The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-26
CHINESE WOMAN FOUND MUIR.
DERED IN BED.
OFFICERS WITHOUT A CLUE
Husband Arrested on Suspicion, Sub
sequentIy Released for Lack of
Proper Evidence


I Meath by strangulation at the hands
i of a party or parties unknown to the
| jury, was the verdict returned in the
inquest conducted yesterday by Cor
! oner Rinehart on the body of Dong
Quay, a Chinese woman, found muir
dered early yesterday morning at her
home on the south side.
| Again the ''rule of three has been
made good, as those who have become
believers in a sequence of tragedies
predicted it would. When the fatal
accident of last Tuesday afternoon
occurred there were plenty who said
that it would be followed by two more
as the belief in a sequence of occur
rences of that kind has no lack OF
followers. In view of the events OF
the week it would seem that there is
reason in it. Three deaths by VIC
lence form the record, with two more
days to pass before the week will be
ended
Have No Suspicious.
>So far as the authorities are con-
cerned no one is suspected of the
murder of the woman, and no motive
seems to exist, unless she was kill
ed by some one who believed her to be
possessed of considerable money and
committed the crime for the purpose
oDrobbery.
|X AS precautionary measure Leung
TJlng, the husband of the victim,
was placed in custody until such time
as an inquiry could be made by the
coroner. At its conclusion he was
released as nothing in the testimony
adduced was of nature calculated
to incriminate him. He gave it as his
belief that a whiteman was the MUIR
derer, saying the woman had had no
enemies among the people of her own
race; ON the contrary all had felt
friendly toward her and. none thought
her to have any money, consequently
she could not have been murdered
by a Chinaman who had robbery in
mind.
Although informed that he need not
testify unless he so desired, as he was
under suspicion of being the perpetra-
tor of the murder, Leung Tung said
he had nothing to conceal and was
desirous of telling all he knew OF the
affair. The story he told was straight
forward and at the conclusion of his
testimony all who heard it were con-
vinced of his innocence and he was
released.
Slow and Tedious.
The inquest proved to be tiresome
affair. Three of the principal wit
nesses were Chinese and had to give
their testimony through an interpre-
ter, which consumed much time and
was slow and tedious.
A. E. Garnant, a policeman, was the
first witness examined. He said he
had seen the dead woman many times
and knew where she lived. He also
knew Leung Tung. At about $40
o'clock yesterday morning he went to
her house, having been summoned by
telephone from the California res
taurant by Chinamam who had in
formed him that a murder had been
committed and he was wanted. In re-
sponse he had gone to the restaurant
with Chinaman. He found the
woman dead. lying on bed. The
only person in the house at the time
he arrived there was Leung Tung.
The man had moved the body, saying
that when he came home and found
her dead the body was lying on its
face and he had turned it over. AS
far as he could see, the witness said,
the furniture had not been disturbed,
but the bed gave evidence Of having
been mussed considerably, as the
clothes were badly disarranged. At
the end of the bed where Tung told
him the woman's feet had been there
was much blood, which was clotted
and laid in Jumps on the pillows
and other clothes.
On the door of the room and also
on the wall and floor he saw blood
spots. That on the floor and door
looked as though it had been placed