Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1886-08-26
LEWISTON IDAHO TERRITORY. THURSDAY aug &c 1ssa


chiuamen In ahoshone
County.
! Hon. T. n. Bayard, Seesssosy oJ
State. Washington, D. C.
EIE; in compliance with your in.
ssrcc'ions to proceed to Orc Fino shining
district snd investigate il person th1
allslscd outrage committed against ecr.
tain Cl.ircse sshjce:s at thai place. lon
Boise City, tho Capital Of Idaho, es The
7sh day Of July, 1886, via Lewiston.
where was jaincd BY Jsmes II. Hawley
y. s. District Attorney. We 4 once
sts,sea for Orc Finc, whore We arrived
on the 18th ins.ant.
We n,de th"scuah invesigst,ou of
the tr,sns, elton, and took the evidence
Of al tho white ,nca aud Chin,re who
were cosni2aat Of the fact. (Said aii.
dsvits aecampsay this rcrnrt.) Pierce
City il "a nli m:;mg town III tho Ore
Fiao minie. dixrict, situated in the hisl,
mountains az idaho, snd ,!aut two hnn-
dec! nI's from Murray. tho county ssat
af Sh Ermc cau'.ty. All tho white men
his but tscnty or thirty have loft 70,
osi,1 pisces, l.avii,. tho m;ncs almost IA
nv h,nls og Chinesc, who m,ne, pack in
ta's, ~ snfi.''rs and merchandise "a
a;iness and airr,. aud are dom: vesy
lu.sstre snl .soG,sl.ls bus;Mcas.
D. N. Frazier was a merchant, lonr
resident 81 this locality, aud had lived
,here w''h his family for pclsly twenty
WEARS, respected, lnamrcl AND beloved b.
sil y.o krts hi:n. On hr 10Th DAY 81
ssp,..nhcs. 1851, ssid Frazier was MUIR
ler.a n hi. stone iu tlr most brutal
a,aaler, !..ia. ,esnally chopped to pieces
xih tniyc< and axes, and sftsuards
~i,ot When this terrible news reached
tho surrounding cauniry, that Frazier
md been thus bsutal!y murdered,
the cisxrns nr 'ha slisronndins couutry,
Of onc accord anlcd 70 the sccnc Of tho
murder AMI e,,,lHsvorc.l to find ont tho
wre,c.,cs VII" I,pl joie this terrible dccd.
Facts snd circumstances clesrly show.
al that tho murder was PLANNED, cnnc0tt>
s-' an; in-,i.l,rl 4 tho Caincsc x,orc II
!, Leo Keo N,M 4 Co, for tho sclc and
ariy purpose Of clasn. np the Ameri.
ean store, thereby siyin: tho entire
m,s.ws,ilc trade to the Chinese mcr.
chants.
After IN Investigation Of two days by
the citizens sini those Of ihe surrounding
cnun'ry, they hell Eve Chinese guilty oi
tM. fanl murder, viz: Leo Kec Nam,
le. ','ta:: Nam, Loc All Too, Sum
SUM a,m lsM Ah Wong, who wcro de-
iivartl i,y the citizens to the deputy
sheriff with instructions to take them
sa'e!y to Murray, the county scat Of said
cct,.ty, and deliver them to the cosstitut-
ed arthorites for t,ial. All the citizens
Of the suraan'lins country leit for their
homes. On tas 18TH day &C September
the deputy shc,if; With posse Of six
nen started sinh the prisoners Tor Muir.
ray, tie equity seat Of Shoshpne county
d,s'r,,rc aimns two hundred miles
Whcn they had Z, Me a'ms,e i"nr niles
on their way, wl,"w the road passed
through, dense grawth Of timber and
ualerinuzh, they were suidculy halted
and s,Tso.,,,lcd ~ a lsss number Of
blackcucd aid masked armed men, the
sheriff a.ni hi. ,s..>,s Ne,e disarmcd, and
the p,.,nucis taken from ,hun and
hai..sd
The statement n,1te to tho Chinese
Cn.su' GcMral "Ti,t Frazier was the
kccprr as u restaurant" Is not true, for
he had h,en heavy merchant and deal
ef in sci'ersl merchandise there for
twenty y.rf., and never WIS connected
with a restaurant in any way. The
farther statement that tho "lyhite miners
brcaluc dislses.sed Ni,., said Lee Kec
Nam hecai,se sosne VI them were refused
the privilege Of obtaining trust from
him." is also without foundation. Also
the following statement Is entirely ef.
Ioneous: "On the 10th day Of the same
month manby the name Of Faninges
went and searched all over the Chinese
stores and houses without saying word
of explanation. After the search he
started for Lewiston, returning the same
day to Oro Fino." No man BY ths
name Of Faningcr, or ola similar name
has ever lived in Orc Fino for the last
twenty years, and the distance from Ort
Elmo to Lewiston il one hundred and
twenty miles.
The following statement is also n
untruth: "All communication between
the Chinese and the natives, or among
the Chinese themselves, from all quar-.
ters, was prevented"
The Chinese had every opportunity "a
consult together, and every avsnus wa