Arizona republican., 1906-03-22
THE KILLING
 CONVENTIONAL
Verdict of Jury in Inquest
 of Sadie Jones
Miss Jenks Who Administered the Fatal Tnrpentine Will be ArrAigned
 on Charge of nanslaughter Today.

The inquest in the death of Sadie Jones. the woman who died at the in- sane asylum on Monday night, suffo- cated by the fumes Of turpentine. was concluded yesterday and the jury ren- dered 9 verdict on which was based T warrant for the arrest of Miss HalIie Jenks. an attendant of the asylum charging her with manslaughter. The jury found that she had administered
 the turDentine but it also found that
 she did it without intent to kill.
 As soon as the warrant was issued Miss Jenks was brought before Justice Burnett for arraignment. She was ac- companied by her attorneys. Lewis and Christy. At their request the arraign- ment was postponed until this morning
 at 10 o'clock. when her bail will be
 fixed and the date set for the preliIni-
 nary examination.
 The inquest brought out little new
 Information about the affair but it left an impression that the defendant will not have very hard time of it. In the evidence introduced was a typewriter statement which has been alluded to
 as confession, by Miss Jenks. Stand ing alone it would be regarded as a dangerous document. But on second thought it would appear that one who would make that kind Of a statement | in the circumstances which surrounded Miss Jenks ought herself to be the in mate of a ward.
 1 She has said that she did not really know what the statement contained | when she signed it. Her perturbation ] of mind following the death of Sadie | .IDnHG Gn Ia cba l remember what she said when she was 1 questioned regarding it.
 1 The statement relates much of what | is already known regarding the affair. ! IL is admitted though that the turpen- | tine was administered while Miss Jenks l was in a passion, Sadie Jones having | threatened to kill her. The Jones vvo- l man had been screaming all evening | and the defendant had sought to quiet l her. She had succeeded in doing sJ 1 when the screaming was resumed ! Then the defendant want into her room l again and taking the pillow case which the insane woman had torn off. she poured turpentine from a four-ouncc
 bottle upon it and stuffed it into the . Woman's mouth.
 | She sat on her while she was doing it but could not control both of the hands Of tue struggling woman. Shc called for help and Nellie Ditto came | Between them they held the Jones wo- man and more turpeHtine was poured | upon the cloth while 1t was in the mouth Of the woman
 She suddenly ceased struggling Tlly | cloth was removed and it was found
 that she was unconscious. The de II fcndant sent Miss Ditto after a basin
 of water. They dashed water into her I face and bathed her to no purpose. Ir the language of the statement, "she re- fused to survive" Thus her obstinacy was maintained in death Nor did she
 show any signs of revival in the course of the next sixteen hours. 'while the official version of the affair was being i prepared.
 The most important eye witness ve the incident was Miss Ditto whose story agreed with the facts set out in the statement regarding the admins tratiou of the sedative. Dr. Palmer said that when he was called he found the woman in a comatose state and
 tried to revive her for three hours.
 when she died. He performed an au- 1 topsy and found the lungs and kid Q 1 neys cOngested. He found in the
 stomach four ounces of fluid which smelled strongly of turpentlne Mrs. l Helen Clark another attendant. testi- l fed as to the efforts at resuscitatforI. ] Steward Charles Randy testified re- garding the events which transpired after he was aroused and to the state ment made by Miss Jenks He said
 that it was at first oral and he had taken it down in typewriting and read
 if to her She said that that was what she meant and then signed it volun- | tarily
 It may be said in connection with the statement that it concludes with an appeal to the governor for Ieniency on account of her past efficient services in the hospital for the insane.
 Some mention had been made of mysterious letter which is now said to be in scraps which are in the possess
 sion of the district attorney. When it
 was found by Miss Jenks and Miss Ditto that Sadie Jones was uncon scious. Miss Ditto asked why turpen- tine had been used. Miss Jenks. point ing to the letter. replied that when she had time she would show her why. the inference being that authorization for the use Of it was contained in the letter.
 After Miss Jenks had been taken into custody she Id been seen tearing the letter up.
 All the mystery about the letter has been removed. It was 9 letter from the sister of Miss Jenks. who is her self an attendant in an insane asylum. and 1t contained the fatal advice re- garding the rse of turpentine in the case of noisy patients. It said that soap put on 9 cloth with turpentiuo i poured over it had a quieting and | harmless effect that could frequently | bp secured in m other way