Bio & Incident Details
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Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 8/25/1878
Weapon: Handgun; Revolver
Suspect: Lynched by mob
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City Marshal Clift, who also served as a United States Marshal, was shot and killed while escorting a prisoner back to Chetopa. As the suspect attempted to flee to Missouri he was stopped by Marshal Clift. The man said he would return to Chetopa but instead pulled a revolver and shot Marshal Clift. The suspect was captured and as he was being brought back for trial a mob of angry citizens took him off of a train and lynched him from a bridge.
