
fectly conscious, and the account of the
fearful outrage upon him, which has
just been related, is
As TOLD BY HIMSELF.
He protested his innocence through
out, and prayed for his murderers, cal
ling the names of several whom he rec
ognized. He fingered until S O'Clock
this morning, when he died. An in
quest inaugurated, and has been nd
journed for the procurement Of further
testimony. Taylor, one of the posse
who guarded Culbreath in Jail, in his
testimony before the Coroner to-day,
gave the names Of several parties thIt
he says Culbreath affirmed, Nth
his dying his BREATH, wae among
his murderers. 1t is perhaps not wise to
publish these until further develop
ments are maze. 1t is due to Mr..
creighton say that, he explains his
cohauctwhen Culbreath sought shelter
at his house, by the statement that he
Believed him an imposter and the whole
made up. The %coroncr's inquest
will be resumed Thursday, and q ver-
dict WILDE rendered. An indignation
meeting will be held tomorrow by the
citizens. Great excitement prevails.
It was or odtragee'ef tho deepest dye
ever perpctrated in the State.
REsURGAM.
A FAMILY AFFAIR.
The circumstances surrounding the
terrible tragedy are peculiar, and the
parties are all connected by marriage or
other relations, making it one of those
unfortunate family affairs which are so
disastrous in their consequences and so
deeply to be deplored. From gentle
acquainted with all the parties, and
the circumstances Of both chapters in
the bloody tragedy, wo get the follow
ing facts which have bearing upon the
matter: The parties are all respecta-
bic, well-connected people, and stand
high in the county. Mrs. Culbrca,h is
the daughter OF the late Captain WIN.
Prescott, n the most respected names
in South Carolina. DR.. William Pres
colt, a brother of Mrs. Culbreath, mar
ried a sister Of Mr.. Culbreath. The
brother of young Hammond. who was
assassinated, was engaged to be married
to a daughter of Culbreath. Culbreath
was a man past forty years Of age and
had grown children. Owing to his cruel
treatment Of his wife, she was forced to
separate from him about two years ago.
1t is said that on the separation she gave
him $4,000, expecting him to go away to
some other place, and leave her alone.
Instead Of this, however, he settled
within a mile of her, and has since then
kept jealous vigilance over her, making
threats against any one who went to see
her, and constantly importuning her to
let him come back. He is said to have
Threatened young Hammond's life more
Inn once and his Gown daughter testif-
g o. thssecrones's inquest ovssyHa,n-
mo6ds6 thAs ssa, hed heard her
father had vowcdShe would Hill him;
Young Hammond was about a1syears of
age, near neighbor of Mrs. Culbreath,
and had been employed as a sort Of
overseer at the Culbreath place. His
mother testified at the inquest that her
son had told her a few days before that
Culbreath had threatened his life and he
told her so she s'might know, in case he
was killed who was his murderer"
Said u informant in view of these
facts, there is little doubt on the minds
of the people of the neighborhood that
Culbreath is responsible for young