The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-17
racowA,s TRIPLE TRAGEDY.
TIL. Theory That the Woman Niiie"
nartlett 10 Discredtted.

Go, y,,a,a,ch IN the Post Ina elligencer.
TACOMA. June Is.-The theory ad'ahoe"
hv some ina ginaGve person t'eN ~
woman. Lilly Mil.et, shot bartistt a.",
ha had killed Clarence Emery ana ia"
shot her Is looked upon as prepos1esous-
Everything connected Win tne -
no.nts to the utter improoaointy OF such
a thing having happened. The WOUNDS ID
pa-.Iest,s body of themselves point 10 the
inpossibllity OF the woman hasihs sho'
him Both bullet wounds range do"hwaiu'
one ball having passed clear through tag
body. going into the lung ABOVE me mar
and coming out directly above the nip a,
the back. Had the woman kept hef Iee
after being shot, whica she did not. ana
had she in her mortaly wounded condi-
tion been able to wrest the weapon trcm
Bartlett. she could not have aimed the PTS
toI so as 10 give the shots the direction
taken Bartlett was about SIX ihcnes ta-ier
than the woman and she would nave fad
to hold her arm high above her shouider
and point the weapon DOWNWARD ID nave
shot him the way he was shot This alone
is positive PROOF or her having hau 10 haiio
in the shooting.
There are two unexplained features or
the killing that will probably never De
cleared up. One is the cut in the woinans
neck, made by an edged weapon OF some
kind No knife or razor was reported
having been found a. the scene. Ofhcers
believe Bartlett cut tha woman before he
shot her. after he had finished his assault
upon Emery. and that some one who
did not want 10 be mixed up in the ARRAY
picked up the weapon and said nothing
about il. The second strange feature of
the tragedy is the Fact that the revolver
was found opened with the sheSis thrown
out on the fioo-. The only reasonable ex-
PLANTATION offered IS that in striking the
a cheap weapon. none zoo we'll made. and
could he opened by falling to the floor in
just the right manner. The opening Of
The weapon at its hinge. automatically
elects the loads In the chamber. and this
is believed 20 be the way the weapon hap
pened 10 be found unloadad and opened.
Chief OF Police Read. who was among
the first officers on the scene. and who
made an effort 70 get at all the facts in
the case. laughs in aertsion at the theory
of the woman having shot Bartlett with
his own gun, or any other fer that matter.
When questioned today he said:
NO. canno, unders' and how the wom-
an could have fred al the man. Every
thing points n his having done al. the
truth Of the matter That woman was
practically dead when she fell 10 the floor.
according 20 the doctors reports OF her
wound. and l. seems wholly unreasonable
70 me thas ehs could have done any shoot
Ing. she certainly did not get the gun
away from him before she was shot. and
after receiving her death wound. she could
rot have wresied II from him, for she had
fallen The gun fell near her after Bart
lett had finished with IL. He shoe himself
twice standing a the doorway 81 the box
THE gun then fell from his hands into the
aisle where the woman say, and be reeled
ard fell AT the boN where found him THIS
IS my opinion. after a caFe'Ul eNa1iiaaiion
into he facts. and do not hesIate 10
- .rst are report Of the killing printed
i, he Post nteliigencer u substantially
my view Of the crime
The facts printed In this mornings Is
80 ~ thn post-Tntells gencer relating TO
Jtsr-]s,;.s threats 20 Kill TAIly Ml.ef, gath
I'D from Annie Baker, the ees wE'-:taTs :
-,u-,, r4,tu. - ths anirluS fer the lime.
x-,,~.Ie~ ak WITH Miss BAKER develops
IA. psr+Ertt told her he would k} Lily
,1f any orr. he found living win her, end
v-o,,,4 then Kill hlmSsf- or all sides the
,hrsry % tie murdered woman having re-
,..rges herself by killing Bartlett. after
~ haa gsver her her death wound. IS con-
gsss-sa fs~-fetched and The result % the
.aas,-iri- II some very amateur spa
~ ~,zr Absolutely 70 detau ot the az
- yrr5s even > faint color 10 such ar OK
~sa.a.gn- cf the two wounds on the body
- bartlett. he murderer.
coroner Tfcska TO-DAY heard from
hrother OF ne murderer. Bartlett whO re-
xsEe% 81 FGtffs &tsf4- sAst%@ tAAfa tAtt tskF4
i,s+~tif-f3on from him as 70 the burial 0.
,l7,, remains The -7a-s3erer's parents have
IS, been located. shro1ga the chief e
-,g.-e =. Du-uth. Ao1t. who has wired ae
a, communicate Win them a. their home
:. one - the small 1osus IN TIE STATE
Mrs Nctfrexoy q CoiEy, r9ojher 81 Ire
murdered girl reached here this evening.
<he = a zrssu. elderly woman. bearing
some resemblance 20 her daughter. Upon
viewing the body Of her cts!i1. al unNon.
irritable - 81 weeping mastered her. and
y vas only after a prolonged stay i>ess1s
the ca<kst tsAt she VAS induced - leave
he -,s3Ygs@ She Mil rsraa3a 5e-e 10 care
sav he remains, which nav 70 moved %
Seat,is for burial. SIZE knows nothing II
inheritance having any bearing on ms
tragedy OF yesterday. and shows uare-
strained sorrow at the uas.neiy and sw-
- ct has