Andy McGuir

Audy McGuire, whose name appears as Andy McGuir in a second 1882 newspaper report, was held in the Jackson County jail. Newspapers reported that a mob took him from the jail one night and hanged him from a tree. The two reports, published in April and November 1882, give his name differently.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Audy McGuire from the Jackson County jail one night and hanged him from a tree, according to an 1882 newspaper account; the article does not say whether jail staff resisted or gave up the keys.

Reported by: The South Kentuckian (reporters).

News reports (2)

• Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, April 21, 1882, page 4 Semi-Weekly Interior Journal, April 21, 1882
• The South Kentuckian, November 7, 1882, page 1 The South Kentuckian, November 7, 1882