Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
A man named McGuire was held in the jail in Richmond, Missouri. On Tuesday night, March 17, 1868, six people in disguise, who called themselves a Vigilant Committee, took him from the jail and hanged him. The account the Alexandria Gazette printed on March 19, 1868, names the jail as the place he was held and describes the mob as having taken him from it.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.