Napa County Deaths

Chinaman

Contributed to this site by Regina Gualco

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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. 

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