The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-11-07

nostrils shut and smoshrred him "a d4x.a
u II believed there would h.v. b..n soma
marks Of the stranger. 6nxsr. a. Bart
iett Was very strong and there xould have
been Violent struggle. There xe-. no
nnger marks on Bsrtgess's face.
But the physicians in cropping about for
the cause Of the edena concsud.d TODAY
fnai IL resulted from condition. OF the
heart. and not from hand he'd ovsr the
mouth and nostxils. But the result Vas
about ths same. At any rate shers w. .
SUDDEN ssoppags of the blood foxing into
zoe iunss. a. stated in the PosT-ISrnLr-
eKxcKa
ms Sudden s,oppage. the physicians
mostly agree was caused BY the heart fall
,ng. rom some underlined cause. 80 par
form iia funcfions- IL WAS observed at the
setopsy that the side Of the heart from
winch the blood flowed into the lungs vas
Empty OF blood, while the other side vas
Rorged
At this point Chief Of Police D. o. smith
e@ns out with his ''scxrei 10 death"
theory. ss outlined In today's Posr-IsrrL-
Lisksosa The natural secretions about
.he body, sometimes resulting from ex-
IRENE fright. convinces the chief that
DarIletf Was scared TO death. or course
the technical results may Be described as
eczema. or failure Of the heart to perform
us functions In one way or another, but in
psAin Engiish, Smith concludes il vas .
case OF being scared TO DEATH Even If the
right lad stopped his heart. is 10 fair to
assume. according 10 the chief. that il
PANIED Bartlett greatly. and in Srasping at
the pain. he broke his watch chain and
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30 Tar ss doctors can learn there wasn't
anything the matter with Bartlett
physically. He was well man. He had
an idea some one connected with the force
oil assistants az the Fort SteiIacoom
asylum wanted 70 kill him. on the assump-
Ton that he knew too much about tho
Shadie-ksdpath alleged poisoning cases at
the asylum, and he became very appss-
hensise. He thought his would-be muir
derers were In the city. ready to pouncs
upon him from dark corners. So ne
bought big revolver--its load of
cartridges was emptied today by the coro-
ner, every barrel Was losded-and pre-
pared to shoot any one who attacked him
or said boo" from q suspicious vantage
ground.
That was his condition Of mind when
he started out early Monday morning.
Next he was found dead, bu: because his
body was warm when found. some OF his
friends OF an occult turn of mind imagine
poor Bartlett vas not dead. but simply
sleeping in . cstaleptic or epileptic dit,
ana that the physicians simply butchered
him, 40 they did Bishop, the mind reader.
Bartletts mother was asked about tins,
and she said her son was never sick in lis
f. T..
she saw him for the last time Sunday.
According TO his mother he never had fits
OF any nature.
The young lady from Fort steilacoom
who corresponded with Bartlett in short
hand came 20 town today. Her letters
and his letters indicate that each under
stood the other perfectly regarding their
secrets she Ia stenographer, and she
vas trying to teach Bartlett how to write
hen tracks according TO the eclectic system.
Bartietts last letter to her. which was
found upon his body and which had never
been mailed, showed that he concluded
with expressions Of affection. the last word
being Juicy" with an *" after il, indl-
eating kiss. Then he said in writing
xxx" tia ta," and ended the letter.
This letter cautions the stenographer
against making any show Of the number
and frequency of their letters, inasmueh as
itmight cause some Of those who saw them
to believe they we're doing land Office
business" In sympathy Bartlett was with
the A. p. A.. rs he said I'm bis last letter
they were prepared to help elect their men
and knew how 70 do IL.
But there are other interesting letters.
among those scattered about Bartietts
kr4. n.A ~4 he 10 ~
the father Of the late Accountant Shade,
of the asylum. II was in reference to the
alleged poisoning Of his son. This goes TO
indicate that Bartlett was instrumental in
arousing the suspicion of the father of the
dead man. Still another ietter-and both
these letters are apparently copied off
originals, as they are In typewritten form,
signatures and all--ir from 5. +. McAnaliy.
of this city, who was the lawyer who
brought the attention of Shades family
To the poisoning theory regarding Shades
demise. MeAnally refers to the investixa-
ton along the poisoning theory. Thus. il
seems, that Bartlett may have had some
ground for his ideas about his knowledge
along the poisoning theory line. which,
80 far as the Investigation Of the asylum
trustees and Gov. MeGraw went has been
exploded.
It certainly was exploded 90 far as show
ing taat those suspected according to the
theorists and the evidence siduced, or
rather promised to be sdduced. but people
want to know now whether there are any
inmates or attendants about the institu-
ton who have developed mania for pois-
oning human beings.
Mr. Rogers, the present accountant ut
the asylum was in the city today and he
says i, is simply nonsense and utterly out
OF the range OF possibility for . person
with a mania for poisoning to operate at
the asylum.
Bsrtietts missing hat hss been returned.
A butcher boy Gays he picked Ii up near
Bartistt's body. In the gray OF dawn. with
seeing the dead man.
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