March 12, 1889 – Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Mob Lynches a Chinese Laundryman During Riot

[AI-generated placeholder. Deeper narrative coming soon.] On March 12, 1889, amid an anti-Chinese riot in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a Chinese laundryman was lynched by a white mob. One report noted that “early this morning a Chinaman was hanged by a mob at Twenty-Seventh and Chestnut streets” during the unrest (Ashland Weekly News, Mar. 13, 1889). That night, thousands of people rampaged across Milwaukee, attacking Chinese residents and ransacking their laundries. This incident showed that even northern cities could see outbreaks of anti-Chinese violence. The lynchers in Milwaukee were never brought to justice.