Died in jail or a lockup
C. J. Miller
Before his death, C. J. Miller wept and raised his shackled hands while standing on a pile of timber, and he spoke to the crowd about his wife, who lived on North Second street. He was in the custody of Sheriff John Hudson when a large crowd gathered around him, and the sheriff said his oath bound him to deliver Miller to the jail. After the sheriff did so, a mob returned, broke into the jail, and took Miller to the depot. There the mob hanged him from a telegraph pole, and his body was afterward shot and burned.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took C. J. Miller from the jail, hanged him from a telegraph pole and shot and burned his body after the sheriff had brought him there.
Reported by: news reports.