Napa County CA Archives Obituaries.....Chinaman, ----- May 13, 1865
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from History of Napa and Lake Counties (1881)

Killing of a Chinaman.---May 13, 1865, James Keeley killed a Chinaman, name
unknown, under the following circumstances: He owed the Chinaman a wash-bill,
which he had failed to liquidate. The Chinaman became enraged finally, and, in
company with some of his countrymen, undertook to collect the bill by force, or,
at least, to frighten Keeley into the payment of the amount due. Keeley grasped
an axe handle, and, using it for a bludgeon, struck and killed the first one
that came within reach of him. He was arrested and discharged.

Additional Comments:
Source: [Lyman L. Palmer], History of Napa and Lake Counties, California (San
Francisco: Slocum, Bowen & Co., 1881), page 148.

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