The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-09-30
The Edgeheld Tragedy.

TRENTON, September 24.-The coroner's
inquest in the Culbreath murder case rens-
sem,bicd this morning. Mr.. james Minis a
most estimablc and reliable young man, tcsti-
fled in a manly manner.
He lives near Antioch Church, some eight
miles below the Court House. He was Mt tho
church ON Monday evening last surerintcnd-
ing the erection of a tombstone over his
fathers grave. About S O'Clock in the after
noon some twenty-five mounted men, some in
disguise. others without masks, pissed the
church in the direction Of the.~Tfiiage:-
He was standing within q fcw/frGI IF the road
spoke tpkhim and called him by name, and he
Recognized several If the party. Jasper
Talbcrt, w. l.. Mcdaniel, W. i. Holmes, Dr.
w. f. Prescott, Wm. Purkman, Memphis
Cnlbreath, Lou Prescott, Ned Busscy, one
eyed Wilson and Collier Hammond were
among the number. Three of those were
partially disguised, but the others were not
masked. a short while thereafter he went
into n pine thicket near bv and there saw
Luther Bell and D.. A. j. Bell, Jr., who in
them that he had seen n certain crowd Of men,
giving the names Of some of them. Bell said,
"Thut's our crowd, and we are going to take
him from the sheriff and sec it we cannot
lind out something about the murder" Minis
said that Bell did not say whn they were go
ing to take from the sheriff.
The Mr.. Talbert mentioned by Minis is Sen
tor Talbcrt, and in justice to him it il but
| tif To Stntc tnat MT. lnibcTt, VINO was IN the
villag z to-day, says that Mr.. Minis was en-
tirely mistaken rs to himself, that he was at
home that evening sick in bed and had Dr..
Key. in attendance on him.
nr. Hill, vino attended Cuibrrath after lie
WAS shot, testified that Culbrcatii told him
that Bill Parkman shot him in Garv's office, and
| that i'urkman and Wyatt HOLMES carried him
\ out IF the office. The other witnesses have
sustained This statement.
The jury of inquest adjourned at I o'clock
| RI fN,.nf Ynlnt 1hn - -, ,.-n.t -. ~
slawlv, but nre thoroughly in earliest in try
to ferret out the perpetrators IF the brutal
murder III Culbreath.
TRENTON, September 25.-Thc carcncr's
jury in the Culbreath case r~cnsscmblcd this
morning ut 10 o'clock, their sessions growing
more deeply inter .sting each day aud being
spectators day by day. Mr.. q. O.iBarr, who
lives about six miles from tho village on the
road leading to Antioch Church and the Gull
brrath section, testified that Il crowd of
living on the road, on Monday evening. Later
in the evening he went to his pasture to drive
home his cattle, his negroes refusing to go
on account of the crowds of men they knew
to he there, and he came ur with Wyatt l..
fl".mes, George Vance and Steve Hammond,
whilst they were drinking water at the
branch. Holmes told him there had been
two hundred men along in the woods and that
this crowd was q demonstration o.. the liam
mond side. Barr says he started tn go in
tho direction Of the crowd when lIItmes
advised him not go any further and he re-
turned hame. Tint night about 10 o'clock
Barr was aroused and on going to the door
saw three men, one Of them being Holmes,
but the others were masked. Holmes told
him ;hat he, Barr, must keep his mouth shnt.
The three men then left and went in the di-
~rcction of Antioch Church
II. Waod testified that ON Monday evening
he saw several mounted men in the near
vicinity of Antioch, aud recognized among
the number Ned Bmssey, Collier Hammond,
Pat Rnsscy, George Vance, ID. Vance, jus
per Tnlbcrt and thhrce of the Holmes boys,
not remembering their MINES.
Other witnesses to-day testified to rceog-
niZing the parties or most of thom mentioned
above After an all-lny session the jury
this evening returned q verdict that o. T.
Cnltrcath, came to his death from n gnnshn.
wound at the hands Of VIM. Parkpan, and
that Waytt Holmes and other parties nm
known to the jury were accessories thereto.
Arrests will be next in order, and quite u
nuber will be arrested.-NeDs and Courier.