Died in custody
Name not reported
The elder of two brothers, both surnamed Campbell, was being held in the custody of a sheriff and deputies from Hallettsville and was being taken under guard toward another town in Texas in July 1876. According to The Sun, near Peach Creek a crowd of about three hundred men surrounded the party and demanded the two brothers, and the efforts of the sheriff and deputies to stop them failed. The crowd took the brothers to a spot nearby and hanged them, then dispersed, leaving their bodies suspended above the ground.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: The Sun (reporters).