June 15, 1891 – Bridgeport, California: Chinese Murder Suspect Lynched in Jail by a Vigilante Mob

[AI-generated placeholder. Deeper narrative coming soon.] In June 1891, in Bridgeport, California, a Chinese man named Ah Anong Ti was lynched by a vigilante mob while awaiting trial for a murder. A group of local men stormed the jail, dragged out the prisoner, and hanged him from a tree just outside. According to one lurid account, the lynchers even mutilated the victim – claiming his “limbs [were] severed from his body while he was still alive” (Pittsburg Dispatch, Aug. 4, 1891). Such gruesome details (whether accurate or exaggerated) conveyed the mob’s ferocity. The lynching of Ah Anong Ti completely bypassed the legal process, and it prompted protests from Qing China’s diplomats – yet none of the perpetrators were ever identified.