Ah Ben

Ah Ben, a Chinese man, was hanged at Marysville, California, on Friday, March 14, 1879, in an execution carried out under state authority. The brief report, published six days later in The People And New Hampshire Patriot, describes the hanging in a few lines and nothing more.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Source

• The People And New Hampshire Patriot, March 20, 1879, page 2 The People And New Hampshire Patriot, March 20, 1879