Died in custody
Name not reported
An unnamed Black man was taken from officers near Hattisburg by a body of armed men on June 2, 1890, and hanged, according to The Grenada Sentinel. The paper, in its June 7, 1890 issue, gave hanging as the cause of death and described the killing as homicide. The account names the officers as the people who held him at the time the armed men took him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: The Grenada Sentinel (reporters).