Twice Hanged a Chinaman

Newspaper:The Scranton Tribune
Publication Date:   Jun 11, 1902
Published at:Scranton, Pennsylvania
Page Number:1
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TWICE HANGED A CHINAMAN.

Colorado Mob’s Warning Not to Marry a White Girl.

By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press.

Idaho Springs, Col., June 10.—Loui Sing, a Chinaman, was strung up to a tree twice by a mob last night and threatened with death if he did not leave town, never to return. The mob’s wrath was aroused by the Chinaman’s efforts to marry a white girl named Nellie Merchen.

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"Twice Hanged a Chinaman." The Scranton Tribune (Scranton, PA), June 11, 1902.