Chinese Murderer Lynched
| Newspaper: | The Boomer |
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| Publication Date: | Fri, Jul 15, 1887 |
| Published at: | Ryansville, Kansas |
| Page Number: | 1 |
Article Transcript
SAN FRANCISCO, July 11.—A company of national guard troops was placed at the jail at Colusa last evening by order of the governor, in order to protect the Chinese murderer, Hong Di, who shot and killed Mrs. Billyon six months ago.
The excitement of the populace regarding the verdict fixing the penalty at imprisonment for life was so great that an organized attack on the jail was regarded as imminent.
The excitement has apparently died away and the guard was removed shortly before midnight. At 2 o’clock this morning a band of armed men numbering 200 surrounded the jail and seized the sheriff. Entrance to the jail having been effected the Chinaman was taken from the jailor’s room and taken through Chinatown to the railroad yards.
Here the Chinaman was plied with questions but he was so frightened that he had lost the power of speech. A rope was adjusted and he was swung from a cross bar of the railway turntable, where he was left suspended.