Died in jail or a lockup
Andrew McGuire
Andrew McGuire was held in a jail when six men calling themselves a vigilance committee took him out and hanged him, according to a dispatch datelined March 17, 1868, in The South-Western. The account gives no name for the jail and no details about his life or family. It is the newspaper's report of the killing.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A March 17, 1868 dispatch reports that six men calling themselves a vigilance committee took him from a jail and hanged him.
Reported by: March 17, 1868 newspaper dispatch (reporters).