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WIFE DIES IN E. P. HOSPITAL FROM WOUNDSFatally Wounded As She Turns on Light While In Bed in homeMrs. Nora Pollard. 39. died at, City-County Hospital at 1:30 a. m. today-after :hartn« been shot three times with a high powered rifle at. her •home at Las Cruces last night.Shot at 11 p. m.. Mrs. Pollard was rushed by ambulance to El Paso, Police and sheriff deputies today at Las Crucei were hunting forthe person whor fired three shotsthrough an open, window and fatal* ly wounded Mrs. Pollard as she lay in bed.One bullet pass-led through the ‘ attra c t i v e, redheaded woman's abdomen, one broke her right arm and one pass-Mrs. Pollard ed t h r o u g h her left shoulder.Shells Clew City Officer Barncastle of. Las Cruces is in charge of the investigation. He picked up shells from the repeating rifle where they h3d fallen as the slayer shot ;“We expect an arrest soon,” said Deputy Barncastle. “Wc have clew* but we are not saying anythiJS about them.”Mrs. Pollard was shot as she turned on the bedroom light as she lay in bed. Her form under the light was a perfect target for the slayer who stood outside.When Dr. C. A. Miller of Las Cruces arrived at the Pollard home he found Mrs. Pollard lying bleeding on ihc kitchen' floor. She wai in her nightgown.- She was dying.Summons PoliceMiguel Nevarez, former Dona Ana County clerk, and his brother, Manuel, member of tne Las Cruces Ciry Board, were present, Dr. Millersaid.After the shooting, Thelma; 14, Mrs. Pollard's daughter, ran to therhelma Pollard, 14, ran forlice and a. doctor *1 Lxs Crtice*;t night when her mother wu (ally shot by * mystery claj-er,ice station a few blocks away aid. She also summoned the :lor. She had been, asleep in an oining room.Wake Mother I wanted something to eat about o’clock, said Thelma. “So I led to mother. She called back t she would get up and fix me 10thing. When she turned on the it I heard shots. Mother ran naming into the kitchen *nd fell the floor.”helma said that she had been ill snlly and. she often asked her Llicr to get up in the night and pare something to eat. it helped me to go to sleep” 1 Thelma.
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El Paso Herald Post
El Paso, Texas, US
Mon, Aug 29, 1938
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