What happened to Etta Place?
Kathy Craney
Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania
Etta (Ethel) Place, girlfriend of Harry A. Longabaugh, a.k.a. the Sundance Kid, is a mystery woman.
We know from her photo she was a beautiful gal. Author Donna Ernst, whose husband is kin to the Sundance Kid, says she was called Ethel, but it’s unlikely Etta, Ethel or Place was her real name.
We don’t know where she came from, although some historians have theorized she was a Texas teacher or prostitute. We als
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