The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-14
Suspicion Rests on DR.. Redpath
and Mrs. Shadle.
THEY WERE CLOSE FRIENDS
Mrs. Redpath Died Mysteriously in
the Same Way as Shade.
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hank aaA Resircs Fron Hia Inssitu-
tten ss Whatcoa-Hs Had sss, 900
81 County Funds.

TACOMA. April la-ISpecial. Gov. Nc
Graw met here today behind closed doors
With the Sieiiacoom asylum commits
sioners. Stewart, Whitehouse and Cham
bers 10 sxsmine the afiidavit of the Detroit
chemist who analyxed tho contents If
Representative Joseph A. Shades stom-
ach for the purpose of seeing IL there werc
any traces Of poisoning. and also to take
testimony regarding Shades sudden
death. attention to which Was first called
In the Posr-ISrKIrIGrScKx three or four
weeks ago. Other meetings have been
held bv the asylum officials, at which this
matter has been discussed. one of them
being special meeting held for that
purpose.
The leading theory 10 that DIR. Redpath,
one OF the physicians of the asylum, was
in love with Mrs. Shadle. and upon that
theory the investigation has been pushed,
although other lines Of inquiry have been
taken up. Still. at the time the Posr~
lSTErLIaEscER referred to Shades death
as oeing sudden and mysterious. DIR. Red.
path declared to friends in favor of an
autopsy and inauiring into Shades death
because OF the sudden death of his wife.
and these friends got the idea that both
AnSy AAovG NivA VI thC S8Usc uNSteIiQuS uiS-
ease or poison. DIR. Redpath has ex-
pressed satisfaction that he. and not other
officers of the asylum. was under suspi-
cion. because he did not have so many de-
pendent upon him as some of the others.
II Was shown a. the investigation that
the embalming fluids used did not contain
poison of the kind discovered in shades
stomach. arsenic being the only poison
used in the emhalming composition.
Prosecuting Attorney W. II. Shell con-
Quoted the examination of the witnesses,
Coroner Hoska. DIR. T. F. Smith, Asylum
Superintendent Waughop and others. DIR.
Waughop made report in which he
incorporated his reasons for assign
ing apoplexy as the cause of Shades
desth. 1t was determined At the
meeting to call upon the commissioners
for funds to prosecute thorough investi-
cation. A verified report of DIR. Hatnlin.
the chemist Of the Detroit Medical college,
who anaiyxed the contents Of Shades
stomach and found quantity Of atropin
poison therein, VIII also be procured by
the committee.
DIR. Redpath does not seem alarmed or
nervous. This seems to strengthen the
theory that II there has bsen poisoning
Mrs. shadie did il all. She 10 OF Spanish
extraction, and. il in said, likes tho atten-
tion of men. II il said that Shadls was
jealous Of her and that Shadic suspected
that Redpath had been intimate with her.
The fact that the chemist who examined
Shades stomach sent for Mrs Shadle to
learn the symptoms Of death weakened
his report Of finding atropia. Two physi-
clans who examined Shadle brsin re-
ported that 1t did not show indications
Of apoplexy as reported in the death GER
tifcate. This strengthens the poison
theory. Atropia was among the drugs
kept at the asylum. and Mrs. Shadle could
have secured il. Asylum Superintendent
Waughop still insists that IL is not At all
probable that there Was any attempt at
poisoning. Mrs. Redpath's symptoms
were substantially similar to those of
shade. She saw red and white spots. saw
cows turn from red to white. and prairies
on fire. Shadis believed one Of tho CON-
missioners had bloody face. Both be-
came comatose after the attack, dying
without regaining consciousness.