Grant Smith
Grant Smith, a Black man about 40 years old, was held in the custody of officers at Paris, Kentucky, when a mob took him from them on the evening of March 29, 1920. The Fleming County sheriff was bringing him back to Flemingsburg when the mob met the officers at Paris and took him away. The mob hanged him from a telephone pole on the Maysville pike near Mayslick. A coroner's jury found that he died at the hands of persons unknown, and the Governor said the officers were morally responsible for letting him be taken.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Grant Smith from the sheriff and officers in Paris, Kentucky, and hanged him, and the Governor said the officers were morally responsible for letting him be taken.
Reported by: Coroner's jury (medical examiner or coroner); the Governor.