Died in jail or a lockup
Berry Boling
Berry Boling was held in a Tennessee county jail. According to the Associated Press, about fifty armed men forced their way into the jail on the night of Saturday, May 7, 1921, seized him and hanged him from a tree about a quarter mile away. A Knoxville dispatch said his body was also shot, and officials began an investigation, though no one in the mob had been identified as of the first report.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Berry Boling from the Knox County jail, hanged him from a tree and shot his body, according to a Knoxville news report; officials began an investigation.
Reported by: Knoxville dispatch (reporters); Associated Press report (reporters).