The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-21
AKNIFE WASTHE ANSWER.
rTS RBADE DETAINED WILLIAMS
TO STIR HIM,
Uhe Used the knife Because OF Ris Re-
proaches-1Ie Walked Nearly - Mile
without Making Known His Ipiury.

She Used che knife Because OF his he.
proaches-lIe Walked Nearly - Mile
without Making Known His Iniury.
DANBuRY, Conn, Dec. 2o.-Arter n quarrel
last night Miss Sadie Reade of this city stabbed
and seriously wounded S. Ward Williams. who
was calling upon her. The injured man is at
the hospital In this city and the young woman
IL locked up at Police Headquarters.
Williams IL one of tho best known mon in Dam
bury. He formerly lived In New York city,
whore he had charge OF the country circulation
Of n leading daily newspaper. He recently be-
came the messenger for the Court of Common
Pleas in this city.
At 10 o'clock last night Mr.. Williams stepped
Into the police station and told Sergeant Dit
mar that he had been stabbed. He was weak
from loss of blood from q wound near his heart.
The Sergeant sent for a doctor. and until he ar
rived the Officers worked hard to prev ont Will
liams from bleeding to death. The doctor
found that he had been cut with q keen knife,
which had Rrazed n large artery. The injured
man refused to tell who had stabbed
him. He asked the doctors II he was
in immediate danger of death and said
that only in that case would he tell
who had injured him. Police Captain Bevans,
who Is an intimate friend of Williams, decided
Of Miss Reade at ! s'oiook this lHu m 40 ahs A't she
was ut her boarding house on Main street. She
was hystericRl, and her friends were watching
her to prevent her from injuring herself. They
did not know until the police arrived that she
had stabbed Williams.
When Miss Reade saw the policeman she be-
came calm and admitted that ste had tried to
kill Williams. She went into the front hall
and picked up a knife. which she said was the
one with which she had stabbed Williams.
Mrs. Mabel Carter, at whose house Miss Reade
beard sSsraf, 3D., was a. home ss, T ;ags M, Williams Rs.as E; called led
sitting room with Williams. A few minutes
before the stabbing, some OF the boarders Joined
the couple.
Mrs. Carter chatted with Williams. and he
n MARK Mi' Williams Msans 1 analiy arose sSn to losiss a nd
Miss Reade ask ed him to wait a moment until
she went to the kitchen to get a glass of water.
Williams stepped into the hall. and Miss Reade
came back into the sitting room and, pressing
his hand to his side, said:
you've done II this time, Sadie"
Williams left the house Immediately, and
none OF the company knew what had happened.
Miss Reade returned to the room shortly after
herself with n knife. but one OF the ooarders
took the knife away. Then she tried to jab q
hatpin into her side. After her arrest she said
married secretly in New York last Septem-
Der. She said she could not remember where
the marriage took place or by whom 1t was per-
formed.
Williams had visited her frequently. but nei-
ther had Informed any one OF the marriage.
She said that last evening Williams had accused
her of being unfaithful to him. They quarrelled
and she became enraged and resolved to kill
him. She restrained her anger until he started
70 leave; Then, under the pretext OF getting a
potato parer with n keen blade. She met him
in the dark hall and plunged, it into his side.
looking. Until recently she lived with her
in any immediate danger OF death; His walk of
simoi But Z h %'' viii If i've i've P unies. s ssriou. eaaapitsa
tions set in.