Wife of Thomas Edward Partain. Married 25 November 1874 in Matagorda County, TX.
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Ellen Inez Swift Partain married 4 times (1.) Thomas Edward Partain, (2.) Frank Rugeley, (3.) Charles A. Siringo, (4.) Emory E. Sapp.
On 7 Nov 1914 she was killed by a shotgun blast. Her last husband (Emory Eron Sapp) was convicted of her murder. He also was accused of the murder of two Texas men who it was contended, at his trial, he engaged to shoot his wife. It was a famous case back in 1914 and a book has been written by: Author: Charles M. Sapp who shared his father's story with the world. "The Man With Two Names: Based on the True Story of the Most Notorious Fugitive in Southeast Texas."
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Ellen Inez Swift Partain SAPP
The Galveston Daily News, Monday, November 9, 1914
Accidental Shot Kills Woman In Camping Party
Mrs. E. E. Sapp is Victim of Tragic Circumstances
Special Train on Santa Fe Brings Body of Well-Known Woman to Beaumont, Owned Valuable Property. Special to The News.
Beaumont, Tex. Nov. 8 – Mrs. E. E. Sapp, age about 65 years, was accidentally killed yesterday (Nov. 7, 1914) in a hunting camp near Romayor (Liberty County, Texas) on the Somerville side of the Santa Fe. Dick Watson, a member of the hunting party, was in camp cleaning an automatic shotgun. He thought all the shells had been removed and when he attempted to pull the trigger the safety was unloosened and the gun discharged. Mrs. Sapp was standing a few feet away with her back toward him and the charge of buckshot entered her back below the shoulder blade and passed entirely through the body.
Mr. Sapp was several hundred yards from the camp, returning with a large buck deer on his horse. Hearing the shot and the screams, ran to the camp and arrived a few minutes after his wife died. A special train on the Santa Fe was ordered out of Beaumont and the body reached here at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The funeral arrangements have not been made. Mrs. Sapp was formerly, Mrs. Partain, and lived at Bay City, where she owned large property interests and was an extensive cattle owner. She was on a visit here in the early summer, and her marriage to Mr. Sapp took place only a few months ago. She is survived by a nephew, O. S. Collins, and a niece, Mrs. Vogelstein, at Bay City. Mr. Sapp was formerly game warden in this territory. The hunting party, made up of men from Beaumont, Saratoga and Romayor, went out Tuesday and the majority returned home Friday. Mrs. Emma Taylor of Romayor was the only other woman in the camp.
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Ellen Inez Swift Partain married 4 times (1.) Thomas Edward Partain, (2.) Frank Rugeley, (3.) Charles A. Siringo, (4.) Emory E. Sapp.
On 7 Nov 1914 she was killed by a shotgun blast. Her last husband (Emory Eron Sapp) was convicted of her murder. He also was accused of the murder of two Texas men who it was contended, at his trial, he engaged to shoot his wife. It was a famous case back in 1914 and a book has been written by: Author: Charles M. Sapp who shared his father's story with the world. "The Man With Two Names: Based on the True Story of the Most Notorious Fugitive in Southeast Texas."
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Ellen Inez Swift Partain SAPP
The Galveston Daily News, Monday, November 9, 1914
Accidental Shot Kills Woman In Camping Party
Mrs. E. E. Sapp is Victim of Tragic Circumstances
Special Train on Santa Fe Brings Body of Well-Known Woman to Beaumont, Owned Valuable Property. Special to The News.
Beaumont, Tex. Nov. 8 – Mrs. E. E. Sapp, age about 65 years, was accidentally killed yesterday (Nov. 7, 1914) in a hunting camp near Romayor (Liberty County, Texas) on the Somerville side of the Santa Fe. Dick Watson, a member of the hunting party, was in camp cleaning an automatic shotgun. He thought all the shells had been removed and when he attempted to pull the trigger the safety was unloosened and the gun discharged. Mrs. Sapp was standing a few feet away with her back toward him and the charge of buckshot entered her back below the shoulder blade and passed entirely through the body.
Mr. Sapp was several hundred yards from the camp, returning with a large buck deer on his horse. Hearing the shot and the screams, ran to the camp and arrived a few minutes after his wife died. A special train on the Santa Fe was ordered out of Beaumont and the body reached here at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The funeral arrangements have not been made. Mrs. Sapp was formerly, Mrs. Partain, and lived at Bay City, where she owned large property interests and was an extensive cattle owner. She was on a visit here in the early summer, and her marriage to Mr. Sapp took place only a few months ago. She is survived by a nephew, O. S. Collins, and a niece, Mrs. Vogelstein, at Bay City. Mr. Sapp was formerly game warden in this territory. The hunting party, made up of men from Beaumont, Saratoga and Romayor, went out Tuesday and the majority returned home Friday. Mrs. Emma Taylor of Romayor was the only other woman in the camp.
