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3 stories matching highbind

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  1. The Chinese Alms Association Defends Its Mission

    Facing accusations of operating a 'Highbinder court,' members of Seattle's Chinese community wrote to the Post-Intelligencer to assert their role as an independent organization dedicated to arbitration and charity.

    May 4, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyExclusion & Resistance

  2. A Threat in Chinatown: The Laundryman, the Secret Society, and the Police Escort

    After a robbery in Wa Chong’s building, a Chinese agent fears assassination by a band of seventeen ‘highbinders’ and asks Captain Brennan for safe conduct home.

    Mar 25, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyTrue Crime

  3. The Shadow Trial of Ah Jim

    A secret trial in a Seattle basement nearly triggers a riot, revealing the intense, violent rivalries between competing Chinese merchant factions vying for control over labor and transit.

    May 2, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSouth 4th Street & Washington Street, Seattle, King CountyWork & Pay · True Crime

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  1. High Stakes and High Caliber

    A casual card game at the Northern Hotel ends in a shooting, leaving a stranger in custody and a victim fighting for his life.

    Apr 23, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle

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