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SHOCKING SHOOTING.
A CLIENT WHOM LAWYERS ARTS
COULD NOT SAVE - THE PISTOL
MORE POTENT THAN THE
FORMS OF LAW.

COULD NOT SAVE - THE PISTOL
MORE POTENT THAN THE
FORMS OF LAW.
Mr.. O. T. Culbrcnth Arrested Upon
h Charge Of Killing w. III. Ham.
mond and Afterwards slet to
Death by n Mask cd Mob.
augusta Chronicle.
Another net In tho terrible trndgcdy. which began
with young Hummund's assassination In Edgr6rld a
town Is In n state Of widest excitement over the muir
der Of MI. o. T. Culbrcaih by q masked mob, who
charged him with the killing Of Hammund Wheth.
er guilty of the charge or not the manner In which
and cannot be two HEARTILY condemned. The law
abiding citizens Of old Elgrl-ld cannot too I,lninly
make known their horror and disappruval Of this red-
handed nutrage upon law and order. Our dispatches
bring word that indignation meetings will bs held,
ana the fullest efforts made to n%plrehrnd the guilty
parties. We furnish below full particulars of the
6lDuly tragedy.
CIlSroxwAGp. s. c., September 22.-Thc town Of
Edgricld Is intensely excited over the last net In the
tragedy which was inangurated LIST week BY tho as
sassinntion Of young ". II. Hammond, IN the yard Of
Mrs. Chlhreatli. Suspicion settled upon Mr.. o.. =.
er Of Hammond, and last night this suspicion culmi.
nntrd In the murder OF Mr.. Gulbrrath, right In the
heart of The village. by n band Of masked men.
Early Monday morning o warrant WAS sworn Out be.
fore Trial Justice Glover for the arrest OF MI. 0. r.
Culbrcatb, the husband Of Mrs. Fannie Prescott Cnl.
breath, charging him ms tho assassin Of young Ham,
mond. The warrant WAS placed In the hands of Con-
s,ntlc Robert Ramsey, who found no difficulty In exr-
cutting the Same. Returning to Edsefrld village, 1t
was agreed that Mr.. Cnlbrrnth should not be placed In
jail, as no fear was entertained ur his f. cling from JUS
,icc, so he was len 1T tho hotel. After tea last ni:ht
he repaired to the office Of his attornryh, Mrssrs. Gary
& Evans, ~ consult with them In reference 10 HE
bond and pe,itiun. II Ind been rninIng all day and
ut about ten minutes before eight O'Clock the village
was as quiet as such mn occasion could demand, when
Constable Ramsay rushed into tho ofice Of Nrssra
Gary & Evans sud infnrlird them that u body Of men
were coming up the rUnd. Rnln0rs vi q lynching par.
ty had been heard in the village, and Mr.. Culhrrath
had been advised to leave by friends, but lle said no.
body wanted 10 hurt him. and 1t wns probably m at
tempt t eStrt Information from some negroes on bis
place who were thought to know something about
young IIamtnond's d,nth. When tho constable enter
ed the office with the announcement that q body Of
men were approaching, 1t could no longer be doubted
that
They Were After Culbrcath,
and he was told to enter the back room II the office
and mike his escape through \ door opening into =
small yard. lie had no sooner len the room and clos.
cd the door than the mob knuckctl ut the front door.
and asked II Mr.. Cnllre%th was In: They were In
formed that liz was not, bnt, not satisfied with this mn.
swer, they entered, md two Of the men, covering MIR.
