The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-10-29

That Mrs. MoliIes Bartlett was
shot and killed b. Michael Hartletl
was the simple verdict brought In
ley a coruner's jury az 3 o'clock this
afternoon. after an Investigation OF
the wife murder done on Pike street
D a lianor-crazeA husband. Mon
day night.
The Inquest over the remains OF
the murdered woman. Molly Bart
lett was held at Butterworth {
morgue. beginning az : O'Clock this
afternoon. Coroner Hoye conducted
the inquiry. Deputy Prosecuting
Attorney Fabeu appeared for the
state. Michael Bartlett. the accused
murderer Of his wife. was not prs
ent he sas represented. however.
by his attorney. Chas. r. shepard.
The First Witness
The fret witness called vas Ciaua
fiannich. n mounted patroiman. ON.
Ger Bannick happened 60 he near the
home Of tho nartietts when the
shooting was done. lie was sitting
ON his horse opposite the alley lead :
Ing into Pike street bet weeu sixth
and Seventh avenues. when he heard
noise IN thu alley. Then he heard
a shot He rode into the alley. SAVE
\ woman running. then came a
binding fash Of IRE and another
shot. The woman fell. and nannIck
rode toward the man who had done
fhe shooting. Before he reached him
he heard two more shots. The man.
who proved 10 be Bartlett. dropped
hie revolver and fell
BARTLETT VAS carried 20 a nearby
bakery By the Witness and an as
sistant
Body Identified
Offcer Bannick viewed the body
| in the naorgue aud said Il was the
body OF the woman he saw shot In
the alley.
Witness said after the shooting.
Bartlett admitted the woman who
was shot was his wife.
/ j. A. Morie. % 1910 Lakesiew ave-
nue.. was the next witness called.
He was on street ear coins home
when he heard a shot lie heard four
shots In the nelehbcrh0nd Of the
Ftarsiett house M the alley between
Sixth and Seventh avenues. near
+. PIKE street Witness helped carry
Bartlett out If thu ancY. and also
assisted in carrying out the dead
woman. Witness did not hear any
thing that Bartlett said n a men
whom he made some statement.
BARTLETT talked IN low tones 10 some
one after he bad fallen TO the
ethel kiein's Story
Ethel Klein. n little Riri who lived
in tho same building rs the Bartlett
family. was next called. Tho child
I said she was IN the Bartlett home
ard la Mrs. Bartlett's room o bali
hour before the shooting. Bartlett
| took Leo. his little boy. out and
bought him some candy. After a
while Bartlett came back with the
little bay. and then left the house
again.
lie came back shortly before
o'clock ard ordered the children out
Of his room. Soon after noise was
heard In Mrs. BartiettH bedroom.
[ Then Mrs. Bartlett ran through the
house ard before Sha got outside,
the witness said. BARTLETT fired once.
He fired twice At his wife sitter Mrs.
Bartlett got outside
Then the child heard two more
shots, the ones Bartlett fired nt him
self. Witness was IN the room next
to the alley when the shooting oc-
Previous Threats
Police Sergeant Leighton was pus
on the stand. lie said Bartlett had
been arrested by the police on a
charge Of threatening to XIII his wife.
AZ that time he was given 30-days'
suspended sentence.
/ g. ~. voli. OF 1905 Eighth avenue,
was called. He VAS near the Bart
lett house when the shooting oc-
CURED He was attracted BY a pis-
tol shot. After the shot he saw Mrs.
bartlett running In the aliey clothed
only IN her night gown. There was
another shot and Mrs. Bartlett fell
10 the ground. Then came the shots
that Bartlett directed at hlmsclfi
Witness aid not see Bartlett fire the
shots, but they came from his direc-
ton.
Tho Autopsy
DR.. o. strom. the physician who
uniformed the autopsy over the
murdered woman this morning. was
next called. One bullet. he said, en-
tered below the lobe Of the right ear
and came out Of the mouth The
second passed through the body. en-
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