Albert Jennings Fountain, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Albert Jennings Fountain

Union Army soldier, politician

Date of Birth: 23-Oct-1838

Place of Birth: Staten Island, New York, United States

Date of Death: 01-Feb-1896

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Albert Jennings Fountain

  • Colonel Albert Jennings Fountain (October 23, 1838 – disappeared February 1, 1896) was an attorney who served in the Texas Senate and the New Mexico House of Representatives.
  • Following a purge of corruption among cattle rustlers that Fountain investigated and prosecuted, he and his eight-year-old son Henry disappeared near White Sands, New Mexico.
  • Their bloodstained wagon and other evidence of an ambush were recovered, but the bodies were never discovered.
  • Suspicion centered on two rival landowners, Oliver M.
  • Lee and Albert B.
  • Fall.
  • Lee and two employees were tried for the murder of Henry Fountain, but acquitted after a defense by Fall.
  • No charges were ever filed for the death of Albert Fountain.

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