Gary with cooked pistols, two threatening Mr. Evani
In the same manner, and tw" others proceeded u
OPEN III UaCh EplIn uUbT InCSoIo. u INV Evan
were unatned, but protested vehcmcntly against the
invading of thrtr private office. Upon the oIrning Of
tho dnor OF the bnck room Mr.. Culhrcath fired, hi:
shot taking effect above the door. Ills fire was immr"
d~iutrly returned, one ball striking Culbrcath In the
right shoulder and another penetrating tho door
Culbreath cried ont Don't shoot Inc any Inore,
II AM Killed -
lie was seized and Dragged out Of tho office, al
while protesting his Innocence and the great wrong
that was being done him. lIe was dragged, between
two men. about q mile back Of the Court House, on,
Of town, to n small hollow between the Creighton and
Eichrlberger places. lie called the names Of severn
members OF tho party. begging them to let bin ride
saying TINT he wns dying from his wound and was un-
utlo tp walk also asking certain persons, whose name!
be called. II they We're not ashamed to treat OIL or
friend that way, ind alleging his innocence OF tho
crime for which he was being murdered. When they
arr lived Mt the hollow he asked tn b. allowed to pray
and nlsn requested that he be shat In the back. III
WINS then shut three times, one ball striking him In tlt
small Of the back, onp IN the hip and one luwer dowr
IN The / &. neither Of which vera Serious wounds
lie sunk to the ground and the mob Dispersed, leaving
him for dead. BY this TIME
Party OF Citizens
Ind been organized and set ont In pursuit Of thu
~lyncblng mob. Near the horse Of Mr.. Creighton they
met hr. Culbreath wnlkIn back u town. lie hat
stopped ut the house Of Mr.. Creighton, lie said, asking
admission and saying that he had been shot all Il
fur q glass Of water, but |. was refused, and ho wa
turned AWAY. He had set out 10 walk to town whc,
-. -, .- L., la n,rt, az ,,ti,,pa ,vb, b,rtnr
heard tho shots, aud believing him dead at frs
thought It
WnS HIS Ghost,
but soon saw It wns Culbrvath In flesh and blood. II,
was taken In a vehicle and carried back to town, uni
nInccd unou q bed in the ,,l for safety. The doctor,
suppose that ho tainted frmn loss VI blood md ex
haus,inu lust about the time hc wus shot the lus
times and Thus 1t was that the mob Thought h!ind dead
He was unable to lie down, and complained Of cxcru
ciatlng IHin in his siAe. lie WAS prUpped up in bed
but the attending physicians did mt consider hi
wounds fatal. lie was perfectly conscious, and tn,
account OF the fearful outrage upon him, which la
just been related, is
A. Told nv IJimseIc
-.
nc protesteo MS innocence throughout, ana prayct
LOT hs mnrarrers, gaming tho hai'es oi several ~n"1
no rec"gnized; lie llnScrea until 0 "ci"ck TINS morn
ing, when Ne ulec. an ih4"eet was lnShsurhte1, mt
has been Adjourned lr the procurement OF Turtle
testimony. !ayl0r, one OF the posse VINO guarded
to-mhy, ave mt haIes ot stNsr"i pmrt'cs snnt NC say
uulorcnth h,mine", WIN ns u!Ins oIsntp: Mss
nn".e ms n,u.r,r.ts. /. u PERHAPS I. VIE 10 tu9
ish n'S u !. ,us.u.' ue.r.Vtn'ho ao ma"t. ~ !
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,h = yvnni. ,n,s ,m.ds mn The cnran.r,. inppn"st vii
m ~ r :" Tbnr.Iuv and = v.rJict will he m1 rsnt.r mJ
|. ;n,T,,n",h,n ,," . n ,.ii, he LID si y Iv ,h
ri.;zsns. Grra. s.eitrn.r, prsyaiis. II was M . ont M
r rns,an T ,bs Isoncst drn srsr nsrna,r,,.d IN ,h - :" s 1I.
'"s'" r.'rm 0"'s
"A Fnmily AliaAr.
riase or other relations, making it one Of those unrnr
t0natc muliy atairs WHEN are 30 aisaslrols 10 Incl
we Get the following facts which have bearing ul,nl
tle matter: lns barueS "t tGm 81 ieslTce"olc, we''.e3n
Cu.brcath {, tho daughter Of the lntc Captain Win