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  1. The Opium Dream of Lee Fook Bow

    After surviving a suicide attempt on a train, a Chinese man is convinced he has died, visited heaven, and been reborn as a different man.

    Oct 28, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

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  1. A Seattle Courtroom Custody Battle

    A legal dispute over marital status and custody exposes the complicated landscape of family law for Chinese immigrants in 1903.

    Jul 3, 1903The Evening StatesmanSeattle

  2. Local Chinese Gardener Targeted for Deportation

    Wong Look, a Walla Walla resident of ten years, faces expulsion after being unable to produce his registration certificate.

    Sep 4, 1903The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla

  3. A Violent Attack on a Chinese Laborer

    A Chinese man working for Sheriff McGraw was mobbed by hoodlums on his way home from errands, prompting a call for justice.

    Feb 10, 1884Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle

  4. A Missing Paper, a Man Detained at the Wharf

    Federal Chinese Exclusion enforcement turned on a residency certificate Yee Wing said he had lost.

    Aug 7, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle

  5. Two Chinese Men, Forged Papers, and the Exclusion Law's Long Reach

    Federal officers in Seattle charged Wah Ah Ling and Wang Chong with being in the country illegally, setting off a paper chase over certificates, residence and a Washington Street address.

    Jun 21, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerWashington Street, Seattle

  6. A Woman Kidnapped from Her Home

    A Chinese immigrant couple is torn apart as conspirators use a bogus larceny charge and a U.S. Marshal to traffic a woman into potential enslavement.

    Jan 25, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerKing County Jail, Seattle

  7. The Weight of a Pawned Watch

    Haunted by the shame of an unpaid debt and lost gambling funds, a Seattle man takes his own life in the lodgings above Wa Chong's store.

    May 8, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerS 5th Ave, Seattle

  8. Tong War Casualty in Seattle

    A man involved in factional conflict takes his own life as police close in.

    Apr 20, 1917White Bluffs SpokesmanSeattle

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