Died in jail or a lockup
George Manuse
George Manuse was held at the jail in Rawlins, Wyoming, when a group of four or five men took him from the jail and lynched him. His remains were reported found in 1950 in a whisky barrel during an excavation. A coroner was said to have matched a skull top given to a doctor in the 1880s with the skull from the barrel.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Four or five men took him from the jail and lynched him, according to the news account.
Reported by: news accounts of the lynching.