Sweeny, Tex. (UP) -- Aroused citizens of the small town of Sweeney, Texas, are assisting officers for the prowler whose attacked on a 30-year-old woman Tuesday night resulted in her death. A lone negro suspect in the case is being held in the county jail at Angleton. No charges have been filed and no concrete evidence uncovered. Mrs. Jack Andrew Felton, was the victim of a shotgun blast which was fired by a neighbor and which was intended for her attacker. Mrs. Felton's screams aroused a neighbor man, who fired his shotgun in the darkness at a figure he detected leaving the Felton house by a window. It was Mrs. Felton, apparently in a desparate attempt to escape the attacker. She was struck by the shotgun blast in the chest and abdomen and died within a few minutes. Sweetwater Reporter, July 27, 1944
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Galveston. . . . Officers found in the Felton home signs of a terrible struggle. Mrs. Felton's husband was working on the night shift in a refinery near Sweeney and their two children were with her mother at Thorndale. The Brownsville Herald, July 27, 1944
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From her Texas certificate of death
Name: Wilma Mattie Felton
Death Date: 25 July 1944
Death Place: Sweeny, Brazoria County, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 31 years 10 months 19 days
Birth Date: 06 Sept 1912
Birthplace: Rockdale, Texas
Marital Status: Married
Father's Name: F.W. Worley
Father's Birthplace: Rockdale, Texas
Mother's Name: Frieda Doss
Mother's Birthplace: Rockdale, Texas
Occupation: House Wife
Place of Residence: Sweeny, Texas
Burial Place: Rockdale, Texas
Burial Date: 27 July 1944
Informant: Jack Felton, Sweeny, Texas
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Galveston. . . . Officers found in the Felton home signs of a terrible struggle. Mrs. Felton's husband was working on the night shift in a refinery near Sweeney and their two children were with her mother at Thorndale. The Brownsville Herald, July 27, 1944
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From her Texas certificate of death
Name: Wilma Mattie Felton
Death Date: 25 July 1944
Death Place: Sweeny, Brazoria County, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 31 years 10 months 19 days
Birth Date: 06 Sept 1912
Birthplace: Rockdale, Texas
Marital Status: Married
Father's Name: F.W. Worley
Father's Birthplace: Rockdale, Texas
Mother's Name: Frieda Doss
Mother's Birthplace: Rockdale, Texas
Occupation: House Wife
Place of Residence: Sweeny, Texas
Burial Place: Rockdale, Texas
Burial Date: 27 July 1944
Informant: Jack Felton, Sweeny, Texas
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Sweeny, Tex. (UP) -- Aroused citizens of the small town of Sweeney, Texas, are assisting officers for the prowler whose attacked on a 30-year-old woman Tuesday night resulted in her death. A lone negro suspect in the case is being held in the county jail at Angleton. No charges have been filed and no concrete evidence uncovered. Mrs. Jack Andrew Felton, was the victim of a shotgun blast which was fired by a neighbor and which was intended for her attacker. Mrs. Felton's screams aroused a neighbor man, who fired his shotgun in the darkness at a figure he detected leaving the Felton house by a window. It was Mrs. Felton, apparently in a desparate attempt to escape the attacker. She was struck by the shotgun blast in the chest and abdomen and died within a few minutes. Sweetwater Reporter, July 27, 1944
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Galveston. . . . Officers found in the Felton home signs of a terrible struggle. Mrs. Felton's husband was working on the night shift in a refinery near Sweeney and their two children were with her mother at Thorndale. The Brownsville Herald, July 27, 1944
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From her Texas certificate of death
Name: Wilma Mattie Felton
Death Date: 25 July 1944
Death Place: Sweeny, Brazoria County, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 31 years 10 months 19 days
Birth Date: 06 Sept 1912
Birthplace: Rockdale, Texas
Marital Status: Married
Father's Name: F.W. Worley
Father's Birthplace: Rockdale, Texas
Mother's Name: Frieda Doss
Mother's Birthplace: Rockdale, Texas
Occupation: House Wife
Place of Residence: Sweeny, Texas
Burial Place: Rockdale, Texas
Burial Date: 27 July 1944
Informant: Jack Felton, Sweeny, Texas
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Galveston. . . . Officers found in the Felton home signs of a terrible struggle. Mrs. Felton's husband was working on the night shift in a refinery near Sweeney and their two children were with her mother at Thorndale. The Brownsville Herald, July 27, 1944
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From her Texas certificate of death
Name: Wilma Mattie Felton
Death Date: 25 July 1944
Death Place: Sweeny, Brazoria County, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 31 years 10 months 19 days
Birth Date: 06 Sept 1912
Birthplace: Rockdale, Texas
Marital Status: Married
Father's Name: F.W. Worley
Father's Birthplace: Rockdale, Texas
Mother's Name: Frieda Doss
Mother's Birthplace: Rockdale, Texas
Occupation: House Wife
Place of Residence: Sweeny, Texas
Burial Place: Rockdale, Texas
Burial Date: 27 July 1944
Informant: Jack Felton, Sweeny, Texas
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