Died in jail or a lockup
Emanuel Mundy
Emanuel Mundy, a 21-year-old Black man, was held in the Grenada jail while awaiting a grand jury. According to The Grenada Sentinel, men took him from the jail at night using a deception, carried him to a tree near Grenada and hanged him. The mob's act is the reported cause of death, and the paper describes it as a hanging by a group rather than a death in custody by natural or accidental means.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A newspaper account says men took him from the Grenada jail at night and hanged him from a tree near the town.
Reported by: historical newspaper account.