Frank Robertson
Frank Robertson, a Black man, was held in the jail at Bradley, near the Louisiana line in Arkansas, in late March 1903. According to early news reports, a party of fifteen to twenty-five men rode into town, overpowered the jailer, took him from the jail and rode away with him. Reports said he was killed by the mob, but his body had not been found when the accounts were published. These reports were secondhand and based on early news from Lewisville and New Louisville, so their details have not been confirmed.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. News reports say a mob of about 15 to 25 men overpowered the jailer at Bradley, Arkansas, took Frank Robertson from the jail and rode away with him, and his body had not been found when the reports were written.
Reported by: The Gazette, Little Rock, citing a special report from New Louisville, Ark. (reporters); Lewisville, Ark. dispatch (unnamed news reports) (reporters).