For murder. Described
as a black desperado
Cotton was lynched in
retaliation for the
murders of several
whites. Blacks who
witnessed the lynching
demanded that Cotton's
white sidekick Brandt
O'Grady also be lynched
and led the mob that
dragged him from
Walter Cole
Morgan County
Tennessee
January 21
1908
Walter Clayton
Bay Minett
Alabama
April 6
1908
Walter Clark
Danville
Virginia
October 13
1917
For murder. Accused of
murder Clark fought a gun
battle with a mob of law
officers and citizens.
The mob set fire to
Clarks home and he was
shot as he fled.
(Lynching in the New
South pg. 34)