Pat Crump

Pat Crump was in the custody of deputy sheriffs in Memphis, Tennessee, in June 1911, when about fifty mounted men overpowered the deputies as they boarded a streetcar and seized Pat. The mob dragged Pat through the streets and hanged them just outside the city limits. The Mingo Republican reported the killing as the first lynching in Memphis in thirty years.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Deputy sheriffs had Pat Crump in custody when about fifty mounted men overpowered the officers at a streetcar, seized him, dragged him through the street and hanged him outside the city limits.

Reported by: deputy sheriffs; news reports.

Source

• The Mingo Republican, June 16, 1911, page 9 The Mingo Republican, June 16, 1911