Obituaries: Maggie Sapp, 1951, Winn Parish, LA
Submitter: Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
Source: Winn Parish Enterprise  
Date: June 14, 1951
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Atlanta Negro Woman Slain; Husband Is Held

A murder charge is expected to be brought against Alonso Sapp, 55 year old
Atlanta Negro, in connection with the fatal shotgun shooting of his wife,
Maggie Sapp, about 8 a.m. this morning (Thursday), according to Winn Parish
Sheriff C. M. Robinson.

Sapp is in the parish jail with no charge as yet, pending a coroner's inquest
Friday at 1:30 p.m.

The woman was shot in the back with a .12 gauge single barrel shotgun, loaded
with number six squirrel shot, the sheriff said.

The sheriff stated neighbors reported the two had been quarreling for the past
two or three days. They were at the home of Arthur Sapp, brother to Alonso
Sapp, when the shooting occurred. It is reported that Alonso Sapp went into
the house, saying he was going to lie down on the bed, and got the shotgun. He
reportedly returned to the front door and shot his wife, who was on the porch,
in the back form a distance of about 12 feet.

Her body was brought to Ben Johnson's Funeral Home in Winnfield.

The sheriff said, "I can't see anything except a murder charge for him."

He reported that Sapp was trying to get someone to bring him to Winnfield to
give himself up for the shooting when law enforcement officers arrived.

Sapp's home is near Dudley Lang's store on the Atlanta-Verda road.