The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-14
FOUND DEAD IN BED.
Mysterious Fate of n Handsome
Morphine Fiend.
BECAUSE HIS GIRL WAS FALSE.


20 pS A piano player - a house q eot0ft1
prostitutes and the eonlTsaa1eE OF q very
handsome young u1ula,So woman was
found II room 81 90 The Concord house
on Front s1reet. aear Pike. late yesterday
afternoon. Coroner Asian Is q the oFsi1-
toH tl1ac dsath was due % al overdose
OF morphine, 5gIt has not been able 70 de-
ts~n&ae whether x vas taken VIII sui
csial iBssnt- Ia The room VAS found
morphine powder and a letter addressed
by Macdonald 70 his mistress, Lille
yann. m wh.s<i he told her that Z she
did not leave Harry Clark. OF Tacoma,
alone. ne would have nothing more 20
do win her.
Allan Macdonald was about . years
Old. rather tail. weli built and had beau
ttfuI brown eyes. His features were reg
ular and indicated NOR than ordinary In
felEgeace. He had fine head OF brown
hair and a small nice curled mus tache
OF The same c0lor. Il RRs his misfortune
TO become a morphine fiend and. as he
1r.fted down IN the scale Of Efe. he final
~ had 20 fall back on his ability as a
musician 20 earn his livelihood among his
associates. Eventually he became a play
er "a fast houses IN Tacoma. While {n
tn3t city i've years ago he met lille
Nann. a young mulatto woman. whose
skin Is nearly white and who Is beautiful
not only IA face but IN form. They be-
came infatuated With ore another and
have ever since lived together the great
er part OF the time They were both
given 70 the morphine halost. and this
caused them 10 BIZ put in the Pierce
couEssy Ja4 some time during January,
where they were kept until about the
first OF March. After being released they
came 70 this city and lived az the Chi
cago, 2ll Washington alley. Macdonald
played the piano and Lille Eaun was an
Inmate Of she house
week ago Miss Vann went over to
Tacoma, where she Is we'll acquainted and
has an admirer named Harry Clark.
Clark is a japanese who has worked at
different immoral resorts. There is moth
ing TO show that she went over TO see
Clark, but Macdonald lost no time in go
ing 10 Tacoma and bringing her back TO
Seattle on the steamer Flyer. On the way
over she cried. This attracted the atten-
ton Of Fred Marietta, and subsequently
led to Identification.
Although Miss Vann says she had no
words with her lover. she left the Chicago
last Wednesday night and took a room
at the Concord house with Alma Elkels.
who is now at Franklin or Black pia-
Tnond. Macdonald still remained at the
Chicago and was so accommodating last
Thursday night as to show Harry Clark
who had come over from Tacoma, where
Miss Nang was staying.
Friday, according 10 the woman's story.
Macdonald and Clark were out at lake
Washington. During the day they drank
considerable beer. Clark returned to Ia
coma and Macdonald went to the Chi
cago. where he had supper. and left the
house again at 7.30 O'Clock, remarking
that he would he back in time TO go 20
work and that he would not go near his
mistress under any consideration. The
first thing he did. however. was TO go
direct TO her room at the Concord house
and remain few minutes. after which
he went down town giving her 10 under
stand that he was going back to the Chi
cago to do his nights work
Miss Nann says he returned TO her room
between and o'clock in the morning
very much under the influence of liquor.
She took OF his clothes and put him 10
bed. About O'Clock in the morning she
dressed and went down town. leaving
Macdonald asleep and breathing heavily.
~ 3 O'Clock tn the afternoon Mrs. An
drew Robel. wife OF the proprietor of the
! house, went TO the room to make M the
| he'd. As she opened the door she saw the
I form OF man on his back IN the bed and
his head resting on two pillows. The face
D0re the appearance Of the dead and Mrs
Robel called her husband. who pro-
/ nounced the man dead. Mr. Rebel ran
across the alley 10 Butierworths under
taking rooms and from there Coroner
Askam WAS called.
The coroner found Macdonald we'll COW
cred with bed clothes and the body still
warm The pupils or the eyes were con-
tracte1. and when a thTee-grain NOR
phine powder was discovered In a pocket
or a vest at the foot of the bed the
cause OF death seemed we'll established.
The worldly possessions OF the dead man
consisted of 70 cents and three buttons.
A. the head OF the bed. however, on a
little stand was a glass OF water and a
letter addressed 10 Miss Lille Vann. room
81. Concord house. Seattle. II read as
follows:
Seattle, Wash, April -. -.
My Dear Lille. As you may know, I
think a great deal Of YOU. but my dispo-
sition calls for these remarks. That your
companioRship or even communication
/ with Harry must he at an end or our
| friendship ceases. Hoping YOU will give
this your favorable consideration, / am
yours truly. ALLAN Ma DONALD.
eli Washington alley. Seattle"
You cannot ho friendly W.th TWO
men and / he one OF them. so take your
choice and let me hear your decision.
MACK"
There were no signs Of violence and
the room VAS not disturbed IN the least
The people at the hotel said they had no
/ iiea Who the dead man was. as the room
was occupied 6y Lille Nann. handsome
young mu}atto woman. Mr. Rohel said
he remembered having seen the man go
I ing down the front stairs Friday evening.
but did not know that he had returned
70 the house.
After the body was removed 20 Butter
worth's wGrEue Fred Msrotta said he had
seen him on the steamer FLYER With the
mulafto woman ami that the woman was
/ crying Coroner Askam continued his IN
vrstjEalion with the assistance Of petec-
tive Phillips o1 the points elHen iu the
! bitter au1 in The meantime Miss Naun
! herself. hae ms heard of the death % Mac
1 Donald. came to she worEur TIE mo-
went she saw her dead lover she broke
ouE CRYING IS II she meant s.
when seen hy g Post-infelHEcucer re-
porter last night she snI3 that she knew
( nothing about the better and had had no
quarrel with Macdonald She gave
Clark's name herself sud said she be-
csrr acquainted wlth hi~n fn Tacoma
Sna vas under the Impression that Mac
/ Donald had nor used morphine sfuce pc
Eoi o-f % enc Tferre county faU
MacI1ora}f's father fs James NacDor-
7ti q wealthy man az Toronto Canada.
aat h's residence Is an tha avenue that
tearS his aau1r. f5e uee4 On send MS son
wersE i0 sums vare7ax fro0l So so yla3
fast asEht CORONER Askanl teIaers rhef "a
f5o sh.sf af poiies az Toronto 20 notify
Sir Macdonald of h.s sons aosth-
THIS l. THE GRFAr COUNTRY.
General BRYANT Returns From cali