P. McGuire
Philip McGuire, whom the sources call P. McGuire, was held in the jail at Council Bluffs, Iowa, in October 1860. According to a report in the Omaha Nebraskian, reprinted in New Orleans, a mob took him from the jail during the night and hanged him from a tree near the town. The Mountaineer reported that he was found hanged from a tree near the town the next morning, and that three other men held in the jail were taken the same way and were thought to have met the same fate.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Omaha Nebraskian, reported by the New Orleans Daily Crescent, says unidentified people took McGuire from the Council Bluffs jail at night and hanged him from a tree.
Reported by: Omaha Nebraskian (as reported by the New Orleans Daily Crescent) (reporters); The Daily Dispatch (reporters).