Harman, Edna Jo Poor

Obituary -- An association of two months duration, reported to have been severed less than two days ago, led to a murder and suicide....Mrs. Edna Jo Poor Harman, twice-married, blond-haired mother of an 8 year old boy, was shot four times, dying instantly in her room on the second floor of the Marquette rooms, located on Commerce street, Commerce Oklahoma. Near her, lying on the floor, was Albert Rogers, 40 year old miner and recent escort of the woman, a bullet hole in his head, when other roomers and police rushed to investigate the reports of six or seven pistol shots. Rogers, married until about one year ago, is the father of two children. ...Rogers had fired upon the woman, with whom he had been keeping company for several weeks and then, even as Lee Denton, a roomer had kicked the door to the death room ajar, turned the gun on himself. ...the woman was lying across the bed. ...there was no sign of a struggle.

Obituary -- Funeral services for 40 year old Albert Rogers, who, officers said, shot and killed Mrs. Edna Josephine Harman at Commerce Saturday evening and then ended his own life with a pistol bullet, will be held at 2 pm Tuesday at the Mitchelson chapel in Commerce Oklahoma. Rites for Mrs. Harman, meanwhile, were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the home of the woman's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Poor, on South Quincy street, Commerce. Mrs. Harman, who had been twice married, investigators said, had been separated from her second husband about three months ago. A child from the first marriage, Tommie Conklin, 8, is among the woman's survivors. Pallbearers for Rogers will be Lee Cherry, Nolen Hudson, Ted Dryer, Bill Jones and Charles Karnes and Bill Karnes. Burial will be in G.A.R. cemetery.
The Rev. James L. Fisher, Methodist church pastor, officiated at rites for Mrs. Harman this afternoon. Burial was in G.A.R. cemetery under direction of the Mitchelson funeral home of Commerce. Investigators of the double tragedy, said it was a clear case of murder and suicide. ...