Alexander Compton, a 58-year-old white male, was serving as the Sheriff of Wabash County, Illinois, when he was tragically killed on December 20, 1906, in Mount Carmel, IL. Sheriff Compton's death was the result of a violent encounter involving a 17-year-old youth. The incident occurred after Sheriff Compton had arrested the youth's father on a breach of peace warrant, which had been issued by the father's ex-wife, the youth's mother. As Sheriff Compton was escorting the father to jail, the yout
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