The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-26

Surrounded by a s.ond group of ner
own kind, frankie Davenport. fallen
woman. died In the ST. Paul lodging
house shortly after 10 o'clock last night
OF morphine poisoning, and the csrcum-
stances surrounding the case strongly in
dictate that Dan Mcmillan. known in
police circles as a notorious "hypo'' fiend.
caused her death by hypodermically in
jecting the drug into her system. Nc
MILAN is held at the police station await
ing the result of the coroners inquest, but
can give only an incoheIent statement OF
his connection with the affair, for use
OF drugs has almost destroyed his mind.
The woman had for several days been
drinking heavily. She had been slightly
respondent. The suicide theory Is there
fore tenable. Coroner YanGel says that
he believes the woman was murdered
by Mcmillan and states that he Will probe
the affair to the bottom at the inquest
this afternoon.
Yesterday afternoon at about o'clock
the Davenport woman was seen to go into
her room. No 8. with Mcmillan, who had
been in the habit of begging dope money
from her. Soon he sent out for morphine.
Upon obtaining ii he locked the door.
After a little time the suspicious of the
other inmates of the house were aroused
and a boy named Ole Walsten. having
seen Mcmillan through the keyhole Of the
door injecting something into the womans
arm. Mcmillan was compelled to leave the
room. The woman announced in a maud
lin manner that Mcmillan had shot her
three times with his hop gun" Then she
became drowsy. said she was going to
die and went into stupor DR.. Shannon
and DR.. Mitchell were summoned, but
could not arouse her. Then DR.. Emil
Bories came. and also failed and four
hours later. at 1910 o'clock. the womans
heart ceased 20 hutter and she lay dead
in the squald room.
Coroner YandeI was called and made a
brief inquiry Search of the woman's eff
fects revealed no morphine. A girl named
Clara Dunlap told him that the Dayen-
port woman told her on Thursday that
II would be "all off with her by tomor-
row" and remarked that she had troubles
no one knew about. This is all that might
Indicate suicide.
Mcmillan. whom the poles arrested.
said one time that he only gave the
woman water; az another that she told
him to give her morphine, and at another
that he gave her nothing. Women at the
house say she was too. intoxicated to
know what she was doing. If she asked
Mcmillan for the drug.
frankie Davenport's true name Is said
to be Levy, but she was known also as
Mitchell. She was about 80 years old.
tall. dark and had strongly marked Jew
ish features. She lived in Blackchapel
after the fire. then went away, returning
10 Seattle two weeks ago. She was In
Victoria and also at Everett where she
conducted a house Of ill-famc She is
known 20 have a daughter Il years old ut
school In Los Cruces. Cal. and It is said
relatives in Portland. or. She had been
consorting lately with drug clerk whose
first name is Jim" and who caused con-
siderable scandal last night by coming
into the woman's room while she was
breathing her last and attempting TO take
from one of her fingers a ring which he
claimed was his property.