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October 28, 2009
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Book Tells Story of 1887 Massacre
Chinese miners killed for gold
O ne o f the b lo o d ie st in c i­
d en ts in O regon h isto ry - the
m assacre o f m ore than 30 C h i­
n ese la b o re rs in a crim e that
w as n ev e r so lv e d - is re c e iv ­
ing a fresh look in a new book
w ritten by a v eteran jo u rn a l­
ist.
A u th o r R. G reg o ry N okes
d elves into the d etails o f the
a tr o c ity a n d u n e a r th s e v i ­
d ence po in tin g to a gang o f
r u s tle rs an d s c h o o lb o y s as
the killers in his book, “ M as­
sacred fo r G old: T he C hinese
in H ells C a n y o n .”
In 1887, as m any as 34 C h i­
n e s e g o ld m in e r s w e re
s la u g h te re d o n th e O re g o n
side o f the Snake R iver’s H ell’s
C anyon in w hat is co n sid ered
o ne o f th e m o st h e in o u s o f
nu m ero u s crim es co m m itted
against the estim ated 3 0 0 ,0 0 0
im m ig ran ts from C h in a w ho
arriv ed in th is co u n try d u rin g
the latter h a lf o f the 19th c e n ­
tury. O nly 11 o f the v ictim s
w e re id e n tif ie d ; th e o th e rs
d ie d a n o n y m o u s ly - m a n y
w ithout graves.
N okes’ m eticulous research
o f old reco rd s and n ew sp ap er
ac co u n ts u n co v ers a trail o f
a c c u s a tio n s a n d c o v e r-u p s ,
according to M icki R eam an o f
the O regon S tate U n iv ersity
P ress, the b o o k ’s p u b lish er.
“ T h e b o o k tr a c e s th e
a u th o r’s long p erso n al jo u r ­
ney to ex p o se d etails o f the
m assacre and its afte rm a th ,”
R eam an said, “ an d to u n d er­
stand how the crim e w as for
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so long lo st to h isto ry .”
B arry L o p ez, a n o ted a u ­
th o r and editor, said “ M assa­
cred for G o ld ” p ro v id es a lo ­
cal and n atio n al c o n te x t for
th e m u rd e rs an d th e s u b s e ­
q u en t lack o f ju stice .
“It,..m a k e s it c lea r w hy all
C h in e s e m in e r s in th e la te r h a lf o f th e 1 9 th c e n tu ry m in e for g o ld a lo n g th e S a lm o n
River, a m a jo r tributary o f th e S n a k e R iver w h e re m o re th a n 3 0 C h in e s e m in e r s w ere
m a s s a c r e d in 1 8 8 7 .
th e y o u n g m u r d e r e r s w e n t
fre e ,” L o p ez w rites. “ N okes
d escrib es tw o trag e d ies then.
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(AP) — Two great-uncles o f
s y n d ic a te d ra d io h o s t T om
Joyner, sent to the electric chair
for the 1913 m urder o f a C on­
federate A rm y veteran, w ere
unanim ously pardoned Oct. 21
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Black landow ners T hom as
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Tom J o y n er
tow n 4 0 m iles north o f C olum ­
bia. Tw o other men were also
put to death for the crim e.
(A P) - T he Portland Fire B u­
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a r r e s ts in th e A p ril 22
firebom bing o f a north Portland
home.
Lt. Rich Tyler said Thursday
that fire investigators have ar­
rested 18-year-old Bobby C ha of
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C o n g ress has fin ally p assed
a bill that w ill give state and
lo c a l la w e n f o r c e m e n t th e
n e c e s s a r y to o ls to p re v e n t
a n d p ro se c u te th e se v io le n t
crim es an d h elp o u r co u n try
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e q u a lity u n d e r th e law an d
freed o m from p erse cu tio n .”
J o y n e r le a rn e d a b o u t h is
uncles' fate during filming of the
P B S d o c u m e n ta ry " A fric a n
American Lives 2," which traced
his lineage.
The talk show host and legal
historian Paul Finkelm an then
began to w ork to clear the G rif­
f in s ' n a m e s b e c a u s e th e y
thought they w ere fram ed by
another m an w ho was linked to
the victim 's stolen pistol. John
"M onk" S te v e n so n te stifie d
against the others in exchange
for a life sentence, but later told
fellow inmates the four men had
nothing to do with the crime and
he pointed his finger at them to
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Sigm a O m ega A lum nae C hap­
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Tw o brothers were arrested in
A u g u st.
Nine people were asleep in the
hom e when a M olotov cocktail
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rested 19-year-old Tou Cim C ha
o f Portland and 21 -year-old Vang
C ha o f O regon City. Police said
the C ha brothers were upset be­
cause tw o teenage boys in the
hom e would not join their Hmong
Pride gang.
Tyler says Bobby C ha is re­
lated to the C h a b ro th ers, a l­
though he is not their brother.
T he spokesm an w ould not say
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Jo y n e r said he w av ed his
hands and hugged family m em ­
bers w hen he got w ord o f his
great uncle's pardons.
"This w on't bring them back,
but this will bring closure. This
is a very good day," he said.
Before the executions, more
than 120 people signed a peti­
tion asking for a reduced sen­
tence for the m en, including
B lackstock's mayor, a form er
sheriff, tw o trial ju ro rs and the
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