The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-19
WICKED SADIE EDWARDS.
o " WHITE FOLKS, No1ToFsn AND
TRIED TO POISON HER UNI.
She Had Been Told That the Latter Wa.
Going to Have Her Arrested for Tru-
aney, So She Ftled Up n Medicine not.
tie With GABRIELLE Acid and w,,tes.

She Had Been Told That the Latter we,
GoinE TO Have Her Arrested for TIN.
aney. So She Ftned Up n Medicine not.
tie With GABRIELLE Acid and Waited.
As long as l2-year-old Sadie Edwards of
Newark was contend to remain n little colored
girl she got along very we'll. 1t was only after
she imbibed what she calls white folks no
tons" that she put carbolic acid in her nupt's
medicine. Where she got the idea that white
folks ,noticnsinvolved that style Of proceed
uro neither her aunt nor anybody else knows.
Sadie is now in the City Home. having boon
committed by Judge Mott in the First Crimi-
nal Court of Newark yesterday.
About q year ago Sadie came up from her
homo in Virginia to live with her aunt, Mira.
Fannie Mason, q young colored woman living
at IL Sumner avenue. At fret Sadie was q
good little girl. She was q regular and faith
full scholar at the State street public school,
and both Mrs. Mason and her husband grew
very fond OF the child. Before sho had been
In school very long, however, her habits of
deieronco and obedience began to wear of.
She began to play truant and to remain away
from home until late at night. Once or twice
she atole money when sent to tho corner
grocery TO buy things. When she WAS scolded
for this she became sulkv.
~ amt a-goin' to stay here always" she
WYNN o"s WDlto lOlku
notions,:1 have; an I'm Goin' away to be like
white folks"
Recently her truancy became more FREQUENT,
and Mrs. Mason, finding that scolding did no
good, attempted to frivhten the girl by threat
oninR to send her to an institution.
II dom care" said the child when thus
threatened. III run away II you send mo
there"
Matters became worse aud worse. It got so
oyer the child, who wa. rebellious and .ulky.
Not long ago Sadie got hold of n small bottle
of carbolic acid which was In a closet In the
house.. and her aunt discovered her examining
Pm that down at once" cried Mrs. Mason.
What for'% asked the girl sulienly. Il
p 4 down, i tell You: It's poison. 1t
s sStaHo; III NV Would aS'f Il u xii any SSotS nave 70
Sadie remembered this. She also remem-
barred where her aunt PVT the bottle with the
might make use of her newly acquired knowl-
edge. a few days thereafter Sadie played
until late at night. exasperatinR her aunt to
such an extent that rhe appealed tn Truant
0 Ho,s sb aSyns'' S who advised y, tSs her, her to ,, see j. dSs
nelghborhood overheard tho conversation be-
tween the officer and Mrs. Mason. and twitted
s+ "Ha. on her s s%Rsnai Edw lardi said they.
You're soin' to set arrested by n pleeceman,
After pulling the hair and scratching the
faces of some Of her tormentors. Sadie re-
tired to consider her course in the crisis. Tho
result of her consideration was that she de-
clded to mako away with her aunt. Natural
ly the carbolic acid suggested itself to her an
the best method. but how TO bring about the
necessary combination Of the aunt aud the
acid was q hard problem until she remembered
that her, aunt took something three or four
finlaa "a flav from annfhar ANAL hntr1a This
bottle contained medicine prescribed by DIR.
T: A; Kent sadie found Il about half empty,
she awaited ieveiopments. These. however.
did not come about Just as she nad planned.
This was done on TUESDAY. A. the hour for
Mason uncorked the bottle, poured out n dose
into n spoon. and paused. An ,odor euch Is
her %nostrils. Sne shifted experiinentally. Then
she spilled out the contents OF the spoon. set
Sadie was playing. and secured a drm grip on
house reluctantly. but swiftly. because her ear
See that bo:ti:F' said Mrs. Mason.
What have you been doing with it?' asked
':wowi Boo-hoo." replied Sadie.
Answer me-" commanded Mrs. Mason.
did you pour that poison in therer"
Yep. said tho girl. boldly.
You was goin' TO have me took away by a
pleece nan. I amt Goin' away. I'm goin' 10
he Xix" white folks. l got white folks no
-, During the night Sadie was locked up in
her room, and yesterday morning her aunt
took her to Police Headquarters. and from
there to the court. where abe was arraigned be-
fore Judge Mott.
IBID you put the poison in your aunt's medi-
einsL" asked the Judge
VIVA. did you do 1t for'"
Don know"
Did you know 1t was poIsonT'
"IesSir."
Did you know It would kill herr"
No answer.
Did you want to kill your aunti'
Don know"
That was all that could be got out OF tho
girl. She seemed To be pretending 20 be stu
pid. Judge Mott committed her TO the City
Home. The neighbors say that Mrs. Mason
has always treated Sadie kindly. A possible
clue. to the girls murderous disposition lies
in the fact that she has an insane mother.
There was enough carbolic acid in the medi-
cine which Sadie had dosed to kill half a dozen
persons.