In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alton,_Illinois" id="mwag" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Alton, Illinois">Alton, Illinois</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolitionism_in_the_United_States" id="mwaw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Abolitionism in the United States">abolitionist</a> printer <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_P._Lovejoy" id="mwbA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Elijah P. Lovejoy">Elijah P. Lovejoy</a> is shot dead by a mob while attempting to protect his printing shop from being destroyed a third time.