The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-04
Mil Girl WOoed, Welded and
Buried Within One Week.
MARRIED FRIENDS NEPHEW.
He Deserted Her, She Was Taken Suddenly
III and Died In HuspItal-PoIsoa Was
Suspected al First

New York, Dec. l.-Events of a lifs-
time--s three hours wooing marriage.
desertion, illness. death and burial
were all crowded into last week in the
sad romance OF Sadie Powers, a pretty
mill girl OF Paterson, n. j.
Having no work at the mill on Mon
day afternoon. she went 10 visit Mrs
Cunningham. OF Mill street, who had
long been her friend. There she met
Mrs Cunningham nephew, James II.
Ward OF sheldon Conn. Mrs. Cunning
ham was busy and asked her visitor 10
entertain Mr.. Ward. The two soon were
on excellent terms. Mrs. Cunningham
from time 70 time appeared 60 warn
them in Jest that they had better not
fall I'm love with each other and began
twitting them both. saying that they
ought 20 be married.
Police Justice Samuel Percy. who is
also a newsdealer and distributes even
ing papers To some OF his customers,
reached the Cunningham home as usual
and the widow called 10 him:
Judge here are two young folk who
it," The Justice thought this "A Joke and
paid no attention She insisted, and he
consented 10 enter the house.
There he found Miss Powers seated
on one side of table and on the other
was Ward pleading with her to do
something 10 which she would not con-
sent. When the Judge turned to go
Ward said:
'Yes. we want 10 get married, and II
n ma 10 FfUhf QhaaH
Now. Sadie, you can't take that dare,
can you?"
While the girl blushed and hesitated
Ward with many protests OF affection
continued 10 plead. AT last the girl ask
ed the justice. Are you a real justice
and can you marry people, or is this a
joke?"
She was assured that Percy had the
power and Ward insisted that he at
once perform the ceremony. Percy said
il would take him less than half an
hour TO deliver the papers and If Miss
Powers had consented by that time
they could send 10 his office for him.
Armed with the necessary papers. he
returned 20 the Cunningham house In
response TO message and found the
bride and bridegroom elect ready for
his services. Mrs. Cunningham until
then had considered il all fun but now
demurred and refused 20 act as wit
ness. Miss Mary Tully and John Glack-
en-, two neighbors were summoned, and
in their presence Miss Powers said she
was seventeen years old and an orphan
and that as she had no guardian she
needed no permission. Ward said he
was twenty-four years old. They were
married
After a merry making at the Gun
ningham house Mr.. and Mrs Ward
started TO this city for their honey
moon, promising TO return to the bride
groom's aunt for dheir Thanksgiving
dinner.
They went TO Paterson on Wednes-
day night. Then the bridegroom left the
house on some pretext.
Mrs. Ward waited and waited i'm vain
for him. She arose III In the morning
and went To Mrs. Cunningham's alone
There she became seriously III and suf-
fered an attack OF commissions
DIR. ellison was summoned and ordered
that she be sent at once 10 the General
Hospital. She had been there only a
few hours when she died. There were
indications that she might have 5een
poisoned, but an autopsy revealed that
she died from a gastric ulcer
Ward never returned. The poor little
orphan was buried on Saturday, many
girls from the mill attending her funer,
al and learning for the first time of hel
marriage when they read on the coffir
psate Sadie Ward" instead of "Sadi,
Powers"