The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-28
DAN M'M|LLAN Is GUILTY
Jury Finds That He Gave
Frankie Davenport Poison.
LIKELY TO BE PROSECUTED
The "Hypo" Ffena Goes On the stand
the Drug-Says the Woman Took
1t While He slept on Her Bed
diet Him-Is Sent Back to Jail.

The coroner's jury which investigated
the death OF frankie Davenport Satur-
day decided that death was due 10 mar
cotic poison administered by Dan Ne
MILAN. Coroner Yandell remanded Nc
MILAN 10 jail and left the matter in the
hands OF Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
Hart to decide what action he viii take.
Mcmillan denies administering the drug.
but says that the woman took his NOR
phine while he was asleep on her bed.
The inquest was held yesterday after
noon at Butterworth's undertaking rooms.
Doctors Mitchell. Bones and James Shan
non. who attended the woman at the St.
Paul house Friday afternoon testified
that she died of morphine poisoning.
Clara Dunlap testified that on Thursday
evening Miss Davenport told her she
would be dead the next night. What
are you going TO DOR asked Miss Dun
lap. Nothing" replied Miss Davenport.
Il know I'll be dead"
About o'clock Friday afternoon Miss
Davenport approached her in the hall and
said: Mcmillan gave me q shot in the
arm
Don't let him do ii again."
I'm drunk and don't care
Ole Waldsteen. porter at the st. Paul.
told OF seeing Mcmillan go into Miss Dav-
exports room at 3 o'clock in the after
noon and lock the door. He tried to get
him out but couldn't do 1t. He looked
in through the keyhole and saw Miss
Davenport's arm. barred. stretched out.
Mcmillan was holding her head. He did
not see him give her an injection. Nc
MILAN ran away when he told him he
was going after the police.
All of the witnesses said they never
heard that Miss Davenport was addicted
10 the use of morphine. Coroner Yandeli
stated TO the jury that he found no indi-
cations in the woman's room that she was
morphine fend.
Mcmillan attended the inquest. At first
he told Deputy Coroner c. B. Yandell
that he would not stir out of his cell
until he got a shot" Finally he con-
scented 10 attend. but insisted on having
nifty cents worth of cocaine and NOR
phine before he would present himself
His statement TO the jury was made VOL
UNFAIRLY and was as follows:
II have used morphine eighteen years
having contracted the habit in Arizona
Where l was shot during the Apache war
use s. to s. worth OF cocaine and NOR
phine every day. Every woman in the ST
Paul house is a morphine fiend and so was
the Davenport woman. | was I'm q closet
taking a shot when she came in and want
ed one. | told her l had none to spare
went into her room and as had not SLEPT
Tor sixteen days was weak I fell on the
bed and slept a short time On awaken
ing she said she had taken a shot My
drug was gone and my needle was bent.
This made me pretty mad. but she said
she would give me 10 cents to get more
j went 10 a drug store and on returning
was told to get out OF the house The
next thing knew a policeman took me 10
headquarters"
The jury, composed of the following:
William Phillips. Ell nest Frank. j. n. Gil
rner, Louis Huny, George u. Farwell and
A. Wendt, returned verdict in four
minutes 10 the effect that Miss Davenport
died of narcotic poison administered by
Dan Mcmillan. II is probable that Nc
MILAN will be charged with man
slaughter