A Mob Attacks a Chinaman
| Newspaper: | The Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
|---|---|
| Publication Date: | Mon, Mar 09, 1891 |
| Published at: | Seattle, Washington |
| Page Number: | 1 |
Article Transcript
Five Hundred Chicago Ruffians After an Unfortunate Celestial.
CHICAGO, March 8.—John Lee, a Chinaman, was set upon by a crowd of boys and drunken white men today in Desplaines street and assaulted with a shower of stones. The Chinaman retaliated and was thrashing a drunken man when John McDonald, a painter, ran out of a neighboring house and felled the Chinaman with a heavy stick. One of the boys then rushed up and deliberately dropped a heavy stone on the head of the prostrate Chinaman. In the nick of time a patrol wagon arrived and dispersed the crowd of nearly 500 persons who had quickly gathered and were shouting, “Hill him! Kill the Chinaman!” Lee’s recovery is doubtful.
Citation
"A Mob Attacks a Chinaman." The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA), Mar 9 1891, 1.