Joseph Welton

In the late winter of 1900, a series of robberies had troubled the area around Emporia, Virginia. Two men, Walter Cotton and Brandt O'Grady, were identified as the culprits behind these thefts. On March 22nd of that year, Constable Welton and a local justice of the peace, a Mr. Saunders, attempted to apprehend the two suspects. During the course of this attempt to bring the men to justice, both Constable Welton and Mr. Saunders were killed. The two officers were white men carrying out their swor ...

Deputy Sheriff Joseph Welton