November 1866 – Chipp’s Flat, California: Reported “Lynch Law” Hanging of a Chinese Man Accused of Murder and Robbery

The Daily Evening Herald (Nov. 28, 1866) reported that a “Chinaman” was “hung by lynch law [after being] charged with the murder and robbery of a white man.” The same article notes the reporter’s inability to “learn… any further particulars of the affair.” The lynching at Chipp’s Flat demonstrates the general pattern of reporting on the accusations leveled at Chinese men and the extralegal murders arising from such accusations, while noting that particulars and accountability are hard to come by.