... accidentally killed Robert Thompson. "That evening a mob of about 500 whites killed 19 Chinese and looted Negro Alley. Every Chinese-occupied building on the block was ransacked and almost every resident was robbed. The man who actually shot Thompson escaped punishment, and only a few of the guilty members were ... outraged and infuriated the people, particularly the people of Watsonville. Most of this fury was targeted on a taxi dance hall just a few miles from Watsonville in Palm Beach. The rumor was that there were young white women being courted in this particular dance hall. Outrage...

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