Died in jail or a lockup
Felix Williams
Felix Williams, a Black man, was taken from officers at Grenada, Mississippi, on July 7, 1885, and hanged by a mob, according to several newspaper accounts published days later. Accounts describe him as one of two men taken in the same event. The papers do not say where he was being held or whether the officers resisted or handed him over. No family or other details about him are given.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: Chronicling America newspaper accounts of the Grenada, Mississippi lynching (reporters).