Herbert Bell
Herbert Bell, about 30 years old and Black, was held in the county jail at Dover, Tennessee. Newspaper reports from October 1926 say a mob of about 75 men entered the jail on the night of October 8, took him out and carried him across the Cumberland River. Officers later found his body hanging from a tree about ten miles away, and one report said it was riddled with bullets. One account says the mob overpowered the sheriff, and another paper gave his name as Nip Bell. The sheriff was reported to be investigating the killing.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. News reports say an armed mob overpowered the sheriff at the Dover jail, took Bell out and hanged him from a tree, then shot him.
Reported by: news reports in the Dover, Tennessee paper (reporters).