Lyman Wight's escape from Jackson County mob
Published October 4, 2026 at 9:26 AM
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Millennial Star Research
Lyman Wight, while being chased by seven armed men in Jackson County, escaped by mounting a horse with only a blind bridle and no saddle or arms, eventually leaping a wide ditch his pursuers dared not cross.
In Their Own Words
“In one instance he was chased by seven men about six miles; they were fully armed and came upon him so suddenly that he had to mount his horse with a blind bridle, without any saddle or arms, except a pocket knife. His horse being fleet, he escaped by out-running them and leaping a deep wide ditch, where none of his pursuers dared follow. — Millennial Star 27:29”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 22 July 1865 (Vol. 27, No. 29). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1865-07-22_27_29 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)
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