The evening world., 1911-04-21

hN 1880 "
After s~rraignnent in Gates Avenue
Court this afternoon. Florence Bartine,
with her younger sister. May, and Alice
campbell, eighteen years old. who acted
az housekeeper for William Bartlne. the
head OF the family. we're taken down
town TO the ofioe Of the Distriot-Attor-
isy and questioned. None who heard
all the stories doubted that the shoot
ing was In a way accidental.
The girl was taken. by direction OF
Assistant District Attorney Elder. be-
FORE Justice Blackmar. He p%aroled her
ian the custody Of Miss Tietgen. proba-
ton officer Of the Gntes Avenue Police
. Court, for arralgnmcnt an that court
next Monday.
Al Tn Bartine children are motheriess.
r1Nlere were three Of them before tho
Tragedy OF to-day-florence. Harold and
May. who Is thirteen years Old. Bar
tine recently employed Alice Campbell.
a very good looking girl. 20 take care
q the house.
Harold has been out OF work recently.
Boylike. he was In the habit OF toas.
ing his sisters, according 10 the story
told by Alice Campbell. He was the
owner Of a revolver. and the Campbell
girl says that Harold and Florence on
several occasions chased each other
Through the fat with this weapon
Z Slapped Sisters Face.
The three Bartlne children and Alice
Campbell sat down TO dinner ut moor
to-day in the dining room OF the apart
ment. II Is agreed hat Harold twitt,d
his sister. Florence. who Is a remark
ably pretty blonde. about her inferiority
IN looks as compared with Alice Camp
bell The Campbell girl says thai the
Argument grew so warm that Harold
rushed over to his sister and slapped
her face.
Florence Bartine said just after the
shooting that her brother did not strike
her. and that while the argument a
spirited, neither she nor Horace became
angry. She admits leaving the table.
going 10 Horace's room and getting his
revolver from a drawer In n dresser.
Alice Campbell insists that Florence
ran into the dining room. pointed DO
! revolver at Harold and pulled the
trigger. Florence. who declares she did
not know the revolver was loaded. ad-
mits aiming the pistol. but without
intent to fire 1t.
There Is no dispute about the fact
; that the bullet went into Horace's head
by way OF the right temple and pierced
4 his brain. He slid from his chair 90
/ the floor and lay there inert.
4 For a moment the girls looked at
each other in horror. Then Alice Camp.
bell and May Bartine fled shrieking
from the room. while Florence ran to
her brother's side. lifted his head and
implored hin TO speak TO her.
Dies in Her Arms.
The boy died as his sister held him
IN her arms. A policeman, summoned
by the other two witnesses OF the trag-
edy, found Florence hystorically weeping
over her brothers body. She insisted
that he could not be dead and at her
request the policeman sent for an am
bulance. The surgeon saw at the frs;
glance that the case was beyond all
human Interference.
The policeman took the three girls tc
the Ralph avenue police station. They
were questioned separately. Alic,
csmpbell's story prompted the com
-snander of the precinct TO hold the Bar
tine girls as material witnesses. Allie
Campbell was not placed under re
~straint, but she volunteered to IemaiI
at the st~ation-house.
= Florence Bartine. In ignorance Of IN
entire story that had been told by Ale
.%-..l.nt ur.. .xv.tgyaI Ia, n,t.. 49,.
nue. Police Court at 2 o'clock this after
moon. In the mean time the body O
Horace Bartine mad been In the cus
tody OF ~neighbors awaiting the arr!v4
OF the Coroner.
Girl Near a Collapse.
When arraigned in the police cou
Florence Bartine was on the verge {
collapse. She changed her story ,
Magistrate o'Reiily. when he QUESTION:
her, to the extent OF admitting that sh
pointed the pistol at her brother, b,
she insisted she did not know II W.
loaded.
Horace was going to Denver" 81
said, and bought the revolver becau'
ne thought u would be necessary ol
there. We had been foollng with II Q
and of for several days."
May Bartine said she saw her broth
cleaning the revolver this morning.
10 the xupposl tion that he loaded 4,
that time, but II Is regarded as strani
nat ne did not mention the ract 10 n
sister when no saw her pointing u
weapon at him.
Magistrate o'Rellly held the girl on
charge of homicide. lie aid he pr
ferfsd to have the District-Attorney {
han. and the prisoner was sent 10 n
District-Attorncy's Office. Her frien.
buoied themselves in an effort 10 got
boAdsman.