Charles J. Miller
Charles J. Miller, a Black man, was held in the custody of Sheriff John Hudson when a crowd of thousands gathered around him, and he spoke to them from a pile of timber about his wife, who lived on North Second street. According to the Daily Public Ledger, the sheriff, who said his oath bound him to deliver Miller to jail, took him there, and then a mob returned, rushed into the jail, and took Miller to the depot. The Omaha Daily Bee reports that on July 7, 1893, a mob hanged Miller from a telegraph pole near the depot, and that his body was then shot and burned. In his final words, the Omaha Daily Bee reports, Miller said he was innocent.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Charles J. Miller from the jail, hanged him from a telegraph pole near the depot, then shot and burned his body, and the sheriff had said his oath bound him to deliver Miller to jail.
Reported by: Sheriff John Hudson (the agency that held him); news reports.