Died in jail or a lockup
Miller Mitchell
Miller Mitchell, a Black man, was being held in the county jail at Excelsior Springs, Missouri, when a mob stormed the building on August 7, 1925. According to the account in The Birmingham Age-Herald, the mob beat back the guards, reached his cell and took him to the street, where they carried him several blocks and hanged him from a tree. The article reports that officials appealed to the mob's leaders to stop, and that the appeal failed.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.