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Christopher Wyatt

died February 5, 1874 · Alexander County, Illinois

Christopher Wyatt was held in the jail in Cairo, Illinois, in February 1874. According to a telegram published in the Los Angeles Daily Herald, a mob took him from the jail and hanged him on February 5.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

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