The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-21
SUICIDE OR MURDER
Much Mystery Surrounding thy
Death of McAndfews,
WHOSE BODY WAS m THE BAY.
Dolly Loax sess -
~ R~eprm achocl-A Victorious
Plckpockes In Custody Again

IA mora The cse.h OF aged Bartlett Ac-
Ansr~x-< whose body was fea11 noaIns
n Salmon bay ias- Sunday ev-ains. . N
ye~fr.ee TED the deeper becomes the ny-
terry. Coroner Azkam does not Know WnAN
caused death SIX men who sax if 49,
lag hours at Butrsrworth's uncsriA.iss
rOous yesterday aftsrnooo ana iis,soea "
the stories cf all available witnesses re-
turret q verdict Of death b. uExno~n
causes
Some people have screwed themselves up
70 the POINT of believing that the old nan
was murdered. but On the other HA4a
there Is not the slightest sign On the oooy
or clothes that would support the MURDER
theory. II ts very strange case. however.
and tho fact stands out prominently taat
rnseas Coroner Askarn Il way on In his
reckoning Bartlett McAndress was deAa
before his body weas into the waters OK
Salmon bay. The autopsy brought 70 Eens
the fact that there was very little Natst
In the lungs or stomach 1t IL gereraAy
conceded that when a man Is drowned DIS
luaxs all with water. The fact that there
was little water In the lungs explains to .
certain extent why the body 6oated-
II the cause CT death were known TIE
theory OF suicide could be backed up with
strong accumuiative evidence For IN
stance, he gave his clothes to his old friend
Patrick Kelley 9 week ago yesterday. ana
or the following Saturday afternoon wnea
he LEFT him about 2.p o'clock. told him to
cali az . subsequent tina at the Great
Northern saloon. on Western avenue, and
get his Csercoat-
You will End something in the inside
pocket for you" said McAndrews The cid
man left the coat. but whea Kelley got II
last Monday there was nothing In the
pocket At the saloon they say that Me-
Andrews left the coat there about o'clock
Saturday afternoon, and after taking .
drink Of Manitou water went away He
had a drink with F. Borcchi. proprietor OF
the saloon. and refused to drink anything
stronger than water. After McAndrews
left the saloon all trace Of him Is lost. IN
I'll his body was found In the bay.
There IL hearsay evidence that may re
of value in solving the mystery. provided
1t could be made positive. George Shields,
one OF the witnesses, stated that a man
named Sabin was at Dow's summer resort
on the shore OF Salmon bay last Sunday
afternoon about s O'Clock He saw two
men at q spring. about to drink. One OF
them he took for q Mr.. Sullivan and APP
preached him with the intention OF speak
ing A. he drew near he observed his
mistake. The man was Suiliyan's double
and II ID supposed that II was McAndrews
II that was McAndrews there was with
him a short, thick set man with sandy
moustache- The location Of this spring
Ia in comparatively close proximity 10 the
spot where McArdrews' body was picked
up.
II McAndrews took boat at either Bal
lard or Seattle to go out rowing or fish
Ing. the person hiring the boat to him has
not come to the front In fact all efforts
OF the coroners ONCE to locate the old
man In a rowboat have failed The pro-
prietor OF the Great Northern saloon said
that McAndrews did not go out boating,
and that when he tried to get him to go
fishing once he would not do II. Patrick
Kelley. who knew McAndEews nineteen
years and who can tell a great deal OF
his history. stated explicitly that when
he parted from the old man Saturday
afternoon he was worried about him.
He was troubled. certain sure" said
Kelley. There was something on his
mind I don't know but that when he
told me that he had friend to see at
West Seattle and that II would cost him
only 10 cents to go across and back that
he was trying to get rid OF me. Something
was wrong"
Kelisy's story OF the life Of the old
man u interesting. 1t goes back nineteen
years to the time when McAndrews was
one OF the pioneer farmers OF the Palouse
country. He told all about McAndrews'
quarter sections Of land and how he dis
posed Of them, and wound up by saying
that he thought the old man did not die
possessed OF much property. Il think ne
had left two lots at Port Angeles and two
at West Seattle. and some at Everett"
he continued. He told me once that he
vas going to leave his property TO his
niece. l told him he ought TO leave It 10
his sister and he said that he was going
TO leave it to his niece because she took
care OF him when he was sick The coro-
ner told me that he willsd everything TO
his sister few days ago.
The coroner did not tell you anything
Ike that" interrupted Coroner Askam.
Well. II was the man here then, the
one that keeps the dead house. had not
seen Mac for some tine when he came 10
our house last Thursday. He said that
he was going away and did not know that
be would see me again. He tol3 Of his
plan of going up 10 Everett and from there
Into the Kootenai country after gold. He
said that he had two friends Up In that
country. and that they were going TO meet
him in Seattle and so with him He said
that {, was impossible to carry his things
into the country. and tina: he vas through
here and intended 10 so back East after
finishing IN the Kootsna1 told him I
did not want his clothes. ana he said that
Il d.a not take them he would throw
them away. The next day went down
20 his lodging house over the Great North
ern saloon ard got his trunk
Did he have any money that you no.
t.ceds' asked Coronar Askan
All the money I saw him have was q
S gold piece which he haa changed at the
Great Northern easocn bar have been
tod taat he carried money in a belt.
Last Friday morning Mac eit rot come
up 70 see ne 50 I got uneasy about him
ana went down to his room and raped I
got no answer ana Then went down into
the saloon. He was not there, so I went
back 90 his room and pesked through the
keyhoie. I saw something moving In the
room and called out He opened the door
and let me In After he got dressed We
went Gown stairs ana had a drink walt
ed around 10 get look at those fellows
who were going 10 the couHtrv with him,
but they ala 10; show I'd and Mac said ne
guessed he would meet them ~ Everett
I rsse him stay az my house ths. night
and my wife asked him wha, had become
OF his watch He had \ silver one the
frs. Day he called. He told her that he has
left 2, IN his room. Then tbs nert aay he
left me. as said. 10 80 20 West Seattle.
Was AeA1drews under the Influence Of
aa1or7 No. not when / IeT him"
did he tell you the names Of the men
who we're 20 NEE. him - NE. sir
McAn1rews stated that he Intended TO 70
70 Everett Sunday evening on the Grey.
hound, but there - 10 evidence 10 show
that he WAS on TIE boat
The remains % the dead man vera e-,-
aAlrsed and seHt 10 indianapolis Cor inter-
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