Died in jail or a lockup
Jerome Boyett
Jerome Boyett, 22, was being held in the Scott County jail in Tennessee in June 1933. Around midnight, about 25 armed men came to the jail, struck the jailer with a pistol and took his keys. The men took Jerome from the third floor, and the next day his body was found in woods near a roadside about two miles from Huntsville. Deputy Sheriff J. C. Phillips said he had been shot seven times.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Deputy Sheriff J. C. Phillips said Boyett had been shot seven times after about 25 armed men took him from the Scott County jail.
Reported by: Deputy Sheriff J. C. Phillips (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.