Died in custody
Otis Miller
Otis Miller, a Black man, was one of three men held by the Orange County sheriff and brought to Orlando for safekeeping. According to the Roanoke Times, about fifty armed men took the three from the sheriff, hanged them from trees and shot their bodies. The killings took place on March 16, 1897, in Orlando, Florida.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob of about fifty armed men took Otis Miller from the Orange County sheriff in Orlando, hanged him from a tree and shot his body.
Reported by: news reports.