Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1882-04-13
A Triple Murder and Arson.

| Last week report reached this city that
cabin on Camas creek, about Il milas above
Palouse bridge, known to be occupied by
I three Chinese miners had been found burned
and that the Cinnamon had been burned
in the house, and that the parties from the
settlement on the Palouse below had gone
up to investigate the matter. Nothing
more was heard of the matter until Sunday
eve, when white man accompanied by
three Cinnamon drove across the ferry into
town. having III the wagon three boxes each
containing the remains of Chinaman.
The remains of two were SO charred and
burned as to be past identification, while
the third was almost in a perfect state Of
preservation, and attirod in full miners garb
having on long gum boots, fastened by a
belt around the body, all besmeared with
mud and gravel, and with hands covered
with clay and gravel as though just from a
mining claim. The man was shot in the back
and in the head, and his throat was cut
almost from ear to ear and through the
wind pipe to the back of the neck. The
young man who drove the wagon into town
informed us that as far as he
could learn the bodies were found under
the following circumstances About the
4th inst, young man named Alb Galloway,
went to Powers store and traded off thirty
Or forty dollars in gold dust, and appeared
to have suddenly become in possession Of a
large quantity of dust, which was recog-
nized as dust from the locality of Camas
creek, and known as Camas Creek dust.
Afterwards the young man reported that
the cabin of these three miners had been
burned and that it was supposed that all
the men had been burned with it. This led
parties to 60 up and make an investigation
upon arriving there the cabin was
found to have been burned, and that a snow
storm had occurred since the fire covering
up much of the debris. Further search dis
closed the charred remains of two of the
Cinnamon among the debris, but the thirt
could not be found, leading to the suspicion
that perhaps the third man had murdered
the two, set the cabin fire and then fled
But upon further search upon the mimi.
: claim little distance from the cabin, ant
! in a cut or ditch on the claim the bs6y 0
the third man was found buried in the snow
and frozen, and in a perfect state of preser
$ walton, as before stated, with bullet hole il
7 the back, one in the lett side of the hca1
and with throat cut. Then different the
ory prevailed as to the killing. Suspicion
was fastened upon young Galloway, who ha,
first told of the burning, and he was arrested
= and there was found in his possession pal
of boots, which were identified as the prop
erty of the man found in the ditch. Gal
l. loway claims that sometime last fall thes
Cinnamon borrowed of him sic lge ham
/ mer and some other mining tools and neve
, returned them, and that he went to tn
claim for the purpose of getting these, an
n that when he arrived there he found tn
d cabin burned and supposed that all three 0
e the men had been burned in it, The exam
# nation of Galloway was set for last Satur
day to be conducted before Frank Points
as Justice of the Peace for the Palouse pre-
= cinct. On Monday morning, at tue instanc
. of the district attorney, DR.. Sterling, assis
= ted by Joseph Vincent held post morter
n examination upon the body of the Chinama
whose throat was cut, and extracted bot
balls. The one taken from the head wa
% much flattened, willie the one taken fror
" back was found near the breast bone and wa
= not much changed. 1t is evidently a pis
IS tol ball run in q mould, and not large. TIL
entire cut of the throat had the appearance
OF having been by a large sharp knife an
:, with two strokes as no ragged edges appea
, IN the wound From all that can be gleaue
A 1t Is supposed that these Cinnamon ha
some seven or eight hundred dollars in col
dust at the time they were murdered, til
=, product of their mining since last fall. TIL
% man whose throat was cut, was the oss {
- the company and could talk some Englis
" and was regarded as a very industrious an
honest Chinaman among the settlers on tn
Palouse with many of whom he had man
business transactions. The murder was til
r. most atrocious that ever occurred in tn
Of county since the murder of the McGrnde
i" in the fall of 1868, and it would appear tn;
II 1t was done to get possession of money. W
~ trust there Will be no laches suffered in fe
u reting out the guilty party or parties.
a. McGrecor has just received from s. 7
y suit: of Maryland, very CHOICE LOT 0