Gee Jon
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gee-jon-208-1389266
title:
Gee Jon
text:
Gee Jon was a Chinese national who was the first person in the United States to be executed by lethal gas. A member of the Hip Sing Tong criminal society from San Francisco, California, Gee was sentenced to death for the murder of Tom Quong Kee, who was a member of the rivaling Bing Kung Tong in Mina, Nevada. An unsuccessful attempt to pump poison gas directly into his cell at Nevada State Prison led to the development of the gas chamber.
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description:
Criminal gang member, executed by gas in 1924 in Nevada, US
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gee_Jon
date created:
2004-10-27T21:36:55Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T05:51:44Z
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