The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-07

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Ord Murder Trial
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moons court session. They ended
with a ruling highly favorable to
the states long-prepsred case.
The court held dying statements
Of Mrs. Nosler. even though they
charged Ord, her former common
law husband. with the crime of
rape in addition to murder, were
pertinent to the trial.
Killing Retold
Events of the brutal killing Of
Hale r. Nosler. husband OF the
slain woman, were repeated four
times in the late afternoon by wit
nesses who stood at her bedside
when she learned she would die.
The jury of eight men and four
women, with one woman alternate.
heard DR.. Govnor Teats, young
resident physician at the Pierce
county hospital. tell how Mrs. Nos
Ter first was brought to him in a
state of profound shock, almost
dead"
DR.. Teats, City Detectives Sam
Blake and Harry Shaner. and
Nurse Helen Dixon of the county
hospital told how the injured Mrs.
Nosler, informed OF impending
death, related the horrible events
Of that night of Feb. % at the
home of her new husband near
Lakcview.
She said she was at home with
her husband when Ord banged at
the door" said Officer Blake, who
told the story in greatest detail.
''Nosler went to the door, she
said, and told Ord, I don't think
you have any business here Ord
said, I'm coming in anyway and
broke in the screen door.
Tried to Aid Husband
"T stepped in front Of my hus-
band, Mrs. Nosler told us, and |
he knocked me to the floor.
"T heard a shot and my hus-
band fell to the floor. He then
took the poker and beat him with
1t on the head. Then he came and
struck me several times with a
stick of wood.
Il came to on the porch and
saw him (Ord) pour something on
my husbands body and touch a
match to it. tried to put it out
with a rug and 1t was then he shot
me-
She told us she came to next |
in the car and that they drove
around to a place she thought was
Steilacoom lake. They were on a
bridge and he threatened to throw
her in.
"She said, I begged him to take
me to the hospital and he said IF
you promise not to say anything
about this affair, I'll take you
when she promised, he took
her there"
The first day of testimony in the
trial saw 10 witnesses called to
the stand.
Deputy Sheriff Frank Mclean,
called to the Nosler home fire from
night prowl car duty. told of find
ing Henry King Pomeroy, compan-
ion of Nosler, covered with blood
from beating by Ord when try
ng to defend Nosler and Mrs.
Nosler. Pomeroy, left in the fire
by Ord, crawled to safety After
taking Pomeroy to st. Joseph's
hospital, Mclean met Ord at the
county hospital and made the
Il told him he was on the spot
and under arrest" Mclean said.
He told me 4 didn't do anything
II asked him what he had done
to Mrs. Nosler, and he said this
woman came TO his house all beat
en- up and asked TO be taken to the
hospital and he took her there.
Asked about Pomeroy he said he
didn't know him"
Pomeroy testified early in the
day of the severe beating with a
stove poker he received at the
hands of the tall fireman.
Found Nosler's Bones
Deputy Sheriff George Kupka
testified he found objects in the
fire when the ashes cooled and |
that the objects were identified as
part of the spine and pelvic bone
of human body. In the same
spot he found part of a skull later.
1t was a spot about five feet from
the fireplace, where Nosler's body
last was seen in flames. Kupka |
also identified a bent stove poker
and oil can taken from the ashes
of the Nosler home.
Deputy Ed Dahl testified he
visited the Ord home the next day
with Mclean and took two bed