Reviewed by Anne Boling for Readers' Favorite

John Gray was newly graduated from seminary.  His first assignment was as chaplain to a prison in East Texas.  Gray reached out to the elderly prisoner lying in the hospital bed.  Each day he would roll the hospital bed to the chapel where E.E. Sapp would share his story.  It was a remarkable story.

Sapp was an officer of the law when he met Ellen.  He divorced his wife and married the wealthy woman.  They enjoyed their life together.  One fateful day Ellen was shot.  They were on a hunting trip with friends.  One man was cleaning his gun when he accidentally killed Ellen.  The will left everything to Sapp.  Ellen’s relatives were not happy.  They planted evidence and purchased a conviction.  Sapp was sent to prison where he assisted officials in stealing cattle.  He knew too much.  He feared for his life.  After faking his own death he took the name of his deceased brother.  Sapp built a new life.   He married and had a family when he was once again arrested.

To his dying day he proclaimed his innocence of the death of his wife Ellen.
Gray listened carefully to Sapp’s story.  Intrigued he began to investigate.  The evidence did not add up to murder.

Author, Charles M. Sapp shares his father’s story with the world.  I was fascinated from the moment I began to read this book.  Sapp clearly shows the discrepancies in the prosecution’s case.  After reading this book, I agree E.E. Sapp was innocent.  The things he did after convicted were his only way to survive.

The Man With Two Names is a fascinating story.  Charles Sapp clearly states his father’s case.  This book is easy to read and it is entertaining.