"Doc" Boley, City Marshal

City of Lima

Marshal “Doc” Boley was a well-known and respected black officer in Lima, a small town six miles southeast of Seminole and in Seminole County. On November 30, 1930, Marshal Boley had arrested a young black man named Herbert Williams for larceny, at his home and was leading him out of the house when the mans brother, Taft came up behind them. As Boley turned around, Taft shot him in the left chest with a .410 shotgun. The marshal collapsed and the two brothers loaded him up to take him to the hospital in Wewoka. The car broke down on the way and a passerby stopped and took the marshal to the hospital. Marshal Boley died as he was being taken in to surgery. The two Williams brothers were arrested later that night.