Wife of Thomas Edward Partain. Married 25 November 1874 in Matagorda County, TX.
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Ellen Inez Swift Partain married 4 times (1.) Thomas Edward Partain, (2.) Frank Rugeley, (3.) Charles A. Siringo, (4.) Emory E. Sapp.
On 7 Nov 1914 she was killed by a shotgun blast. Her last husband (Emory Eron Sapp) was convicted of her murder. He also was accused of the murder of two Texas men who it was contended, at his trial, he engaged to shoot his wife. It was a famous case back in 1914 and a book has been written by: Author: Charles M. Sapp who shared his father's story with the world. "The Man With Two Names: Based on the True Story of the Most Notorious Fugitive in Southeast Texas."
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Ellen Inez Swift Partain SAPP
The Galveston Daily News, Monday, November 9, 1914
Accidental Shot Kills Woman In Camping Party
Mrs. E. E. Sapp is Victim of Tragic Circumstances
Special Train on Santa Fe Brings Body of Well-Known Woman to Beaumont, Owned Valuable Property. Special to The News.
Beaumont, Tex. Nov. 8 – Mrs. E. E. Sapp, age about 65 years, was accidentally killed yesterday (Nov. 7, 1914) in a hunting camp near Romayor (Liberty County, Texas) on the Somerville side of the Santa Fe. Dick Watson, a member of the hunting party, was in camp cleaning an automatic shotgun. He thought all the shells had been removed and when he attempted to pull the trigger the safety was unloosened and the gun discharged. Mrs. Sapp was standing a few feet away with her back toward him and the charge of buckshot entered her back below the shoulder blade and passed entirely through the body.
Mr. Sapp was several hundred yards from the camp, returning with a large buck deer on his horse. Hearing the shot and the screams, ran to the camp and arrived a few minutes after his wife died. A special train on the Santa Fe was ordered out of Beaumont and the body reached here at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The funeral arrangements have not been made. Mrs. Sapp was formerly, Mrs. Partain, and lived at Bay City, where she owned large property interests and was an extensive cattle owner. She was on a visit here in the early summer, and her marriage to Mr. Sapp took place only a few months ago. She is survived by a nephew, O. S. Collins, and a niece, Mrs. Vogelstein, at Bay City. Mr. Sapp was formerly game warden in this territory. The hunting party, made up of men from Beaumont, Saratoga and Romayor, went out Tuesday and the majority returned home Friday. Mrs. Emma Taylor of Romayor was the only other woman in the camp.
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Ellen Inez Swift Partain married 4 times (1.) Thomas Edward Partain, (2.) Frank Rugeley, (3.) Charles A. Siringo, (4.) Emory E. Sapp.
On 7 Nov 1914 she was killed by a shotgun blast. Her last husband (Emory Eron Sapp) was convicted of her murder. He also was accused of the murder of two Texas men who it was contended, at his trial, he engaged to shoot his wife. It was a famous case back in 1914 and a book has been written by: Author: Charles M. Sapp who shared his father's story with the world. "The Man With Two Names: Based on the True Story of the Most Notorious Fugitive in Southeast Texas."
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Ellen Inez Swift Partain SAPP
The Galveston Daily News, Monday, November 9, 1914
Accidental Shot Kills Woman In Camping Party
Mrs. E. E. Sapp is Victim of Tragic Circumstances
Special Train on Santa Fe Brings Body of Well-Known Woman to Beaumont, Owned Valuable Property. Special to The News.
Beaumont, Tex. Nov. 8 – Mrs. E. E. Sapp, age about 65 years, was accidentally killed yesterday (Nov. 7, 1914) in a hunting camp near Romayor (Liberty County, Texas) on the Somerville side of the Santa Fe. Dick Watson, a member of the hunting party, was in camp cleaning an automatic shotgun. He thought all the shells had been removed and when he attempted to pull the trigger the safety was unloosened and the gun discharged. Mrs. Sapp was standing a few feet away with her back toward him and the charge of buckshot entered her back below the shoulder blade and passed entirely through the body.
Mr. Sapp was several hundred yards from the camp, returning with a large buck deer on his horse. Hearing the shot and the screams, ran to the camp and arrived a few minutes after his wife died. A special train on the Santa Fe was ordered out of Beaumont and the body reached here at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The funeral arrangements have not been made. Mrs. Sapp was formerly, Mrs. Partain, and lived at Bay City, where she owned large property interests and was an extensive cattle owner. She was on a visit here in the early summer, and her marriage to Mr. Sapp took place only a few months ago. She is survived by a nephew, O. S. Collins, and a niece, Mrs. Vogelstein, at Bay City. Mr. Sapp was formerly game warden in this territory. The hunting party, made up of men from Beaumont, Saratoga and Romayor, went out Tuesday and the majority returned home Friday. Mrs. Emma Taylor of Romayor was the only other woman in the camp.
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