Elsie
May Nepper
Kentucky Post, Thursday, 10 February 1910, page 1
When Mrs. Elsa Nepper, 154 Foote av. cashier of a moving picture show, Bellevue, reached her front gate Wednesday night, as she was returning from work, the dark form of a man sprang out of the shadows in the side of the house, he raised his arm and a flood of liquid was dashed on the woman. It was carbolic acid. Instinctively throwing up her arms, Mrs. Nepper received the acid on them, protecting her face from terrible disfigurement.
Thursday morning Mrs. Nepper swore to a warrant charging her husband, Samuel Nepper, 34, Monroe st. Newport, with throwing the acid. Nepper and his wife have been separated for more than a year. The attack upon Mrs. Nepper was the second in two weeks. The first attack occurred in the same spot as that of Wednesday night and at the same hour. Mrs. Nepper was just entering her house when a man, whom she was unable to identify, sprang from concealment, grabbed her by the throat and attempted to strangle her, she says.
Recovering from the first shock of surprise, Mrs. Nepper fought valiantly. She succeeded in getting a hairpin from her hat and wielded this weapon to such advantage that the man released his grip on her throat and ran off after Mrs. Nepper had jabbed the hatpin into him a number of times. Since that time Mrs. Nepper has looked for the reappearance of the mysterious assailant, although she did not heed the advice of her friends and ask for protection.
Nepper was arrested at his home and is locked up. His sister, Mrs. Arthur Minnerman, claims he did not leave his home between 6 and 9 o'clock Wednesday night. Nepper denies throwing the acid.
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Kentucky Post, Saturday, 26 March 1910, page 5
Samuel Nepper, tried yesterday in the Campbell Circuit Court on a charge of throwing acid on his wife, Elsie May Nepper in Bellevue, Feb 8 last, was found guilty by the jury after a short deliberation and sentenced him to nine months in the Newport Jail. His attorneys Ahlering and Keuchler, made a vigorous effort to establish an alibi for the defendant but failed. Mrs. Nepper was the principal witness for the prosecution.