Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-30
WOMAN VICTIM
HAD NOT Been
HAPPY, CLAIM
Both Were Prominent
In Houston Society;
Wife's Brother Ex-
plains Tragedy

FORT WORTH. Tex. May 30
P,-Arthur Sayers. prominent bust
ness man OF Houston. shot and
killed his wife today at the home
Worth. and then ended his own life
A .25 calibre pistol was found un-
der Sayers' body and a .38 calibre
automatic was on sofa nearby
The larger pistol had been fired siS
times. None of the cartridges in the
smaller gun had been used.
Mrs. Sayers had been visiting her
brother for some time. Mr.. SayerS
arrived last night. Police said they
had been given information tina.
they had separated but were recon
ciled shortly after the husbands ar
rival.
Mr.. and Mrs. Williams had iuSt
retired leaving Mr. and Mrs. Sayer:
in the living room. Williams. TOLD
police. they said. that ne heard tho
shots and that Mrs. SaTers stag
gered into the bedroom and died
without saying anything.
Sayers was shot twice. once above
the heart and once in the head. Mrs
Savers was shot In the back and
neck and had a flesh wound across
her chest.
Had Not Been Happy
For about six months my sister
and Sayers have not been happy to-
gether," said Williams. "She said
that rather live lie she was not
going back OF him after she had
come to visit with us.
Monday night she mailed him a
letter in which she told him she
could live with him no longer. There
we're no accusations, no harsh words
in it. She merely stated she had
found she did not love him any
more The same night the letter
was mailed he telephoned her from
Houston. over the telephone she
told him that on the following day
he would receive the letter. He
asked her to write again and she
did.
In her second letter she reiterat-
ed that she could not get along
with him and that she did not want
to live with him any more"
Mrs. Savers and Mr.. and Mrs.
Williams spent yesterday afternoon
in Dallas. They returned here last
night about z y. m. and soon after
Sayers called.
Talked Together
THE four of us talked together
in a back room for quite a while. .
continued Williams, "and everything
seemed agreeable. Finally Sayers
and my sister went into the living
room for private conversation.
Il heard my sister laugh several
times. She went into the kitchen
for a drink. / suggested to my wife
that she go in there and see If
everything was all right Ny sister
told her they were getting along
all right and he was going to leave
soon.
Then 7 tsayed up expecting to
take him to town in my car But
when midnight came my wife and
I retired. Soon after that we heard
seven shots. / got up and with my
pistol in my hand tsarted toward
the living room. I met my sister
running out of the living room,
screaming. She was shot. / picked
her up and placed her on the bed
I then again started for the living
room. and as I approached saw
Sayers shoot himself in the tenn
pie"
Made Preparations
Indications that Sayers had made
arrangements for his death came to-
day when williams was called over
long distance telephone by j. j
Jeane at Houston. cousin OF Savers
Mr.. Jeane said that before Say
ers left Houston he gave him q
handbag 70 KEEP for him." stated
Williams. He said that when he
read in the Houston newspapers o.
the shooting. he opened the hand
bag. IN it he found a note in which
Sayers asked him to take charge
Of his body"
Sayers and his wife formerly lived
in Dallas. Until a few months age
he was district manager for an in
surance company in Houston.
Pending funeral ARRANGEMENTS. tbs
bodies were held nc local funera
hcme.