Albert Berry (born March 1, 1878, date of death unknown)[citation needed] was one of two people credited as the first person to make a successful parachute jump from a powered airplane.

Berry made his pioneering jump on March 1, 1912, in St. Louis, Missouri, leaping from a Benoist pusher biplane.

[1][2][3] The other contender is Grant Morton, who is reported to have jumped from a Wright Model B piloted by Phil Parmalee over Venice Beach, California, sometime late in 1911.

The mob's actions were condemned by regional newspapers and local and national political figures such as former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt.

The principal witness for the prosecution was Norman Walter Price, who confessed to helping burn Walker, pled guilty to second-degree murder, and turned state's evidence.

After Berry was acquitted, Deputy Attorney General J. E. B. Cunningham said, "It seems to be beyond human agency to secure a conviction in the killing of Walker."

[1][2][3][4] On March 1, 1912, Berry sat on a trapeze bar hanging from the front of a Benoist pusher biplane piloted by Tony Jannus.

The 36 feet (11 m) diameter parachute was contained in a metal canister attached to the underside of the plane, and to a harness worn by Berry.