Hong
Hong was being held in the jail at Calusa, California. Early on July 11, 1887, according to a San Francisco dispatch reprinted in the Wichita Eagle, an armed band of about 200 men surrounded the jail, took him out, and carried him through Chinatown to the railroad yards, where they hanged him from the crossbar of a railroad turntable. The dispatch says a company of National Guard had been posted at the jail the evening before but was removed shortly before midnight. Hong was described in the dispatch as Chinese.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A San Francisco dispatch reprinted in the Wichita Eagle says an armed band of about 200 men took Hong from the Calusa jail and hanged him from a railroad turntable crossbar, after the National Guard guarding the jail was removed shortly before midnight.
Reported by: San Francisco dispatch reprinted in the Wichita Eagle (reporters).