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died 1885 · Clearwater County, Idaho

Four Chinese men held in the Pierce City, Idaho jail were being moved toward Murray for safekeeping in 1885, according to a North Idaho history reprinted by The Wallace Miner. About four miles out of town, a band of men met the party, took the prisoners and hanged them from a pole between two trees. The account names none of the men who were killed. A separate passage in the same article describes five Chinese men lynched around the same time.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. North Idaho history, as reprinted by The Wallace Miner, says a band of men took four Chinese prisoners from their guards and hanged them from a pole between two trees.

Reported by: North Idaho history, as reprinted by The Wallace Miner (reporters).

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