Died in jail or a lockup
Harvey Winchester
Harvey Winchester was held in the Scott County jail in Tennessee when a mob of about 100 armed men stormed the jail in June 1933. According to a United Press report, the mob took him and another man, Jerome Boyatt, from the jail. A sheriff's posse later found Harvey's body, shot, on a roadside near Huntsville the next day. Boyatt had not been found, and he was believed to have been killed as well.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A United Press report says a sheriff's posse found his bullet-riddled body on a roadside near Huntsville after a mob of about 100 armed men stormed the Scott County jail and took him.
Reported by: United Press report of a sheriff's posse finding the body (reporters).