Coos County OR Archives News.....HALE NOSLER COQUILLE BORN February 29, 1940
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The Coquille Valley Sentinel February 29, 1940
The Coquille Valley Sentinel
February 29, 1940

HALE NOSLER COQUILLE BORN

 The Hale Nosler, who was murdered near Tacoma last Friday night, was a cousin 
of  S.M. and Gene Nosler, Mrs. Birdie Skeels, Mrs. Mary Gage, of Coquille, and 
Mrs. A.T. Morrison. He was born in Coquille but left here while a small boy. 
The following is the daily newspaper account of the affair in last Sunday's 
paper:

  Undersheriff Clyde Knowles announced Saturday that John Ord, held in jail for 
the "human torch" slaying of Hale Nosler and the wounding of Mrs. Nosler, had 
signed a full confession. Nosler was burned to death after being shot by a man 
who invaded his home south of Tacoma. 
  Mrs. Myra Nosler, 39, a bride of less than a day, was given a bare chance of 
survival Saturday as the aftermath of a night during which the bridegroom, Hale 
R. Nosler, 56, was shot and his kerosene-soaked clothes set fire. 
  The bride married Friday, was given blood transfusions this morning and 
physicians said she was "holding her own." Mrs. Nosler was shot through the 
abbdomen and severely beaten over the head with a stick of cordwood when she 
tried to snuff her flaming husband with a rug.
  King Pomeroy, 50, who crawled from the Nosler's blazing home aafter being 
knocked unconscious with a poker, was reported recovering at a Tacoma hospital. 
 Pierce County officers arrested John Ord, 42, Tacoma City fireman, and held 
him for investigation on the strength of dramatic accusations by Mrs. Nosler 
and Pomeroy that he had shot Nosler, soaked his body with Kerosene and set it 
afire, later shooting Mrs. Nosler and beating Pomeroy.
 Officers received their first word of the tragedy when Ord brought Mrs. 
Nosler, near death, to a hospital here. He was held. a few minutes later, Mrs. 
Nosler, told she was about to die, dictated a statement accusing him of the 
slaying.


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