The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-30
MOLLIE BARTLETT, FIRST WHITE
WOMAN IN DAWSON, MUIR
DERED IN SEATTLE
SHE WAS MoLLlE WALSH
AND FROM THIS CITY
Leaves Home Here and Goes to KIon-
dixie With First Rush of Miners
Dies at the Hands of Her Husband
While En- Route to Her Parents.

Mrs Mollie Bartlett Walsh, a former
ST. Paul girl, and known throughout
the country as the first white woman
to visit Dawson City, Alaska was shot
and instantly killed at Seattle Tuesday
night by her husband, Edward Bart
lett, a noted Alaskan
Patrick G. Walsh, the woman's
father, who lives at 558 Fauquier
street, received word of her death last
night in telegram from the Seattle
chief of police. No details of the
shooting ARRAY were given
Mrs. Bartlett lived in st. Paul until
1890, and was employed in one of the
laundr1eS here as Stenogra pher. I'M
known to her parents, the girl left the
city for Butte. For several months
her whereabouts was unknown. Later
she wrote to her mother saying that
she was going to Seattle to accept a
position with one of the land Transport
tatfon companies.
First White Woman in Dawson.
At the time of the great Alaskan
gold boom, in 1891 Miss Walsh went
to-Dawson City as cook for a party of
miners. She was the first white wom-
an to set foot in the mining camp, and
two months after her arrival was mar
ried to Edward Bartlett, a hotel man
obtained a reputation as the heaviest
gambler in the territory.
Up to two years ago, her parents
heard regularly each month from Mrs.
Bartlett. Then she and her husband
moved to Cape Nome. The telegram
received last night was the first word
that Mr.. and Mrs. Walsh has had re-
garding their daughter since she left
Dawson City. They presume that she
- I, l..
occurred.
Mother Is Frustrated.
Mrs. Bartlett was thirty-two years
Of age. Besides her parents, two
brothers survive her, Martin and
James E. Walsh.
Her father, Patrick C. Walsh, tele-
graphed last night to the authorities
at Seattle to ship the body to st. Paul
for burial. 1t is expected to arrive
Friday
Mrs. Walsh, the dead woman's moth
er, was Frustrated by the news of her
daughters death. She is over seventy
years old, and on account of her adj
vanced age her physician fears that
her illness may prove serious.
Details of the Tragedy.
Special to The Globe.
SEATTLE, Wash, Oct. 29.-Michael
Bartlett killed his wife, Mollie, and at
tempted to end his own life night be-
fore last in his rooms at 1926 Sixth
avenue. Bartlett is but slightly in
jured. A small scalp wound was all
he inflicted on himself in attempting
to commit suicide. At one time Bart
lett was wealthy. Years of dissipation
lost him his fortune and made him
tyrant in his home. Two weeks ago
he was arrested on complaint of his
wife, who feared for her life and that
of their two year old son. AT that
time he made threats that he would
kill his wife and also the officer who
arrested him. He was taken before
Justice Cam and put under bonds to
keep the peace.
He drove his wife from her bed
where she lay ill. While she was run
ming from him to escape his abuse he
shot her. The shots ended her life of
misery. One of the bullets pierced her
brain and another entered her breast.
She fell dead in the alley between
Sixth and Seventh avenues, near Pike
street. After he had shot his wife
Bartlett turned the smoking revolver
on himself, but inflicted only SUI
perfcial wound. He was at first re-
moved to Providence hospital, but lat
er, at the order of the coroner, taken
to Jail. Whisky was the cause of the
tragedy The desire of the man to get
drunk led him to take everything that
his family had and to leave them in
want.