{"id":804,"date":"2022-02-21T21:57:23","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T21:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drnikkibrown.createuky.net\/drvk\/?p=804"},"modified":"2023-11-27T22:13:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T22:13:17","slug":"lawrence-dempsey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/biographies\/lawrence-dempsey\/","title":{"rendered":"Dempsey, Lawrence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Lawrence Dempsey was born in 1877 in Fulton County, Kentucky. There is no available census data showing his birth month or date, or the name of his parents.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Dempsey first appeared in the newspapers in Fulton County, Kentucky.&nbsp; The Illinois Central Railroad Company had several railroads going through Western and Central Kentucky, specifically, Fulton County. One newspaper alleged that Lawrence Dempsey repeatedly stabbed Clarence Dublin with a razor. Dublin was an I.C. railroad employee, who was attacked in the Fulton railroad yard. Dempsey was caught in Greenfield, Tennessee, and brought back to Paducah immediately after. When Dublin was attacked, it is believed he lost his hat, coat, and vest; seventeen white civilians swore these belongings were in Dempsey\u2019s possession.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Walter Shupe, the night officer in Fulton county swore that the angry mob broke into the jail quietly. Shupe discovered the jail cell had been broken into and Dempsey was missing at approximately 3:15am on May 20, 1917. The mob strung him to a telephone pole, approximately 3 feet away from the jail. Their identification remains hidden, as no one saw the lynching in place. His body was found by a police officer passing through the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Judge Bunk Gardner pledged to prosecute the members of the mob for the lynching, adding &#8220;no such outrage could be committed without the guilty parties being prosecuted.&#8221; The grand jury was convened to determine if charges should be filed for attempted murder.&nbsp; A jury of six men found that no one could be held accountable, because \u201cLawrence Dempsey came to his death by being hanged by the neck by unknown parties, cause of same being unknown.\u201d Dempsey\u2019s body is buried at Fairview Cemetery in Fulton County.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h3>Location of the Lynching<\/h3><iframe srcdoc=\"    &lt;html&gt;\n    &lt;head&gt;\n        &lt;meta charset=&quot;utf-8&quot;&gt;\n        &lt;meta name=&quot;viewport&quot; content=&quot;initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no&quot;&gt;\n        &lt;title&gt;Map&lt;\/title&gt;\n        &lt;style&gt;\n            html,\n            body,\n            #viewDiv {\n                padding: 0;\n                margin: 0;\n                height: 100%;\n                width: 100%;\n            }\n            #map-container {\n                width: 100%;\n                height: 100%;\n                border: none;\n            }\n        &lt;\/style&gt;\n        &lt;!-- Important: Here is most likely a bug in another system.\n        Maybe it is a kind of security system.\n        The script tag below is getting replaced by a script tag with src=&quot;about:blank&quot;\n        and data-opt-src=&quot;https:\/\/js.arcgis.com\/4.28\/&quot;. 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height: 360px; border: none;\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mlj4e7pkz1qt.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Lawerence_Dempsey.png\"><img data-opt-id=1936107956  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/mlj4e7pkz1qt.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:724\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Lawerence_Dempsey.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlj4e7pkz1qt.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:724\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Lawerence_Dempsey.png 1024w, https:\/\/mlj4e7pkz1qt.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:212\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Lawerence_Dempsey.png 300w, https:\/\/mlj4e7pkz1qt.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:543\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Lawerence_Dempsey.png 768w, https:\/\/mlj4e7pkz1qt.i.optimole.com\/w:1527\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Lawerence_Dempsey.png 1536w, https:\/\/mlj4e7pkz1qt.i.optimole.com\/w:1527\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Lawerence_Dempsey.png 2048w, https:\/\/mlj4e7pkz1qt.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:848\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Lawerence_Dempsey.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Multiple locations related to the lynching of Lawrence Dempsey.  Map created and developed by Hayden Hancock (2023).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"pgc-sgb-cb wp-block-pgcsimplygalleryblock-slider \" data-gallery-id=\"51198202\"style=&quot;min-height:400px&quot;><div class=\"sgb-preloader\" id=\"pr_51198202\">\n\t<div class=\"sgb-square\" style=\"background:#d4d4d4\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"sgb-square\" style=\"background:#d4d4d4\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"sgb-square\" style=\"background:#d4d4d4\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"sgb-square\" style=\"background:#d4d4d4\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"simply-gallery-amp pgc_sgb_slider \"><noscript><div class=\"sgb-gallery\"><div class=\"sgb-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/lawrencedempsey_deathcertificate-2\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=313858552  fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dempsey, Death Certificate\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/mlj4e7pkz1qt.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:295\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/LawrenceDempsey_DeathCertificate.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlj4e7pkz1qt.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:295\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/LawrenceDempsey_DeathCertificate.png 300w,https:\/\/mlj4e7pkz1qt.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:1008\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/LawrenceDempsey_DeathCertificate.png 1024w,https:\/\/mlj4e7pkz1qt.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/LawrenceDempsey_DeathCertificate.png 1132w\" sizes=\"auto, 250px\"\/><\/a><div class=\"sgb-item-caption\"><em>Death Certificate, by Persons Unknown<\/em><\/div><\/div><div class=\"sgb-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/illinois-central-railroad-depot-painting-southern-illinois-railroads-1900s\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=522650230  fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Illinois Central Railroad Depot Painting, Southern Illinois Railroads, 1900s.\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/mlj4e7pkz1qt.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:196\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Illinois-Central-Railroad-Depot-Painting-Southern-Illinois-Railroads-1900s..png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlj4e7pkz1qt.