Died in custody
Claude O'Brien
Claude O'Brien, a 19-year-old from Memphis, was hanged in Lexington, Kentucky, on July 24, 1903, the same morning as Earl Whitney. The Atlanta Constitution reported that two priests came to his cell at 6 o'clock that morning and gave him communion. He ate a hearty breakfast before being led to the scaffold.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched