Ora Glasscock
GLASSCOCK, MRS. ORA
Newspaper, June 1938
TRAGEDY OCCURS AT HOME R. L. ROLLINS; $17, 500 BOND IS SET
MRS. ORA GLASSCOCK, 60 AND SON, ROY, 25, FATALLY INJURED BY DISCHARGE FROM 30-30 RIFLE. MURDER CHARGES FILED THURSDAY MORNING AGAINST ROLLINS, WHO IS APPREHENDED NEAR HIS HOME SHORT TIME AFTER SLAYING; SECOND TRAGEDY IN ROLLINS-GLASSCOCK FAMILIES.
At a preliminary hearing this (Thursday) afternoon before Justice of the Peace Clyde Doyle, $17,500 bond was set for R. L. (Bob) Rollins, Coffman community farmer, charged with the double slaying of Mrs. Ora Glasscock and her 23-year-old son, Roy, Wednesday afternoon in the front yard of the Rollins home place 4 miles west of Anna. Judge Doyle set the bond at $10,000 in the fatal shooting of the woman and $7,500 for that of the young man’s death. Bond was made immediately after the hearing several citizens of North Collin and McKinney signing the bond.
Prior to the setting of the bond, a short examining trial concerning the physical condition of Rollins was held by W. C. Dowdy, McKinney lawyer, who represented the defense at the occasion and County Attorney Horace H. Neilson. Grady Rollins, a son, testified that his father had been ill for two years, unable to work, because of sinus, asthma, and heart trouble.
Two persons are dead and another facing murder charges following a shooting and fray four miles Southwest of Anna in the Coffman community about 2:30 o’clock Wednesday afternoon. The shooting occurred in the front yard of the home of R. L. (Bob) Rollins, a native of that section of the county.
The dead are Mrs. Ora Glasscock, 60, and her son, Roy, 25, both of Randolph, Texas, in Fannin County. The mother and son each received a bullet wound from a 30-30 gun. Both were killed instantly according to investigating officers. Murder charges were filed against Rollins Thursday morning.
It is the second tragedy within the two families in recent years. A son of Mrs. Glasscock was married to the daughter of Mr. Rollins several years ago, the couple meeting tragic deaths in a highway accident near Howe, on Highway 75, several months ago. Only their small son escaped, the youth being a grandson of both Mr. Rollins and the deceased woman.
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Coroner’s Verdict.
Justice of the Peace W. N. Osburn of Melissa, returned a verdict of Death from gunshot wounds at the hand of R. L. (Bob) Rollins.
Rollins, officers said, is in ill health and bedfast most of the time. He was apprehended near his home a short while after the shooting, but was physically unable to be brought to McKinney. He is being kept confined to his home, under special guard, officers said.
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Both Killed Instantly.
Details of the fatal accidents were not learned her, although it was said Mrs. Glasscock and her son had come to the Rollins home to settle some kind of property matters. Officers said Rollins first fired at Mrs. Glasscock and then fired at her son, as the latter broke and ran. Both were killed instantly.
The Harris Funeral Home answered the alarm with both their ambulances, bringing the bodies of both victims to McKinney and preparing them for burial.
Late Wednesday night, the Wilson Funeral Home of Leonard came over to McKinney for the bodies, taking them back to Randolph. Funeral services for the mother and son were expected to be held Thursday.
Newspaper, June 1938
TRAGEDY OCCURS AT HOME R. L. ROLLINS; $17, 500 BOND IS SET
MRS. ORA GLASSCOCK, 60 AND SON, ROY, 25, FATALLY INJURED BY DISCHARGE FROM 30-30 RIFLE. MURDER CHARGES FILED THURSDAY MORNING AGAINST ROLLINS, WHO IS APPREHENDED NEAR HIS HOME SHORT TIME AFTER SLAYING; SECOND TRAGEDY IN ROLLINS-GLASSCOCK FAMILIES.
At a preliminary hearing this (Thursday) afternoon before Justice of the Peace Clyde Doyle, $17,500 bond was set for R. L. (Bob) Rollins, Coffman community farmer, charged with the double slaying of Mrs. Ora Glasscock and her 23-year-old son, Roy, Wednesday afternoon in the front yard of the Rollins home place 4 miles west of Anna. Judge Doyle set the bond at $10,000 in the fatal shooting of the woman and $7,500 for that of the young man’s death. Bond was made immediately after the hearing several citizens of North Collin and McKinney signing the bond.
Prior to the setting of the bond, a short examining trial concerning the physical condition of Rollins was held by W. C. Dowdy, McKinney lawyer, who represented the defense at the occasion and County Attorney Horace H. Neilson. Grady Rollins, a son, testified that his father had been ill for two years, unable to work, because of sinus, asthma, and heart trouble.
Two persons are dead and another facing murder charges following a shooting and fray four miles Southwest of Anna in the Coffman community about 2:30 o’clock Wednesday afternoon. The shooting occurred in the front yard of the home of R. L. (Bob) Rollins, a native of that section of the county.
The dead are Mrs. Ora Glasscock, 60, and her son, Roy, 25, both of Randolph, Texas, in Fannin County. The mother and son each received a bullet wound from a 30-30 gun. Both were killed instantly according to investigating officers. Murder charges were filed against Rollins Thursday morning.
It is the second tragedy within the two families in recent years. A son of Mrs. Glasscock was married to the daughter of Mr. Rollins several years ago, the couple meeting tragic deaths in a highway accident near Howe, on Highway 75, several months ago. Only their small son escaped, the youth being a grandson of both Mr. Rollins and the deceased woman.
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Coroner’s Verdict.
Justice of the Peace W. N. Osburn of Melissa, returned a verdict of Death from gunshot wounds at the hand of R. L. (Bob) Rollins.
Rollins, officers said, is in ill health and bedfast most of the time. He was apprehended near his home a short while after the shooting, but was physically unable to be brought to McKinney. He is being kept confined to his home, under special guard, officers said.
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Both Killed Instantly.
Details of the fatal accidents were not learned her, although it was said Mrs. Glasscock and her son had come to the Rollins home to settle some kind of property matters. Officers said Rollins first fired at Mrs. Glasscock and then fired at her son, as the latter broke and ran. Both were killed instantly.
The Harris Funeral Home answered the alarm with both their ambulances, bringing the bodies of both victims to McKinney and preparing them for burial.
Late Wednesday night, the Wilson Funeral Home of Leonard came over to McKinney for the bodies, taking them back to Randolph. Funeral services for the mother and son were expected to be held Thursday.
