The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-11-06
Ex-Employe of Steilacoom Asy-
lum Found in the Street.
HIS END RECALLS sHApts.s.
He Knew Too Much About the Poison
ing, He Told Friend.
A BOY Killed st Olympia Another yes-
sci Lost on the oregon Coast-Isii-
break at walia wara Fras,ratsd-A
Prisoner Shot.

b0s 0sSAesss o4 SihAelc oulid, aged "a. re-
signed as an attendant at the Fort Stella
COON asylum three months ago, and sub
se9uenty said he had TO resign because
ms lie was IN danger there, as he knew
too much about the alleged poisoning
OF Accountant Shade, formerly of
"auseon, o.. and Mrs. Redpath, wife OF
one OF the chief physicians at the asylum.
Saturday night he said he saw tao men
watching him from hallway. Thereupon
he bought q revolver 10 defend himself in
case OF attack. This morning he was
found dead near the center of the CITY.
Some love letters were scattered about
but he had not been robbed of either
money or Jewelry. An autopsy showed his
condition 10 be entirely normal, with no
signs OF poisoning. Slight indications OF
edema IN the lungs pointed to a stoppage
in the circulation of the blood. but there
were no marks of choking The stomach
Will be analyxed. Detective Ike Evans is
wondering whether Bartlett was smothcred
In the struggle for the love letters.
bartiett's excuse for resigning was ill-
health. and his mother, who Is now pros.
trated because of his mysterious death.
says he was troubled with heart disease
i've years ago. But the autopsy showed
the heart 10 be sound. So was his brain.
III he had been choked the doctors
say there would have been marks on
the thorax. But there was not a mark.
Everybody, as a rule, believes he was
murdered, but the physicians cannot say
just what caused death, or the edema of
the lungs. Sill. his watchohain was
detached, indicating q struggle, and the
excess of fluid in the lungs, which indi-
Gates edema, AM perhaps smothering or
something OF the sort. is the only tell-tale.
The death of Accountant Shadle caused
sensation, when il was minated by his
relatives that he had been poisoned. His
symptoms were similar to those OF Mrs.
DIR. Redpath. Those who have watched
DIR. Eedpath's actions during the trying
time Tor him when he was CON
nected IN roundabout way with
the poisoning theory are sorry now
that the Bartlett mystery again brings up
the past DIR. Redpath's conduct has won
him the respect and sympathy of unbiased
people. and while it might have been sim
ply silly notion on the part of Bartlett to
believe some one wanted to kill him be-
cause he imagined he knew too much
about the alleged poisoning, most people
speak of it as If il were fact.
At any rate, Bartlett did not testify be-
fore the asylum trustees in the alleged
poisoning case. His name was suggested
among those who. it was thought, might
know something about the matter. but il
was too late and the poisoning scent too
faint to call him, when the trustees con-
cluded that there was no just grounds
for the theory of poisoning In the
case of Mr.. shadle and Mrs. Redpath.
And yet. after Bartlett had resigned-a
letter from Superintendent Waughop.
accepting his resignation and regretting
that Ill health necessitated it. was
found among Bartletts leiters-hs told
Sam Simon. of this city. with whose son
he was associated in business, the follow
ing tale, as related by Mr. Simon:
''He said he knew two much abont pois-
oning at the asylum, and that his life was
in danger there, therefore he resigned. In
the absence OF any other theory, believe
Bartlett was scared to death. There
wasn't a scratch or bruise on him. At
the very same place where he was found
he thought two men were trying TO way
lay him Saturday night and he armed
himself with a revolver He imagined
dreadful things. no doubt and he worked
himself up into an intense pitch of excite
ment, and just then something stirred or
happened that frightened him still more.
and he died in bis tracks"
While there was only 90 cents in hi.
pocket, there is no evidence that he car
ried much more at any time. The davs
receipts at his cigar store were found in
the money drawer TODAY. One of the love
letters was written partially in the eclectic
system of shorthand and gently upbraided
him for not having written. Or. Lowery.
of the asylum. who, with half dozen
witnessed the autopsy, saws
Bartlett had many friends and no enemies
at the asylum. The trustees Of the asylum
say all the assistants VINO have severed
connection with the institution since
Shades death either resigned or we're dis
charged for causes in no wise connected
with the death of Shade.
Bartlett's hat can't be found. One Of
his love letters shows that he mad rivals
for the hand of 8 Steiiacoom girl, who
wrote most of her love missives in short
hand.
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