Died in jail or a lockup
Alex Wyatt
Alex Wyatt was held in the county jail at Murphysboro, Illinois, when he died on February 5, 1874. According to a dispatch from Mt. Carbon printed in the Chicago Daily Tribune, a mob of about 500 men took him from the jail and hanged him. The dispatch says the mob would not allow anyone to interfere with his body, which was still hanging afterward.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Mt. Carbon dispatch to the Cairo Bulletin reports that a mob of about 500 men took him from the county jail at Murphysboro and hanged him.
Reported by: Mt. Carbon dispatch to the Cairo Bulletin (reporters).