A Stupid Chinaman

New York Charley the Chinaman who was lynched on Monday for the murder of G. W. Mardis, was detected through his own stupidity. After the murder he took off his shoes and walked along the road that his track might be mistaken for an Indian’s. When he was taken, the discovery was made that he had six toes on one foot which exactly corresponds with the tracks. He then acknowledged his crime and was lynched by his countrymen.

The Elko Independent says: “At the earnest solicitation of the leading Chinamen at the camp, New York Charley was turned over to them, and as the funeral procession which conveyed to their last resting place the remains of poor old Mardis filed down the street, a similar cortege, bearing the body of his murderer, issued from Chinatown, and slowly moved toward the Chinese cemetery.”