Chinese Lynched

Ghastly Fruit on Pierce City Trees

LEWISTON, I.T., Sept. 22.—Five Chinamen, implicated in the murder of Daniel Frazier and a robbery in Pierce City, were taken from jail by citizens last night and hanged to convenient trees.

Mr. Frazier, who was one of the pioneers of Southern Idaho, was well known and respected. His room in the rear of his store was entered on the night of the 11th inst., and he was murdered and his body horribly mutilated. An attempt was then made to blow open the safe, which was unsuccessful. The tracks on the outside of the building showed that a Chinaman had done the deed. In the next five days fifteen Chinamen were arrested, and finally five confessed to the deed. These were taken out and summarily disposed of.

DRIVEN FROM THE MINES.

PANIC STRICKEN MONGOLS.

SEATTLE, W.T., Sept. 22.—The quarters of the Chinese workmen at the Black Diamond Mines were visited by a mob last night. They were armed with repeating rifles and each had a sack drawn over his head with holes cut for the mouth, nose, and eyes. They were thus completely disguised, and presented a fearful appearance. The Chinese fled in terror from their houses, which were then burned. These Chinamen had already been discharged from the mines, and expected to return to Seattle this morning.

There is much excitement over the Chinese question here. A convention to consist of delegates from all parts of the Puget Sound country has been called to meet here Sept. 28, to devise means of ridding the country of the Chinese. The feeling is intensified by the fact that the Federal authorities hardly make a pretext of stopping the Mongols from crossing the border into Washington Territory from British Columbia. The law which was made to protect the people from the influx of the Chinese is practically a dead letter, and in consequence of this the citizens take the law into their own hands with a view to protecting themselves.