The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-27
WORKHOUSE
" oYoLoNE SADIE" REPoSES IN 4
PENI7ENTIARY CELL.

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For tho first time In many months poace ana
! quiet reign In tho workhouse on BiackweUs
Island. The matrons 60 around without hunted
expressions on their faces. and tho inmates OF
the female wards breathe the long breaths OF
persons who have Just passed safely through
some great danger. There Is contentmentin the
air. rcliof on every face, and even In the ohlce,
where the aged clerks bend over their books for
sixteen hours a day, there In n doHrec OF hilarity
which nothing ever produced before, ana which
couldn't be tho result OF anything but some
great event.
What IL all really means Is that Miss sadie
Anderson Bolgerla Corinne Primrose, tho terror
OF the Tendcrloin and Mercer street station
policemon, the worst woman who ever got into
the Tombs or on the Island. has been removed
nv an order OF tho court from the workhouse to
the penjtentiary, whore she will remain IN soli-
tary confinement until abe shows q disposition
to behave herself, which, unquestionably, will
he ono year. the full time OF her sentence. Miss
Primrose, better known perhaps ms Cyclone
Sadie Ind two months still to servo In the
vorkbouse when her present misfortunes hefell
her. Two months Of "Cyclone Sadie" meant
moro trouble for tho matron than two years OF
all the other prisoners nut together. It means
broken heads, scratched faces, and other injuries
for the other prisoners, too. and more thnn once
h,s como near meaning death for somebody.
The nttempt TO control Miss Primrose by
force WINS long ago given up. The implements
OF torture which were used in tho middle ages
wouldn't begin to break her spirit. She hns
been tbumped. cIoutcd around by hale a dozen
men. and time md again she has been locked in
dar, coils and had even more severe punish.
m.nts unti, it would seem as though she must
pive In. but never once hrs any Of these THINGS
had the slightest effect on her. She has hcen
vorse than ever after each release, until now
tbe pcnitcntinrv n real prison with all tho nc
commandments ia being tried upon her. Since
Miss Primrose went into her now quarters
nothing has tecn heard OF her by tho out
side world. As this mover happened dur
ing any ono OF nor many stays a1 ,ne
her tnrouRn" course o 'pfo"'s '".,o' "'.""
view to tanning hor. Over Mt the workhonse you
30 no.s,h,e 70 hr,ns Miss Primrose around, but
re possible 10 "..nk m,an a." ,nn, no a. ~
s ms'I hns guaranteed I'D to turn her over to the
workhouse neople again at the end OF tho year
tanned and prepared to serve her remaining two
months there in a peaceful way and according
The history, up to date. of Miss Sadie Ander-
so, RoIyerio Corinne Primrose Ia interesting.
!" $50 ..HSN .-m 49,, III
She ID a ncsress aoo"t - 'e"rs ~ la' IL e
proportional, black Il us the knave OF shades, with
r,.c,e. NJ stool and n temner which sends
"' >,t.. pL..a..
people hyinR when IL Rets up. MISS rFih'rose
has knocked ont Ave men, ono after the other,
.,d oh, ala a. as deft,v os n nrize fighter. She
~" ~ 80
has done TINS on various OCCASIONS. sometimes
with her fists and at other times with the help
- sr,h we,nons a she has becn able 10 got her
VI 'u'n "fo"
hands on. nut always win Rreat completeness.
Miss Primrose has many grievances. but her
,o-,icrl,r ono "a AGAINST tho svstem which k,ens
p"f'e". 49, 60. -"
her on the Island ABOUT tour'htths OF her 'ime'
A woman with her record cannot ee' less than
,ix nonths every r,me she ,s arrairncd in a no.
90 'A
lice court Tor dlsnraeri! cohduct' lna' IL oe-
cause OF the passage of the law which put the
u,u,,.,,,o sr,,.r, ,r,o n-oct;,o Tb;s svs,.r,
90
doubles the sentences OF OLD onenaers up 70 SIN
months, and the fault that Miss Primrose has to
Ana With i. IA that is victim, are not