On the evening of February 24, 1882, Yee Shun got off a train in East Las Vegas, New Mexico.
Notes on verification
Corroborated by an academic encyclopedia citing a peer-reviewed historical article (Wunder, 1990) and an independent local-history source specifically confirming the 'East Las Vegas' detail. Broader narrative also supported by History.com and NBC News, though those omit the precise date. One minor date discrepancy (Feb 4 vs Feb 24) in a derivative secondary source is outweighed by sources closer to the original scholarship.
Sources
- Monument Marks Little-Remembered Case That Set Precedent for Asian Americans to Testify in Court (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.asam.021.html (plainshumanities.unl.edu)
- https://babyblue1724.wordpress.com/the-yee-shun-affair/ (babyblue1724.wordpress.com)
- https://www.history.com/articles/chinese-exclusion-act-yee-shun-legal-rights (history.com)
- https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/new-monument-highlights-landmark-case-allowed-chinese-testify-u-s-n1117221 (nbcnews.com)