The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-02-26

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saw a small round mark in the center
of the forehead, which appeared as
though it had been made by some
thing used to strike blow. There
was blood on the mouth and nose,
as if it had run from the nose More
was on the top Of the head and in
the hair, as if wound existed there.
In a room back of the one in which
the body lay he found a coal bucket
in which was a small quantity OF
ashes. Some of the ashes appeared
to have been spilled, as a quantity
was scattered about the floor, par
ticularly under the edge of the bed.
Nothing showed in the rear room
that struggle had occurred there,
as everything seemed to be in place.
Carrying his investigations little fur
ther, the witness said, he found
marks of blood on the wooden knob
of the door in the rear room leading
to the outside. Leung Tung had told
him it was caused by cut in one
of his fingers a few days before In
support of this statement the man
had shown him finger with cut
in it. Although not an expert, witness
said the blood on the knob looked to
him to be as fresh as that on the wall
and clothing on the bed. To him it
had seemed that whoever committed
the murder had gone out of the back
door and besmeared the knob with
his hand in opening the door.
Leung Tung told him he had been
in the house about half an hour be-
fore the witness arrived and when
witness got there the Chinaman was
engaged in Strengthening up the room
and arranging things. In reply to
questions asked by witness Leung
Tung said he had found the woman
dead about 4 O'clock and the last time
he had seen her alive had been about
10 o'clock the night before. From the
position in which he had found the
body the Chinaman said it looked as
though the woman had been thrown
head first onto the bed. Leung Tung
had said that he did not know how
long she had been dead when he came
home, but it must have been some
time, as her hands and arms we're
cold. He had also said that two plain
gold rings the woman wore were MISS
ing when he found her body.
Through Doc Jack, Yee Jew gave
his testimony He knew nothing con-
cerning the affair, except what he had
been told by others. His examination,
conducted by County Attorney Harris,
was more for the purpose of tracing
the movements of, Leung Tung dur
ing the night. He said that he lived
in a cabin on the south
side, near the shooting gal
lery. At 2 O'Clock yesterday morn
ing he saw Leung Tung there. The
latter had arrived quite while before
that, in fact had come early in the
evening. A little after 2 witness went
to bed, leaving Leung Tung sitting in
the room, where they had been smok-
ing. Some time after that Leung Tung
left, but soon returned and said that
his wife was dead; that she had been
killed. Witness did not get up, but
remained in Ded He was not at the
woman's cabin during the night and
did not see her. He had known her
about three years and never had
heard of her and her husband having
any quarrels. She was good woman.
Louie Kan, who conducts a lodg-
ing house on the south side, knew the
cabin in which the preceding witness
lived. He was there Wednesday
night a couple of times. The first
time he went there was about 9
O'Clock. Leung Tung was there then.
He remained until 10, when he left.
Leung Tung stayed behind. AIT IL
O'Clock witness returned to the cabin
and saw Leung Iung Cnere again.
This time witness remained until af
ter O'Clock yesterday morning. At
about o'clock Leung Tung left for
home and returned in few miutes
and said his wife had been killed.
It as not to exceed five or 10 minutes
between Leung Tung's departure and
his return. After telling what had
occurred Leung Tung had gone back
home. The witness did not go with |
him. He had heard no noise during
the night and knew nothing about the
murder. He didn't know whether the
dead woman and her husband ever
had had any quarrels and had not
heard any Chinaman talking about