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Chinese War Over Gold Lease Ends With Head Taken Largely
In Virginia City a clash between Six Chinese companies over Alder Gulch leases sparked two days of battle. Two defenders died. a man was beheaded with a sharpened shovel. Ah Wah and Ah Yen were tried, then freed after a long legal saga and a jailhouse disguise escape by rival officials.
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Virginia City
Alder Guich
United States
Wallace Street
Alder Gulch
Budda
Old Cathay
China
Aldergulch
Madison County
Ah Wan
Ah Yen
Inter
Ah Wah
Wilbur F. Sanders
Henry M. Blake
J. E. Callaway
Michael Hatfield
Supreme Court
Montana
Defense Council