Cora Wales, about 50, was killed by a mob backed by police in Madison, Orange County, Virginia. Cora and her brother William were shot and burned in their home after a six-hour siege. Newspaper accounts of the circumstances vary. Under one account, the lynchers were motivated by allegations that William had threatened a Mrs. George Zinn and then killed sheriff William B. King when King came to arrest him. In a different account, a white cemetery association wanted to purchase land owned by Wales and his sister, and when they refused to sell, the mob came for them. William Wales, around 58 years old, a farmer, was killed by a lynch mob backed by police in Madison, Orange County, Virginia. William and his sister Cora were shot and burned in their home after a six-hour siege. Newspaper accounts of the circumstances vary. Under one account, the lynchers were motivated by allegations that William had threatened a Mrs. George Zinn and then killed sheriff William B. King when King came to arrest him. In the other account, a white cemetery association wanted to purchase land owned by Wales and his sister, and when they refused to sell, the mob came for them.

Cora Wales

William Wales

Edward Bushong

Wayne Carr

E. L. Keyser

S. L. McWilliams

Oscar Munday

F. G. Scott Jr.

J. R. Yeager

C. L. Young

William B. Young