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September 26, 1883 – Millville, Utah Territory: Gruesome Lynching of a Chinese Cook at a Railroad Camp
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Narrative
On September 26, 1883 in Millville, Utah Territory, a Chinese cook working on a railroad camp was found lynched by unknown assailants. His body was decapitated and mutilated, making it one of the most gruesome anti-Chinese killings of the 1880s. The crime was never solved, illustrating the brutality of such violence.
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