Gee Jon became the first person in the United States to be executed by lethal gas.

Gee Jon

Criminal gang member, executed by gas in 1924 in Nevada, US

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…