Bisbee daily review., 1906-03-23
ATTENDANT SAYS
 SHE WAS ANGRY
Sadie Jones Death Was Due To Her Keepers Wild Rage

By her own signed statement, Miss Hnlie links admits killing Sadie Jones of Lowell Monday night at the insane asylum near Phoenix while in a fit of insane passion.
 | The statement referred to was talk en down by Steward C. E. Randy, inn mediately after the death of the Jones \ woman, and sent to the board of con trel. A copy of it is now in the hands of Assistant District Attorney Bullard at Phoenix. P" e
 The statement, or that part of 1t referring to the administration of the turpentine, reads as follows:
 q returned to Sadie Jones' room. unlocked the door. left 1t open, and by superior strength forced her to lie on the bed, sitting across her waist, and while in a passion emptied about an ounce of the turpentine on the pillow case and forced 1t in her mouth" --. -..-... ..
 The paper goesso to say that after the woman refused to be still, the dose was repeated. Miss Nellie Ditto, who was present while the treatment was bring administered, says that while the cloth was in the helpless woman's mouth, more turpentne was poured upon it. .....-
 The story of the incident as related before the coroner and his jury at Phoenix is a horrifying one. The at tendant responsible for the death of the patient, Miss links, has not yet told her version of it.
 Ths coroner had no authority to cross-examine her and advising that she be taken into custody he sent word to her that it would be better for her to make no statement until she had secured counsel.
 The story told before the coro- ner's jury was by Miss Nellie Ditto, a subordinate attendant, who was pres ent when the incident happened, hay ing been called to assist Miss links. Her story is that the patient, Sadie Jcnes, a woman about 33 years cid, was more than usually noisy and re- fractory on Monday evening. Miss links said she would quiet he'd and entered her apartment. Sh43 called to Miss Ditto to assist her anta when the latter arrived Miss Jinks1 asked her to hold the patients hands.' She did as directed, Miss Jones being. on a cot and struggling. W Miss Jinka then saturated a pillow slip with turpentine and threw lb. over the patients face and pushed it into her mouth. Miss Ditto ques- tiOning the proceeding, insisted that Miss Jinks desist, which she did fin ally, but the patient was then ex- hausted and in a most alarming r11- dition.
 The steward was sent for, Dr. Ward, the superintendent, being absent in California. Immediately thereafter Dr. F. P. Palmer was summoned and as soon as he could get there begas efforts for the relief of the patient, who died, it is supposed, from breath ing the fumes of turpentine, in poi sonous quantities, or being so weak ened by the smothering that she was unable to recover from the exhaus- ton.
 One circumstance that has created something of an air of mystery is a report to the effect that after the smothering of Sadie Jones, Miss Ditto asked Miss links why she had done it, and the latter, pointing to letter. said that would explain things, and she would read it to her later. On the occasion of her arrest she tore the letter into fragments. Its con tents have not thus far been revealed. The District Attorneys office tefe- pboned to have the fragments gather ed up if possible and saved.
 George E. Truman, citizen member of the board of control, when asked if the rules of the institution per- mitted the attendants to administer punishment to recalcirant patients, re- piled that they positively did not and this was the first instance that had come under his observation.