The sun., 1898-01-09
THE MEMPHIS TRAGEDY.
-,DoW LElTEs a sTATE-
NEWT EXPLAINING II.

"a narrowed All the Money she uaos
,..,,pr Her Penniioss. asd HAD WRECKED
1,r Lire Uadcr Promise OF Marriage.
,,,,,puts. Tenn, Jan. s.-Mrs. Mary O. Sand
,.,.t who yesterday fatally shot DR.. g. A.
p..ors g., and then killed herself. has spoken
.s.onob n statement found among her effects
"a sxplaincd the tragedy. Dr. Rogers died
~, morning. He belonged to one OF the most
s-om,nent families in the South and was Q rela-
20, United states Senator T. b. Tur,ey. DIR.
nossrs and Mrs. Sandbrink left Memphis yes
,,rdsy morning in q buggy. They were seen
~ hour later at roadhouse, where they got
.oue wine A few hours later DR.. Rogers was
,0nnd in Nonconnah Creek bottom, clinRing to
,ne wheels OF his buggy and moaning:
aror the love of Christ get mo to town 90
,.n see my children before die"
Further in the woods, in q secluded spot, was
n, dead body OF the.woman. DIR. Rogers's
.vercoat and hat and Mrs. Sandbrink's cloak
and right glove were found near by.
Mrs, Sandbrink's statement, which explains
N, cause OF the shooting, was written on
Thursday, the day before the tragedy. The
r,terences to tho Zimmerman family are OK.
claimed by the fact that Mrs. Sandbrink was
,ister n.law OF the Hon. Frank Zimmerman, q
isvyer and also editor Of tho German Post
.rouruaI Of this city. Tho statement Is as fol-
lows:
"Kind treatment during my trouble and tho
assistance he lent me after the death OF my hus-
hand and child made us all look upon him as u
dear friend OF the family. Alas, in tho sight Of
death he must have chosen me for his victim.
Things drifted on for n year. began to notice
that he looked i'll and wretched. He pleaded
illness as tho cause. One day. particularly,
met him on the street looking unusually bad.
/ begged him to tell me the cause. He told
me he had to pay a note that day and was un.
able to raise the full amount. offered to let
him have the money, which he accepted after
some urging, saying he would call that even.
ipg for the check. He explained to me how
unhappy his family affairs were. Oh, how my
heart went out to him. He was so good and
noble I thought.
I'VE all pitied him and tried to do all we
could for him. He would frequently come in,
and on several occasions he was sick with
fever. l would bathe his head, make him some
tea or anything he desired. A few months after
lent him tho first amount, and for which I
have no receipts, his wife came in her car
riage after me one day, saying that she was Ill
and wished to see me on business. went with
her, and found that he was compelled to have
$780, l gave him the cash and took his note
for the same, which can be found among my
letters.
Things ran along until the following win
ter, when he again came to me for money. I
then gave him S40O worth of Memphis Hospi-
tai Medical College bonds, which l owned.
Among my letters there Is one In which he
acknowledges this debt after insisted on him
paying me back some OF the money due me, for
was then penniless. These letters from DR..
Rogers are also in the possession of the Zim.
ri will bring or send you 800 without fall
tomorrow. leaving me owing you balance Of
$780, This is an excerpt from one of the let
after tsasFd Els Wife died his visits were so fire.
quent that my sister objected. and I was COM
pelled to tell him plainly that bis visits must
this this, and Al @ would come only when he O. wanted wanted
me TO do some copying for him. On the follow
ing Christmas he came again and M asked me to
years ago. we became engaged to marry. In.
lending to make our future home elsewhere,
left S, aosd CLOSE se s S
We were then to be married.
My letters from him during my stay there
received information from friends that he was
leading a notorious life here ] returned and
found that Il vas a, true; asked him to return
did not care to have anything more to do with
him. lhad not a cent left. Ny brother. gave
as ney f hSs for o%a Which
release me. He swore to do better. He loved
me, he could not give me UP, and promised to
argued with him, and he pleaded with me. It
was on the day that he and l went out to my
sisters, Mrs. Sea, and the there he swore to marry
that day He gave me q letter some time later
wherein position was offered TO him with Sl75
salary per month in some institution. The letter
is in my package.
But, returning to the time of my return from
San Francisco. how found him Implicated in
several escapades with different women. Thus
found him n drunken mOrDhina hann and nF0hf.
gate. Brokon In health. a critical operation
necessary. no money to go to New Orleans.
knees for me not to abandon him now, that he
loved me, to give him another chance, &c.
Oh world! You ask why did ! cling to
woman can love. / had suffered too much al
ready for him; and 1 always retained hope that
TSh perhaps PsI could % yet cure him Then only those
would have heard him denounce all the world
said OF him as lies, that he was never untrue to
humiations ms % bore for for him e Mere tsrribie snuS
frequently, but il was because was compelled
watch. little diamond ioctet. and many little
RUqIeidn SS on him from al sides: sewed for
necessary underclothing for tho winter.
The Zimmerman family said that Mrs. Sand.
eg keS keeh eOo p6 PROUD TO ss them ne OF her p9v
straits, - ava
a, so when went to his Off Ice was drawn
there In desperation from the humiliation thar
was subject to. for was compelled to buy on
credit and could not meet my bills.
pe,sLaSG Lsst winter or rather last spring again
iment, and then we would leave Memphis.
iei, expecting him to follow. But hfs oaths
were lies. i returned and again demanded O
settlement. Ho told me It was impossible to
iSnS fsise u the money. but would pay me 800 and
about 800. all OF which used TO pay my debts
he VII not give me my money. He has ruined
my lie, committing his intrigues before my
very eyes. 1t is more than l can endure. Shall
now, broken in body and spirit wrecked and
rsihed ruiz enniless begin life anew slave for the
laugh over the poor little fool that have been,
ana TO gloat over his skill In winning womenf
I k ask the world. all the men with whom have
business dealings. and all my former friends.
Was not an honest, upright womani Can
S SGng word be said against me. only after fell
sam ~ ms clutches and gave up my friends and be-
came cranky womanl
IL. MARY G. SANDBRINK."