Ah Yung

Ah Yung, a Chinese man, was hanged in the Missoula jail yard in 1883 before about 100 witnesses, the first legal execution in western Montana. According to the account, he was dropped from the scaffold after a short prayer and pronounced dead in under a minute. The sources available describe the execution itself and nothing else about his life or the case.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Missoula county officials (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

Source

• The Dickinson Press, August 25, 1883, page 2 The Dickinson Press, August 25, 1883