Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-28
WELCOME NOWHERE
st. Elizabeth Unable to Get
Rid of Ada Cross.
EVEN PENlTENTIARY BALKS
Inhospitably Refuses to Make Room
for Bad Negress-Too Fond
Of Killing People.
EVEN PENlTENTIARY BALKS

Ada Cross, Washington's most notori-
Gus woman criminal, for the present at
least will continue her sojourn at the
Government Hospital for the Insane.
Not that Ada is welcome at the hos
pital. Far be it from so.
Ada is not welcome anywhere.
But several penitentiaries have passed
the buck in the person OF Ada, to Dr.
White. He is forced to keep her.
Since che was thirteen years old. which
was some twenty years ago, Ada has
spent most of her time behind iron bars
She is a negress and has a criminal
record as long as prosecuting attor-
ney's Hypothetical question.
But there the smile ends. There is
nothing hypothetical about Ada's record.
Has Been Bad Almost Always.
Ada is a product of Washington. When
not in prison her beat never extends
north of Pennsylvania avenue. Yet she
is q great worker in that restricted ter
ritory.
Her first imprisonment in the District
jail was for theft. Later she went to
the workhouse. Subsequently she was
sent to the Government Hospital for the
Insane. later to Moundsville, ". Va,
back 10 the insane deJiuil dsaiH snu
once she spent a brief period in Mat
teawan. n. Y.
But these varied experiences produced
little impression on Ada. The last time
she got out she loafed around Washing
| ton a few days and then began breaking
In court the police told just what sort OF
woman Ada was. They said she was the
! toughest nut. masculine or feminine
black or white, they ever had to dea1
with.
Killed Her Prison Mate.
She was given a good, stiff sentence and
forwarded to Moundsville. There she
was put to work in the tailoring shop.
Everything went smoothly for a while
But one day Ada and another Washington
negro woman began INDUCING in repartee
| across the cutting table-about as healthy
a place in which to start trouble as q
barber shop.
Ada's record was touched upon lightly
by the other woman. Ada came back
with the gentle retort that she might
threw her own baby off the Anacost.a
| bridge-which was why her companion
was at Moundsville.
Such harsh language called for one bet
ter from the child slayer. 1t was duly
delivered.
Ada stopped talking. grabbed a pair OF
heavy tailors shears and rammed them
into her tormentor's neck. Rapid death
| to the tormentor ensued
Penitentiary Gets Rid Of Her.
| Ada was taken before the West Vir-
GINA authorities. They passed her up,
saving she was crazy. The Moundsville
warden decided they were right, and
shipped Ada back to Washington. where
she was taken to the Government Hos
pital for the Insane.
! The authorities Of that institution wrote
| the Moundsvlle warden recently that
Ada had "regained her normal condi-
| tion.
Then we don't want her." was the
| laconic reply from MOundsville.
| The Department of Justice was ap-
pealed to. Indications are that nothing
| will be done.
Once in while Ada remains tractable
| and rational for a decent period. In
| the END she always runs amuck. homi-
| cidal mania being her great ailment.
Therefore it is thought better to keeI
1 in tho fpo