The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-02-07
WOMAN SACRIFICES HONOR
TO SAVE HUSBANDS LIF

Carthage, Mo, Feb. 6.-Appealing
from the gallows, Arthur Sanderson,
alleged slayer of DR.. S. D. Meredith,
will soon begin his battle for life and
liberty. Seeking to save her husband,
Mrs. Lora Sanderson testified at the
preliminary trial that upon several oc
casiols the murdered physician had
been intimate with her. The state
will seek to refute this testimony by
the dying statement of DIR. Meredith,
declaring that he had never even
made an improper suggestion to Mrs.
Sanderson. The jury will be called
upon to decide between this voice
from the grave and that of a living wo
man. willingly inviting shame and dis
honor that she may save the father
of her children. The trial of Sander
the district court. He is now at liber
ty having secured his release from
Jail on a $4,000 bond through habeas
corpus proceedings. Prominent attOr-
neys will defend Sanderson and the
trial will probably be n of the most
notable legal battles in the history of
the state.
The murder of DR.. Meredith occur
red early il the morning of January
2. the physician having been called to
the Sanderson home to attend Mrs.
S~anderson. Shortly after entering the
house Sanderson fired three shots at
DR.. Meredith, one of which penetrated
the doctors abdomen and resulted in
his death. Sandersol Immediately
gave himself up to the police and was
lodged in Jail, charged with murder
in first degree. but was recently re-
leased on bond.
According to the story told by Mrs.
Sanderson at the preliminary hearing
she had told her husband of her init
macy with Dr. Meredith early in the
evening. He was greatly excited, and
left the house early the next morning,
presumably to call the doctor. Upon
the arrival of Meredith, Sanderson
met him and said: You have ruined
my wife and my family n 1 want
to talk to you about it."
THE doctor had his medicine case
in his hand" testified Mrs. Sanderson,
and raised it above his head and ad-
vance toward Arthur. at the same
time reaching with his righthand to-
ward his hip pocket. Arthur backed
across the room, asking the doctor to
sit down and talk with him. When
he reached the writing desk the doc
tor was still advancing upon him and
Arthur drew out a revolver from the
pigeon hole and fired three shots"
Mrs. Sandorson testified that DIR.
Meredith had first taken advantage
of her at his Office last July and that
since that time the offense had twice
been repeated once in lei own house.
She stated that she had said nothing
about her relations with the physi-
clan until the night before the muir
der, when she told her husband.
All of the parties involved were so
cially prominent and the confession
of Mrs. Sanderson created great excite
ment. AS she told her tragic story
there were many murmurs of the dis
sent heard in the courtroom. Scores
of people were present who had known
the woman from earliest childhood
and who had never heard one word of
suspicion in regard to her character.
Through a terrible cross examination,
embracing all the details of the crime
and of her Illicit relations. Mrs. San
derson was firm and brave. never once
coatradicting herself. After the or
deal was over, however, she complete
ly collapsed. The effect of her sac
riice. of the ignominy and disgrace
which would necessarily follow, seem
ed suddenly to overwhelm her and
she sobbed an utter abandon of grief.