Frank O'Grady

Frank O'Grady was being held in the jail at Emporia, Virginia, in March 1900. According to the Daily Public Ledger, a mob took him from the jail along with Walter Cotten and lynched him. Sheriff Smith identified his body, the paper reported. Records of his death name no other people in connection with it.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: Historical newspaper accounts of the Emporia, Virginia lynching (reporters).

News reports (2)

• Daily Public Ledger, March 26, 1900, page 3 Daily Public Ledger, March 26, 1900
• The Big Stone Gap Post, March 29, 1900, page 1 The Big Stone Gap Post, March 29, 1900