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D9437-B
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- 1940-02-24 (Creation)
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Undersheriff Clyde Knowles on the telephone on February 24, 1940. In front of him is evidence obtained at the crime scene - a fire blackened gas can, gun and long bar. Mr. Knowles was part of the team investigating the Nosler murders case. John Ord, a city fireman, would be charged with the February 23, 1940, McChord-area murder of Hale R. Nosler, aged 56, and the shooting of Nosler's new wife, Myra along with the battering of neighbor Henry King Pomeroy. Myra Nosler, Ord's former "common law wife," would subsequently die of gunshot wounds on March 3rd. This murder case was called the "Torch" murders because the Nosler home was set ablaze and Hale Nosler's body burned to ashes. John Ord was convicted of first-degree murder in June, 1940. TPL-4731
Knowles, Clyde; Pierce County Sheriffs (Tacoma); Homicides; Ord, John B.--Associated objects;