Died in jail or a lockup
Charles Wyatt
Charles Wyatt was held in the custody of Sheriff Irvin of Jackson County, Illinois, in February 1874. When the sheriff learned that a crowd was gathering at Carbondale to lynch him, he took Wyatt off the train below the town and walked about eight miles with him to the county seat. That evening, a crowd of four or five hundred men went to the jail, took him by force and hanged him.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.