Hong Ti

Hong Ti was held in the Colusa jail in California. On July 11, 1887, a crowd that had gathered in the courtroom and then outside the jail took him from custody and hanged him from a bridge. The sheriff and jail guards offered little resistance to the crowd, and the sheriff later ordered his body cut down and carried back to the jail.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took Hong Ti from the Colusa jail and hanged him from a bridge the morning after a court verdict, and the sheriff and jail guards offered little resistance.

Reported by: news reports.

Source

• The Sun, July 12, 1887, page 2 The Sun, July 12, 1887