Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-09-04
A CHASTITY FIND.
a Murder Of the Railroad Days Brought
to Light.

On Friday last, while VIM. Soldin
and son, ana 0. FL. Straw of Rosebud,
were blowing a patch of ground Dor
dering on the travelled road, about
eight miles from Rosebud, they turn
ed up q human thigh bone. Closer
Investigation unearthed the entire
skeleton with the exception OF The
feet, which could not be found.
There was sufficient remaining Of the
moustache and the hair on the left
side Of the skull to determine the fact
that the deceased was light complex
toned, the hair being quite light and
the moustache sandy, stiff and heavy,
and Of about two weeks growth. The
skull was pierced by a ball, which had
entered from behind, near the top Of
the head, t~raFeling just under the top
and coming out III the forehead. This
with the further fact that the body
was buried with the head and should
ers about three feet deep and the low
e. extremities only about eighteen
inches, is evidence that the deceased
was the victim OF foul play. Portions
Of the clothing were intact, showing
him to have been dressed in a suit of
knit underwear over which he wore a
pair Of jean pants and oyer these a
pair Of dark cloth pants with a stripe,
which were new and must of cost at
the time the murder is supposed to
have been committed not less than
twelve dollars. On the body was a
black cashmere shirt, half cotton and
wool, and a vest. No coat or foot
wear was found and only the lining
Of a hat. In II vest pocket was
found a suspender strap and clay pipe
with broken stem; in the other, some
matches and a pants button. Apock-
ct knife was foundin the pants pocket
with the small blade broken. No
money OF papers of any description
were found: The only personal mark
that might lead to identification was,
that the deceased had double teeth in
front, and a large molar in the lower
jaw was decayed. OF course the find
ing of the remains created quite a stir
IN the neighborhood and set the old
settlers to thinking who it might be.
Joe Gee, who has lived in the locality
as long as any n says he thinks the
remains are those of a railway contrac-
tor named Mitchell, who was paid off
about the time the grade was finished
in that locality and received $1,000.
He disappeared mysteriously and this
fact is also remembered by Charles
Tabor, and the section boss at Rose
bud. The latter attributes his taking
off to a man named Smith who had
threatened Mitchell's life on account
Of domestic trouble in which Mitchell
was implicated or suspected by Smith.
Thelatter shortly left the country and
was heard Of at DeadWood two years
ago but not since. The section boss |
remembers that Mitchell had just
bought a new suit, and as the pants
show where not decayed that they
o new, it is probable that the re-
mains are those Of Mitchell. Ifnot
they may be of some one connected
with a large hay camp cal there, of
which one Cady was foreman, who
might know if there had been any
one missing. Whoever the victim is,
he was no doubt foully murdered and
If possible the crime should be traced
to the p%erpetrator. The remains were
decently buried by the finder in the
same spot and the relics are to be
seen at o. II. StraW's house.-Yellow-
stone Journal.
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