Lynching of Richard Puryear
| Lynching of Richard Puryear | |
|---|---|
Richard Puryear, lynching victim | |
| Location | Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, US |
| Date | March 15, 1894 |
Attack type | Lynching |
| Deaths | 1 |
| Victim | Richard Puryear |
| Perpetrators | White mob |
No. of participants | 50–200 |
The lynching of Richard Puryear took place on March 15, 1894, at Stroudsburg, Monroe County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. A mostly white mob seized and hanged Richard Puryear, a Black railroad worker accused of murdering a white storekeeper, after he escaped from prison. A grand jury investigated the lynching, but no members of the mob faced criminal charges or convictions in Puryear's murder.