The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-06-27
A BRILLIANT LIFE WRECKED.
Mrs. Dewey, Woman Operator, In
sane at Dawson.

Mrs. Dewey, woman operator, IN
sane at Dawson.
Mrs. Dewey, we'll known in Dawson
and Atlin mining circles, at Seattle,
and even at Nome. is in the woman's
department of the Dawson Jail, held
for INSANITY.
Mrs. Dewey's mind, her life and her
fortune were wrecked at st. Michael.
The history of her trials in Alaska and
the loss of a comfortable fortune are
among the more saddening and pitt
ful incidents of the great rush to the
northern gold fields. Two years ago
Mrs. Dewey came to Seattle from
somewhere and investing about ST.
900 in supplies, betook herself to St.
Michael, bound up river. In three
months she was back in Seattle, her
$4,000 gone and her mind apparently
complete wreck from worry and de-
feat.
The boat she was to take up the
river never showed up and, like many
others, was forced by the United
States army officials at St. Michaels
to return here for the winter. Efforts
to secure remuneration from the COM
pany with whom she contracted for
passage and shipment of freight up
the Yukon proved utterly fruitless.
The company happened to be one of
those fy-by-night concerns which
crept into notice for a brief space of
time and defrauded many good man
out of his money.
Mrs. Dewey, being refined, edu-
Gated woman, sought to recoup her.
self in part and provide for the dull
season by opening up school in
this city for Spanish. This proved a
miserable failure and finally Mrs.
Dewey dropped out of sight. The fly
by-night 0onspirators had ere this
taken wings and the loot and spoils
and escaped.
Mrs. Dewey must have gone north
direct to the Klondike from Seattle
as now comes the news that her mind
is completely wrecked.
Behind the local history of this pitt
full woman is story, were the facts
well known, would make even a more
sensational tale. Once in her life she
was the rightful owner of a large cof-
fee hacienda in Mexico, and is so to-
day if her story, which is borne out by
many papers in her possession be
true. Her case has been called to the
notice of the department of state more
than once.
She has appealed in person to
President Diaz of Mexico for restora-
ton of her rights but, according to
Mrs. Dewey, was always met with a
frown or a deaf ear. The coffee es-
tate Mrs. Dewey said was hers through
the death of her husband, a noted
medical man. BY hook and crook it
was taken from her and passed to a
grandee. a friend of Diaz.
1t was to continue the fight for pos
session of this estate that Mrs. Dewey
came to Seattle and invested her
money in Klondike enterprises.
The woman's condition is all the
more regrettable because of the fact
that she has been highly educated and
is of extraordinary culture. She speaks
German. French. Spanish and CLASH
cal English. In her present condition
she is not considered at all violent,
but is irrational and thinks she is be-
ing prosecuted. The police will like
ly keep her for short time and then
send her outside. If she has relatives
outside who will take care of her, she
will be turned over to their keeping.
To do this. in case they be in the
states, it would be necessary for them
to go to some Canadian city. where
the formal transfer of their charge
would be made.-Seattle Times.