Editing Colusa, California (section)

===Lynching of Hong Di===
On July 10, 1887, convicted murderer Hong Di, an immigrant from [[China]], was dragged from the Colusa jail and was forced by over a hundred and fifty men through the streets of Colusa's Chinatown, before he was hanged from the rafters of the locomotive turntable of the [[Colusa and Lake Railroad]]. Di, who had worked as a servant for the Billiou family of [[St. Johns, California]], had shot and killed his employer Julie Billiou on April 7, 1887. He was captured on May 22, 1887, near [[Gridley, California]].<ref>Kulczyk,David. (2008). California Justice: Shootouts, Lynching and Assassinations in the Golden State. Word Dancer Press. P44  {{ISBN|1-884995-54-3}}</ref>