Chipita rodriguez first woman hung

Chipita Rodriquez died on Friday, Nov. 13th, 1863.

She is believed to be the only woman ever legally hanged by the state of Texas. Though guilty by circumstantial evidence only, her death seemed to place a curse on the town of San Patricio, Texas, as it signaled the beginning of the end of the small settlement.

First woman hanged in Texas - MSN

History states a horse trader stopped by Chipita's home on the Aransas River between Refugio and San Patricio to spend the night. His saddle bags held $600 in gold taken in payment for a horse herd sold to the Confederate Army earlier and he was returning home.

He left the next morning early but was later found hacked to death, floating in a canvas bag just down-river from Chipita's home.

The investigation linked Chipita and her employee Juan Silvera to the death with robbery as the motive.

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The pair were indicted for murder and both pled not guilty. Strangely, neither uttered another word during the trial, supposedly protecti Hanging of Chipita Rodriquez, and death of San Patricio, Texas. ZYWE