Deaths in Custody
Died in custody

Name not reported

died July 7, 1885 · Grenada County, Mississippi

Two Black men held in the custody of officers at Grenada, Mississippi, were taken from them by a mob on July 7, 1885, and hanged. The Osceola Times reported the killings four days later. Their names are not recorded in the account.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

News report