A Strangled Heathen

From Thursday’s Daily. A STRANGLED HEATHEN. Discovery of a Celestial Sheepherder Hanging in His Cabin.

A couple of Chinamen arrived in the city yesterday with the information that they had discovered a compatriot hanging by the neck in a cabin occupied by him about three miles south of Silver Bow. The news was carried to Priest Whitford, who, after a tedious search for the men, found them in Climbing and obtained all the information they had to impart in regard to the affair. They said that the defunct Chinaman was a shepherd, employed by Tom Mills, and he there days ago returned up mining. His continued absence made them uneasy, they said, and yesterday morning they repaired to his cabin, where they found him hanging from one of the rafters. He had been dead about three days, they thought, and after satisfying themselves that he was beyond all certainty they came to the city and told his brother, who is employed as a cook in one of the Main‑street restaurants, of the incident. They did not know whether the deceased had committed suicide or had been murdered, and it was with extreme difficulty that the Coroner obtained from them the story given above.

The brother was interviewed last night, and seemed to be but little troubled by the news he had received. He told the Coroner that he knew all about deceased’s temper and his animosity. He knew all about him, and he is alive all right. “The Coroner inquired if the deceased had committed suicide, but the decussal cook refused to throw any light on the mystery. ‘I am all right’ was all he would say.”

The Coroner and the three Chinamen will depart this morning for the cabin in which the body was found, where a thorough investigation of the man’s death will be made. The celestial sheep‑herder seems to vacillate between suicide and murder.