The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-26

.r ,,,asssLs INTO ETERNITY.


sa.~s nnnefje and Harry Davis. pstnci-
49, 8 = murder and suicide. are dad ~
s. 53S.~sen. Davis shot and killed the woman
n s,s1 ssen took his own life. She had been
Z -. anlrfress. but left him because Of her
Il Sss.1rafton for q Dawson bank clerk.
IS. ~ he day Of the tragedy me returned
49, - room. Davis greeted her. saying:
SYou hsve come back. have your
3 80 Harry; but I'm not going TO i've
& - you." was the answer.
4 vel. then, you wiz never leave tnas
=. ...s alive" replied Davis. who was lying
- ahe bed, He sprang to his feet. The
1870 ran into an adjoining room occu-
s3Ss1 81 Maud Lamont. . variety actress
a3Ssrfe followed. 0iaD RoDelie tfiDped and
q Il a the center OF tn. door. Her puT-
- mt over her. and. holding her down
- enc hand. placed the pistol back Of tbs
z51rht ear and fred. the bullet penetrating
- main. causlng instant death. Davis
assead for : moment over the corpse. then
SIibefafeiy raising the weapon to his right
Sple pulled the trigger. He fell over
$3.50 His second aim bad been equally
Topping over. hie body stretched out
{ Sc ade Of the victim Of his folly and
q ~ Klondike has not furnished more
80 tionai tragedy. BY . arrange fatality
In 0aa enacted the morning OF August IL
~ ~ room over the Monte Carlo theater
- LIbbie White and David Evans met
sfSoah last winter. Theirs was another case
VI Sar1er and suicide enacted under very
& nf1af circumstances
61yn Was highly respected In Dawson.
Ssure had endowed him with 2 nne
!; y ssSrsinue ana he was well educated. he
~ q years old and the son Of James II:
-, e Emporta. KAnnnA - In. bovh2Od
81 r said to have known the woman with
u kem he carried on this llaison back IN .
lows town - ass,. Ts 8. ass se cnees,
~ decades later on the KJondflse. Davis
nj to Alaska IN 1885. and for . while
"a charge Of Healy 4 Wilson's trading
-. 4 e, p,e United States sas sp mail down the
{ubon TO Forty Nile and Circle City. In
~ winter Of 1887 he was at Fort Yukon
r charge Of the Alaska Commercial Com
9anys store. ana later Win the same w com-
&hiie ne had accumulated property on ms
soUn account, 20 In the summer OF iSSe no
IN the employ OF the Alaska company
= lock after his mining Interests.
81 was IN Dawson that Davis again met
m berged her to marry him: she stead
hetly refused. However. she lived with
q. and recently they fi sn. up - n Tnsn
e went to Circle City. returning two
veels later. Meanwhile the woman had
SECURED employment In the Monte Carlo
1osa She was 30 years old, and born In
Etntucky He- parents are reported to be
ming at Tingley. Ia. She led the usual
1HeckcYed career Of her class Possessed
Il many personal attractions. a good edu-
6nkion and other accomplishments, she no
loubt could have. had she chosen. iilied an
honored place In society. But she loved
jAs gayety Of a public life. In early girl
hood she attained prominence as circus
YidpP. filling several engagements with
HaSuum q Bailey During that period she
aaafgied . circus performer known N Ro-
oeale - left RoSeile and soon married
Chtcasean named Beers. Her life With
Reeu vas OF short duration. and after
their separation she took to the stage. be-
ing hnewn a. Maud Roselle. Al such she
plsys1 IN Of the leading vaudeville houses
fvm Chicago TO the Pacific. including Be-
atuG
hat murder and suicide was premedi-
tAted h shown In note Davis left, adj
tgeeeed TO NJ. Roseuthal. saying:
IT anything happens to me want you
10 promise to send my valise and effects
b my father. Jamea II. Davis. lala East
oyenue. Emporia, Kan"
Davis, white In Cfrcis City. sold some
mining property and II said to have been
po1uessed Of more or less cash.