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June 1896 – Quigley, Montana: Local Whites Lynch a Chinese Laundryman
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Narrative
In June 1896 in Quigley, Montana, an itinerant Chinese man (nicknamed “Big Hank”) was lynched by local white miners simply for trying to open a laundry business in the camp. A gang of masked miners dragged him out and brutally beat him to death. One report described how the victim’s “head [was] beaten to a jelly with clubs” by the mob (Princeton Union, June 4, 1896). The lynchers intended this murder as a warning to any other Chinese who might come to Quigley. The crime was plainly racially motivated, and as usual, none of the perpetrators were identified or punished.
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