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:196\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Illinois-Central-Railroad-Depot-Painting-Southern-Illinois-Railroads-1900s..png 300w,https:\/\/mlj4e7pkz1qt.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:669\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Illinois-Central-Railroad-Depot-Painting-Southern-Illinois-Railroads-1900s..png 1024w,https:\/\/mlj4e7pkz1qt.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Illinois-Central-Railroad-Depot-Painting-Southern-Illinois-Railroads-1900s..png 1494w\" sizes=\"auto, 250px\"\/><\/a><div class=\"sgb-item-caption\"><em>Illinois Central Railroad Depot Painting, Southern Illinois Railroads, 1900s.<\/em><\/div><\/div><div class=\"sgb-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/fulton-illinois-central-roundhouse-southern-illinois-railroads-1900s\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=173023489  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mlj4e7pkz1qt.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:180\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Fulton-Illinois-Central-Roundhouse-Southern-Illinois-Railroads-1900s..png\"  loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fulton Illinois Central Roundhouse, Southern Illinois Railroads, 1900s.\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20300%20180%22%20width%3D%22300%22%20height%3D%22180%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22300%22%20height%3D%22180%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" old-srcset=\"https:\/\/mlj4e7pkz1qt.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:180\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Fulton-Illinois-Central-Roundhouse-Southern-Illinois-Railroads-1900s..png 300w,https:\/\/mlj4e7pkz1qt.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:613\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Fulton-Illinois-Central-Roundhouse-Southern-Illinois-Railroads-1900s..png 1024w,https:\/\/mlj4e7pkz1qt.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Fulton-Illinois-Central-Roundhouse-Southern-Illinois-Railroads-1900s..png 1494w\"\/><\/a><div class=\"sgb-item-caption\"><em>Fulton Illinois Central Roundhouse, Southern Illinois Railroads, 1900s.<\/em><\/div><\/div><div class=\"sgb-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/dempsey-paducah-sun-1\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=121999130  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mlj4e7pkz1qt.i.optimole.com\/w:48\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dempsey-Paducah-Sun-1.jpg\"  loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"300\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%2048%20300%22%20width%3D%2248%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%2248%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" old-srcset=\"https:\/\/mlj4e7pkz1qt.i.optimole.com\/w:48\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dempsey-Paducah-Sun-1.jpg 48w,https:\/\/mlj4e7pkz1qt.i.optimole.com\/w:163\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dempsey-Paducah-Sun-1.jpg 163w,https:\/\/mlj4e7pkz1qt.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dempsey-Paducah-Sun-1-scaled.jpg 408w\"\/><\/a><div class=\"sgb-item-caption\"><em>Paducah Sun-Democrat, May 21, 1917<\/em><\/div><\/div><div class=\"sgb-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/negro-dragged-from-jail-and-lynched-for-attack-on-watchman-lexington-herald-may-21-1917-2\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=689132105  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mlj4e7pkz1qt.i.optimole.com\/w:154\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Negro-Dragged-From-Jail-and-Lynched-for-Attack-on-Watchman-Lexington-Herald-May-21-1917.jpg\"  loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"154\" height=\"300\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20154%20300%22%20width%3D%22154%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22154%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" old-srcset=\"https:\/\/mlj4e7pkz1qt.i.optimole.com\/w:154\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Negro-Dragged-From-Jail-and-Lynched-for-Attack-on-Watchman-Lexington-Herald-May-21-1917.jpg 154w,https:\/\/mlj4e7pkz1qt.i.optimole.com\/w:525\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Negro-Dragged-From-Jail-and-Lynched-for-Attack-on-Watchman-Lexington-Herald-May-21-1917.jpg 525w,https:\/\/mlj4e7pkz1qt.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Negro-Dragged-From-Jail-and-Lynched-for-Attack-on-Watchman-Lexington-Herald-May-21-1917.jpg 834w\"\/><\/a><div class=\"sgb-item-caption\"><em>Lexington Herald, May 21, 1917<\/em><\/div><\/div><div class=\"sgb-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/kentucky-negro-lynched-the-shreveport-journal-louisiana-may-21-1917\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=251020162  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mlj4e7pkz1qt.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:282\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kentucky-Negro-Lynched-The-Shreveport-Journal-Louisiana-May-21-1917..jpg\"  loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"282\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20300%20282%22%20width%3D%22300%22%20height%3D%22282%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22300%22%20height%3D%22282%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" old-srcset=\"https:\/\/mlj4e7pkz1qt.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:282\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kentucky-Negro-Lynched-The-Shreveport-Journal-Louisiana-May-21-1917..jpg 300w,https:\/\/mlj4e7pkz1qt.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kentucky-Negro-Lynched-The-Shreveport-Journal-Louisiana-May-21-1917..jpg 864w\"\/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"sgb-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/quiet-lynching-party-down-in-old-kentucky-the-greenville-news-sc-may-21-1917\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=557516557  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mlj4e7pkz1qt.i.optimole.com\/w:226\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Quiet-Lynching-Party-Down-in-Old-Kentucky-The-Greenville-News-SC-May-21-1917.jpg\"  loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20226%20300%22%20width%3D%22226%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22226%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" old-srcset=\"https:\/\/mlj4e7pkz1qt.i.optimole.com\/w:226\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Quiet-Lynching-Party-Down-in-Old-Kentucky-The-Greenville-News-SC-May-21-1917.jpg 226w,https:\/\/mlj4e7pkz1qt.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Quiet-Lynching-Party-Down-in-Old-Kentucky-The-Greenville-News-SC-May-21-1917.jpg 637w\"\/><\/a><div class=\"sgb-item-caption\"><em>Greenville (SC) News, May 21, 1917<\/em><\/div><\/div><div class=\"sgb-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drvk.createuky.net\/clone\/lawrencedempsey_paducahsunarticle-1\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=280591476  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