Last time we started a story about a “Tong War” in July of 1854 between two groups of Chinese who lived near Weaverville, Trinity County. The story is taken from the pages of the “Shasta Courier.” The parties met in…
Criminal Annals, Part 78 – The Chinese
Much has been written about the poor treatment of the Chinese miners and merchantmen by the rest of the people in early California. The dislike and jealousy for these people who worked so hard and could find gold in played-out…
Criminal Annals, Part 77 – Issues at Georgetown
The springtime weather of 1852 brought out the miners in the Mother Lode who had been cooped up for the winter when the water was too high and too cold for mining. But that is not the only people it…
Criminal Annals, Part 76 – Hanging at Yankee Jim’s
People sometimes ask if El Dorado County was the only place where people seemed to be hanged by vigilante committees. For a period of time in the early days of the Gold Rush, El Dorado County was the most populated…
Criminal Annals, Part 75 – The Cosumnes Tragedy (Final Part)
This is the third and final part of “The Cosumnes Tragedy,” which was in the July 3, 1852 edition of Sacramento’s “The Daily Union,” On trial was a Frenchman who was accused of killing a “Chinaman” at Big Bar, a…
Criminal Annals, Part 74 -The Cosumnes Tragedy (Continued)
This is the second part of “The Cosumnes Tragedy,” which was in the July 3, 1852 edition of Sacramento’s “The Daily Union,” On trial was a Frenchman, referred to as Monsieur Raymond alias Rogers, who was accused of killing a…