The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-10
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Teodora Sanders Kills
Self in Presence Of
Married Sweetheart.
Chicago. Nov. 10.-Miss Teodora
Sanders. secretary to the superin-
tendent OF schools at Laredo, Texas,
and a member Of a prominent fam
lily there, gambled with death yes
terday-and lost.
In her room at the Fort Dear
born hotel. while telling her for
tune" with a deck of cards, she
turned the ace Of spades-a SYM
Dol of disaster. An hour later, on
the mezzanine floor OF the hotel,
che plunged q small Mexican dag
ger into her heart and fell at the
feet of Henry Hampton Carver, in
terstate and foreign trade commits
sioner for the Chicago Association
of Commerce. Carver is being held
pending the inquest. today.
Marriage Blocked, Dies,
Miss Sanders was in love with
Carver kilograms found in her
luggage indicated she had been
known in Laredo as his wife. Gar
yer told the Sbuth Clark street po-
lice that he loved her-or had un-
til recently.
They had met at the hotel to dis
cuss their future and Carver was
explaining to her, he told the po-
lice. that he could not marry her
because he was not yet divorced
from his wife. Finally he said
well. l Just can't do It,"
Without q word the young wom-
an drew q small dagger from her
sleeve and plunged it into her
heart.
Carver called for help. crying
out that a woman had tainted, but
when she had been carried to hel
room in the hotel, where she had
been guest since the first Of the
month, 1t was found she was dead
Beautiful Laredo Girl.
Laredo, Texas, Nov. 10.-iUnited
Press.) = Miss Teodora Sander:
committed suicide at Chicago yes
terday on her 29th birthday.
TeodOra Sanders, was one of La
redo's most beautiful and accom-
plished young women. Educated il
the public schools and severa
higher institutions, she had devel
oped into a fair writer Of fiction
her writings being in both the Eng
lish and Spanish languages.
She had been living with al
aunt, Miss Emelia Sanders, here.
Miss Sanders is said to .have be
come involved in q breach OF prom
Use suit here two years ago. bu
the case was compromised.
| II. H. Carver, Chicago bushes
man, came into Miss Sanders lif
a year ago. when he visited here
Their engagement was soon an
nounced and Miss Sanders went t
Mexico City for visit.
j Not many weeks later Lared
newspapers received announce
ments of the marriage of Teodor
Sanders and Harry H. Carver a
J, Chicago. However. when Mis-
Sanders returned from Chicag
several weeks ago she announce
. the marriage had not taken place
Mrs. Ruth Campbell. an intimat
friend of Miss Sanders, said Mis-
Sanders was in a troubled state G
mind when she left Laredo 70
Chicago. Oct. 90. At that time Mr.!
Campbell expressed fears for tn
worst as Miss Sanders was though
to be desperate
Had to Leave Hotel.
} St. Louis. Mo-, Nov. 10.-Unite
Press.) - Miss fedora Sander
who yesterday stabbed herself wit
: a dagger in Chicago. was asked
leave a fashionable hotel here TO
lowing an argument she had theI
with a nurse from a local sanital
ium.
According to hotel authoritie
Miss Sanders lived at the hot
from April 25 to June 25. She wa
visited on four occasions by H. I
Carver. foreign trade commissions
, Of the Chicago Association OF Con
merce. 1t was further stated th'
, Miss Sanders caused great ammo!
ance to the guests because OF HI
!, deft handling Of little daggt
: which she always carried with he
1t was said that it was not unusu'
' for Miss Sanders to draw the wei
pom from her belt and hurl 1t
! some nearby cornice or other WOO
work, driving the point into II
wood.
Miss Sarders had innumerab
calls from young men. hotel al
:. thorities declared. They said. hov
ever. she was never seen with
!, male companion other than Carve
:. The nurse, who cannot be loca
Il ed, is said to have cared for Mi
Sanders, who was addicted to fain
ing spells. The telephone calls al
stiletto exhibitions are believed
have led to the dispute in Mi
Sanders room which led the hot