Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-25

curities-Her Confession.
Miss Sadie Robinson, says Boston
special to the New York Sun, of South
birmingham, is thirteen years old and
weighs $50 pounds. She has read all that
has been printed about the Morosini and
other recent escapades of like nature,
and, determining to emulate the runaway
daughters whose adventures have been
described, she spent several days in prepa-
ration for the elOpement, which was
to occur tomorrow. She learned
that the chief drawback to the hap
piness of the clipping couples whose
parents refused to relent after
the Objectionable matches had been made,
was the lack of means with which TO en-
Joy the life which they have so carelessly
assumed. Miss Sadie therefore prepared
herself against all such contingencies. Her
parents, Charles and Sarah Robinson. re-
Gently moved to South birmingham nom
the south end Of this city. Mrs. Robinson,
who has considerable property IN her own
right, a few days ago sold house on
Shawmut avenue, for which she received
$4,000 cash. She put the money, with
lot of bonds and other securities, INTO
large black YalIse, which she kept con-
stantly under her eye, and took it to Fra
mingham. The value OF the property
which she lugged about for week IKE
bag of old clothes exceeded $T5,OOO.
On Thursday afternoon last she was 60
ing out for walk, and Mr.. Robinson was
to accompany her. She, as usual, pre-
pared to take the bag. Mr.. Robinson re-
monstrated and said that whenever she
walked out people remarked: "1hefe
goes that woman with the trunk" MIS-
Robinson insisted upon taking it, where
upon her husband refused to go unless
she left it at home. At his suggestion she
placed it in a closet, locked the door, ana
informed Julia, the hired girl, that IL was
there and must be looked after closely.
This girl had been trusted member OF
the household for years. Mrs. Robinson
appreciated her services so much
that after the sale of the Shaw
NUT avenue house she voluntarily
gave her $1,000, saying that she dld
not want to have her going about pennl-
less after her mistress death. The money
was placed, with Julia's concurrence, IN
the same bag. When Mrs. Robinson re-
turned from her walk she did not go to
the closet, being otherwise occupied, and
went to bed without putting the bag be-
meath her pillow, something that she had
never neglected doing from the time she
had come into possession of it. Neither
was she very prompt in looking after 1t
the next morning, but later in the day,
Wle0 Sn6 Op6u6u Gu6 CIOoCO uOOl' ouO
startled everybody with Shrek and fell
heavily upon the floor. Her husband ran
to her and asked her what was the matter.
''My money! my moneyW she scream
ed: "Its all gOneP
Nobody knew anything about it and
search was unavailing. Before night the
police were sent for. Boston and State
detectives renewed the search in the house
unsuccessfully. On Saturday morning
1ID1a1s fba
fence in one corner of the yard, but they
could get no trace Of the black bag and
the rest of its contents. AT length they
interviewed the neighbOrs in the next
house. A young woman gave one of the
detectives to understand that something
had been seen, but as the R0binsons had
been in the neighbOrhOod short time
only, and as they were strangers, she
asked not to be questioned further. The
detective persisted, and then the young
woman and her mother said that between
and Z O'Clock on Friday morning, as
they were looking out of their back WIN
dOWS, they saw Sadie Robinson step from
a rear door of her mothers residence, clad
in a night dress and with nothing on her
head or feet. She had large black bag,
and took it into the cellar, entering by
way of the bulkhead. In moment she
returned and re-entered the house.
The detective then charged Sadie with
the robbery. She at first denied every
thing, but finally she admitted that she
had carried the valise into the cellar on
Friday morning, as described by the
neighbors, and, upon returning to the
house, dressed herself, breakfasted, and
prepared for her daily trip to the school |
in the city. When leaving the house for
the depot she went out of the rear door
and into the cellar, took the valise, cross |
ed the garden, and went out through a
back gate to the depot. On reaching the
city she said she met in the depot Mrs.
Ann SimmonStOn, who was once employed
by her mother as domestic, and that |
she, with knife, ripped open the |
valise, took out all the valu9bles, and |
placed them in new yellow Valise
bought for the purpose. The Simmonston
woman, Sadie said, had followed her day |
after day when she came out Of the depot, |
and threatened to kill her unless she |
brought that black valise that she had |
seen Mrs. Robinson have. A few days
ago this woman accosted her, and drew |
from her sleeve a dirk, which she threat |
ened to plunge into her body. Sadie said
she was terrified, and, to save her life,
brought the valise as requested. She told |
the detective that this woman was to be |
ound on Church street. A detective |
searched Boston for this woman, and |
found and arrested her yesterday morn
ing.
Sadie stuck to her story for several |
hours. State Detective Bean, who doubted |
it, questioned the girl further, and at
length she retracted the first story, and |
made what proved to be a genuine con- |
fessiOn. She eXonerated the SimmonstOn
woman, and said that she was IN love |
with Boston lad whose name she refuses |
to disclose, and that they intended to take |
the contents of the bag and fly with it to- |
gether tomorrow. She said that on reach |
ing Boston on Friday morning she bought |
a new bag, went to the Adams House, |
and there transferred the securities to it. |
Later in the day she threw the old bag |
into the Charles river. The new bag she |
took to a drug store on Church street and |
asked clerk whom she knew to keep it |
for her until Monday. Detective |
Bean took the girl in his carriage and |
drove to Boston. They went to the |
drug store and Bean called for the clerk, |
LOUIS. He came out to the carriage, and |
Sadie asked him to bring out that valise |
that she mad left on Friday. He did so. |
Bean asked him if he knew what was in /
it. He replied that he thought probably |
dirty clothes or something of that sort. |
The bag was taken to police headquar- /
tiers, and ON being opened was found to /
contain $4,000 in cash, $4,000 in govern |
ment and railroad bonds, 200 or more |
market Ndlu0 III FdIIOAS SeOCh5, anu |
5 1000 worth of diamonds. There was $735
cash missing, but this sum was probably |
in a pocket in the old bag which was
thrown into the river.
Sadie will not be prosecuted, but will
be sent to some private refOrma-
tory. Her mother is more grief-stricken
over the recovery of the property than |
over the original loss, and says she would
rather have lost it than have learned of
her daughters guilt.