Chinese Hanging

Charged with hacking a prominent local merchant to pieces, five Chinese were hanged here by vigilantes on September 18, 1885. They were just setting out on a long, hard 240 mile trip from Pierce to face trial at the county seat in Murray when the vigilantes struck. A large group of armed, masked men forced the deputy sheriff and his posse to give up the Chinese prisoners and to return to Pierce.

Idaho · United States