The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-11-11
LA SENORI1A'S'
TRAGEDY Barred
Coroner's Jury Hears De-
tails Of Tempestous
Texas Romance.
CARVER TILTED GIRL
Her Love Spurncd She Buries
Dagger in Her Heart; EX-
Fiance Out After Inquest

CHICAGO. Nov i0..Thoy are
telling the dramatic story ~ In
scnouta's tcmposuous romance to-
day.
"t.a scnorIla". ~, utmc giycn her
bv tho Chicago chamber Of com
mcrcc iuukctcrg during tHrir So
1nurn ln Mexico. ia u the .rurRue
dead hy hor own hand Sn' was
Miss Theodore sanders OF Lhihd''
Texas.
More than 700 tclcgrama w her
hnndbnr written by Harry ". Gar
vrr foreign trade export OF the 'hl-
cago association NJ commerce. the
man who ir'd hcr. ,outrihut" dram-
atic cpisodre tp her shattered dream
OF happiness Adding their bit to the
narrative are letters protesting thoir
undying love. also written by
Carver.
INpcnsIvc gems. estimated to be
worth $4,000, somc Of them Eifts
~ the man she loved, reveal more
OF the details.
Down nt Laredo tho home folks
nrc recalling the intatuation that
drew Miss Sanders 10 Chicago and
of their fears that all was nat well.
At st. Louis hotel employees are re-
tNliluE Uff iibIInN NlhN ~ -
where Carver Visited her And tho
silent contribution is n stilctto with
a story of its owp--the weapon that
brought the romance TO an end.
Dies IN Gnr,cr's Arms.
Miss Sanders stabbed herself TO
dcnth in the Fort Dearborn hotel
here late yesterday and died IN tue
arms of Carver. The stabbing fol-
t.Is - M
had come here from Laredo TO hold
him to his promise Of marriage. IL
was her twenty-ninth birthday
Ia Senorita" came to chicago
over Gnrycr's protests and had rc-
fused to return home when he de"
mAndcd Il. A telegram signed Theo-
dora and Harry announcing their
marriage had been sent TO Miss
Sanders sister Rt Laredo. Yet Car
yer persisted In his refusal to marry
her. telling her he was married ana
had not yet procured a divorce.
Carver Is now being sued for divorce
by Clara Irene Carver to whom he
was married In 1903.
Yesterday Miss Sanders sought n
final Interview Evidence found IN
her room indicates that before go-
ing To meet Carver she copriciously
denlth the cards that forctoid death.
The ace OF spades, known among
fortune tellers as the death card
and tho queen of heart lay Juxtaposed
on the bed coveriet.
The romance between Carver and
Miss Sanders began In 1919 wheu
they met Mt Laredo. In the Inter.
venlng time they corrcsponded and
Carver sent. nearly 200 telegraW'
containing forvent protestations o'
love. Several times the girl came
from Laredo to Chicago. ST. Louis
and New York, where she and Gar
yer were together.
Girl "Too Tcmpcrnmcntai".
Carver told the police that they
were to be married when he got his
divorce but thai he had decided To
end the romance because Miss
who was OF Spanish ancestry, was
too temperamentnl'. Among the
eccentricities attributed to the gir'
was the habit of always wearing the
dagger with which sho slew hersel'
In the girdle of her gown.
Carver was formerly connected
with the government bureau ol
foreign a.d domestic commerce and
before that wasNsecret-ry to Sccro'
tnry of Commerce Alexander when
the latter was congressman froH
Missouri Miss Sanders tamily II
one OF the oldest and most promi'
nent In Laredo.
The whole story was harod be-
fore the cproner's jury today. Gar
yer was released on his own rccos