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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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Johnnie Reid Sanders, 21, faces trial today in Fulton Superior Court for murdering his wife Mary Ester Sanders, 21, with a shotgun on September 2. She was shot in the abdomen in their kitchen after a Labor Day dance; she was a mother of two and former beauty contestant.
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Johnnie Reid Sanders, 21-year-old slightly crippled man, is slated to go on trial today for the shotgun slaying of his attractive wife on September 2.
He will be tried in Fulton Superior Court before Judge Claude D. Shaw on a charge of murder in connection with the fatal shooting of Mrs. Mary Ester Sanders, 21, a former "Miss Sepia Atlanta" contestant.
Mrs. Sanders was found dead in the kitchen of her home several hours after she returned from a Labor Day dance. She was lying on her back in a pool of blood and a .12 gauge shotgun was beside her, police said.
Det. H. Baugh said the young mother of two children was shot in the abdomen. A shotgun shell was found in the bedroom, he reported.
The victim worked at a Hunter Street restaurant and in 1955 she placed fourth in the Miss Sepia Atlanta beauty contest.
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Fulton Superior Court
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Trial Today; Slaying On September 2
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mrs. mary ester sanders, 21, shot in the abdomen and killed
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Johnnie Reid Sanders, 21-year-old slightly crippled man, is slated to go on trial today for the shotgun slaying of his wife Mrs. Mary Ester Sanders, 21, on September 2. She was found dead in the kitchen of her home several hours after returning from a Labor Day dance, lying on her back in a pool of blood with a .12 gauge shotgun beside her. A shotgun shell was found in the bedroom. The victim was a mother of two children who worked at a Hunter Street restaurant and placed fourth in the 1955 Miss Sepia Atlanta beauty contest.