O T Culbreath
O T Culbreath was held at the Edgefield Court House in Edgefield, South Carolina, while he waited to make bail. On September 22, 1885, a mob took him from officers there, carried him out of town, shot him several times and left him for dead. He got back up, walked into town, and made a statement naming several members of the mob before he died. The officers' response to the mob is not described in the accounts.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Culbreath from officers at the Edgefield Court House while he waited to make bail, shot him several times and left him for dead; he walked back into town, named several of his attackers and died.
Reported by: News and Courier special dispatch from Johnstown (reporters).