Deaths in Custody
Died in jail or a lockup

Miller

died August 9, 1909 · jail at Cadiz, Trigg County, Kentucky

Miller, a Black man, was lynched near Cadiz, Kentucky, in August 1909. Accounts agree that a mob took him from officers who were conveying him to the jail at Cadiz and killed him during the night. The Associated Press reports date the death August 9 or August 10, and one headline places the seizure at the jail itself rather than on the road.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Associated Press reports say a mob took Miller from officers conveying him to the Cadiz, Kentucky jail and lynched him during the night.

Reported by: Associated Press (reporters).

News reports (4)