A CHINESE WESTERN
NOT A CHINAMANS CHANCE IN CHICO
A TRUE TALE OF THE OLD WEST
DAVID EDWARD MARTIN
COPYRIGHT 2018
CHAPTERS:
CHAPTER ONE
I AM NO CEASAR
CHAPTER TWO
GOOD ORDERLY MEN
CHAPTER THREE
BAD OMENS
CHAPTER FOUR
SCREAMING HORSES AND INCENDIARIES
CHAPTER FIVE
MORE VIOLENCE AGAINST THE CHINESE
CHAPTER SIX
THE ORDER
CHAPTER SEVEN
MORE BAD OMENS
CHAPTER EIGHT
NO GREATER THAN HOGS MURDER WITH A BORROWED GUN
CHAPTER NINE
THE NIGHT OF THE BLACK MOON THE IDES OF MARCH
CHAPTER TEN
THE AUDACITY TO LIVE
CHAPTER ELEVEN
THE CORONERS INQUEST A DOLLAR TWENTY FIVE CENTS PER MANS LIFE
CHAPTER TWELVE
REACTION TO MASSACRE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
TRIGGERNOMICS
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
FOUR FUNERALS AT CHICO CEMETERY
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
TWO DAYS PAST MURDER
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
THE BUZZ OF THE NEWSPAPER PRESSES AND THE CHINESE QUESTION
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
THE NEXUS OF MURDER AND THE ROAD TO DETECTION
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
THE DETECTIVES
CHAPTER NINETEEN
TRIGGERNOMICS IN PLAY BIDWELL’S HENRY RIFLES
CHAPTER TWENTY
MARCH 18 FOUR DAYS PAST MURDER THE FIRST DOMINO FALLS
CHAPTER TWENTY ONE
THE GOLDEN GLOW OF HENRY RIFLES
CHAPTER TWENTY TWO
AMES FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE LARORERS UNION THE MAD HATTER
CHAPTER TWENTY THREE
CONFESSIONS MORE DOMINOS FALL
CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR
THE MURDERERS ARRESTED
CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE
KILLING OF A FEW HOGS THE CONFESSIONS
CHAPTER TWENTY SIX
HENRY RIFLES READY FOR ANYTHING
CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN
MARSHAL STEWARD CALLS UP THE ARMY
CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT
THE PRISONERS MOVE OUT BIDWELLS HENRY RIFLE ARMY AND THE CHICO CHINESE PEOPLES ARMY
CHAPTER TWENTY NINE
MORE ARRESTS THE ACCESSORIES TO MURDER AND ARSON THE REMAINING COUNCIL OF NINE OF THE LABOR UNION
CHAPTER THIRTY
THE NEW ARRESTS GO TO OROVILLE
CHAPTER THIRTY ONE
CHINESE GUNSLINGERS
CHAPTER THIRTY TWO
CHINESE GOOD OR BAD
CHAPTER THIRTY THREE
THE PRISONERS ESCAPE FROM THE BUTTE COUNTY JAIL THOSE WHO ATTACK THE CHINESE WILL PAY A HEAVY PRICE
CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR
THE TRIALS BEGIN GRAND JURY INDICTS
CHAPTER THIRTY FIVE
LABOR UNION DISBANDS
CHAPTER THIRTY SIX
DR. HUGH JAMES GLENN CONTEMPORARY OF BIDWELL WITHOUT THE SAME HAPPY ENDING
CHAPTER THIRTY SEVEN
THE CHINESE QUESTION AND LAND BARONS
CHAPTER THIRTY EIGHT
LOVE SICK JOHN BIDWELL
CHAPTER THIRTY NINE
STAGING FOR THE TRIALS
CHAPTER FORTY
THE ARSON TRIALS BEGIN AND END
CHAPTER FORTY ONE
THE MURDER TRIALS
CHAPTER FORTY TWO
THE POST CONVICTION COMMENTARYS
CHAPTER FORTY THREE
GUNFIGHT AT MCDERMOTT’S APRICOT ORCHARD
WEE LEE CHINESE IRISH ESCAPE ARTIST AND CIRCUS FREAK
CHAPTER FORTY FOUR
JIM GLANCY THE CHINAMANS BULLY WHO SCREAMS LIKE A LITTLE SCHOOL GIRL
CHAPTER FORTY FIVE
ELECTIONS BEGIN
CHAPTER FORTY SIX
THE SIXTH SHOOTER AT THE CHICO CHINESE MASSACRE IS DISCOVERED
CHAPTER FORTY SEVEN
ALL IS FORGIVEN
CHAPTER FORTY EIGHT
ANNIE SOLDIERS ON
To her: she is so very beautiful but refuses to admit or recognize this fact, a common affliction with very beautiful women.
To Ray Murdock, my former teacher, fellow Chico history lover and antiqueaholic. You have never tread on others and are always a friend to those in need.
To Ron Roller (Pinky Jackson), always a friend to those in need.