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Tom Elgrige Crutchfield

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Tom Elgrige Crutchfield

Birth
Conway County, Arkansas, USA
Death
6 Nov 1941 (aged 58)
Wright City, McCurtain County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Wright City, McCurtain County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
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CRUTCHFIELD SLAIN ON THURSDAY NIGHT NEAR WRIGHT CITY

PAT HERRING IS ARRESTED BY OFFICERS
Millwright's Funeral Services Are Held Saturday Afternoon

Hearing for Pat Herring, charged with the murder of Tom Crutchfield, Wright City, has been set for Thursday morning, L. E. Mifflin, McCurtain county attorney, said Saturday.

Crutchfield, a millwright for the Dierks Lumber & Coal Co., of Wright City, was allegedly stabbed with a knife by Herring in an argument about 6:30 Thursday night while they were involved in a poker game with two other men in a woods near the western county town.

The knife entered the left side of Crutchfield and killed him almost instantly.

Funeral services for the slain man were held at 2:30 Saturday afternoon at the Wright City Pentecostal church with Rev. Dunn, officiating.

Arrangements were made by the Wilson Funeral Home of Idabel. Burial was in the Wright City cemetery.

Crutchfield has lived in Wright City for 26 years. His wife died last October 6.

Survivors include three sons, Tom, Harvey and Eugene Crutchfield, all of Wright City; one step-son, Cleat Kellogg, Wright City; one step-daughter, Miss Jessie Kellogg, Norman, and one half-brother, Ed Crutchfield, Sand Springs.

Steve Buchanan, an officer at the mill and a special county deputy, arrested Herring after the slaying. Herring made no attempt to escape.

Crutchfield was a middle-aged man and so is Herring, who is a farmer.

J. D. Butler and Sy Jackson, county deputy sheriffs, and Mifflin, went to Wright City to get Herring.

McCurtain Gazette
Saturday, November 8, 1941

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TOM CRUTCHFIELD KILLED THURSDAY NEAR WRIGHT CITY

Hearing for Pat Herring, charged with the murder of Tom Crutchfield, Wright City, has been set for Thursday morning, L. E. Mifflin, McCurtain county attorney, said Saturday.

Crutchfield, a millwright for the Dierks Lumber & Coal Co., of Wright City, was allegedly stabbed with a knife by Herring in an argument about 6:30 Thursday night while they were involved in a card game with two other men in a woods near Wright City.

The knife entered the left side of Crutchfield and killed him almost instantly.

Funeral services for the slain man were held at 2:30 Saturday afternoon at the Wright City Pentecostal church with Rev. Dunn officiating.

Arrangements were made by the Wilson Funeral Home of Idabel. Burial was in the Wright City cemetery.

Crutchfield has lived in Wright City for 26 years. His wife died last October 6.

Survivors include three sons, Tom, Harvey and Eugene Crutchfield, all of Wright City; one step-son, Cleat Kellogg, Wright City; one step-daughter, Miss Jessie Kellogg, Norman, and one half-brother, Ed Kellogg, Sand Springs.

Broken Bow News
Thursday, November 13, 1941

Contributor: Brandon O'Rear (48115948)
[email protected]
CRUTCHFIELD SLAIN ON THURSDAY NIGHT NEAR WRIGHT CITY

PAT HERRING IS ARRESTED BY OFFICERS
Millwright's Funeral Services Are Held Saturday Afternoon

Hearing for Pat Herring, charged with the murder of Tom Crutchfield, Wright City, has been set for Thursday morning, L. E. Mifflin, McCurtain county attorney, said Saturday.

Crutchfield, a millwright for the Dierks Lumber & Coal Co., of Wright City, was allegedly stabbed with a knife by Herring in an argument about 6:30 Thursday night while they were involved in a poker game with two other men in a woods near the western county town.

The knife entered the left side of Crutchfield and killed him almost instantly.

Funeral services for the slain man were held at 2:30 Saturday afternoon at the Wright City Pentecostal church with Rev. Dunn, officiating.

Arrangements were made by the Wilson Funeral Home of Idabel. Burial was in the Wright City cemetery.

Crutchfield has lived in Wright City for 26 years. His wife died last October 6.

Survivors include three sons, Tom, Harvey and Eugene Crutchfield, all of Wright City; one step-son, Cleat Kellogg, Wright City; one step-daughter, Miss Jessie Kellogg, Norman, and one half-brother, Ed Crutchfield, Sand Springs.

Steve Buchanan, an officer at the mill and a special county deputy, arrested Herring after the slaying. Herring made no attempt to escape.

Crutchfield was a middle-aged man and so is Herring, who is a farmer.

J. D. Butler and Sy Jackson, county deputy sheriffs, and Mifflin, went to Wright City to get Herring.

McCurtain Gazette
Saturday, November 8, 1941

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TOM CRUTCHFIELD KILLED THURSDAY NEAR WRIGHT CITY

Hearing for Pat Herring, charged with the murder of Tom Crutchfield, Wright City, has been set for Thursday morning, L. E. Mifflin, McCurtain county attorney, said Saturday.

Crutchfield, a millwright for the Dierks Lumber & Coal Co., of Wright City, was allegedly stabbed with a knife by Herring in an argument about 6:30 Thursday night while they were involved in a card game with two other men in a woods near Wright City.

The knife entered the left side of Crutchfield and killed him almost instantly.

Funeral services for the slain man were held at 2:30 Saturday afternoon at the Wright City Pentecostal church with Rev. Dunn officiating.

Arrangements were made by the Wilson Funeral Home of Idabel. Burial was in the Wright City cemetery.

Crutchfield has lived in Wright City for 26 years. His wife died last October 6.

Survivors include three sons, Tom, Harvey and Eugene Crutchfield, all of Wright City; one step-son, Cleat Kellogg, Wright City; one step-daughter, Miss Jessie Kellogg, Norman, and one half-brother, Ed Kellogg, Sand Springs.

Broken Bow News
Thursday, November 13, 1941

Contributor: Brandon O'Rear (48115948)
[email protected]


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