Mendocino County Obituaries

Lela Hoaglin

Submitted by April Hennes; 1 Feb 2008

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Ukiah Daily Journal, Monday, September 09, 1957 Pg 1

Ukiah Railroad Worker Slays Wife After Family Argument
Lela Hoaglin Dies of Bullet Wounds From Rifle of Husband
A 38 -year old Ukiah housewife died yesterday afternoon in Hillside Hospital 
from bullet wounds inflicted by her husband early yesterday morning following a 
family quarrel in their quarters at the Northwestern Pacific Railroad yards. 
Mrs Lela Lee Hoaglin died at the hospital at 5:57 pm., despite efforts of 
doctors who had worked to save her life since 2 am. Her husband, Emergene A. 
Hoaglin, 34, a railroad worker, is being held in the county jail on a murder 
charge. According to a sheriff's investigation, Hoaglin shot his wife through 
the head with two shots from a .30 caliber army carbine following a lengthy 
family argument.

Ukiah Daily Journal, Sept. 12, 1957, Thursday, Pg 1

Wife Slayer To Enter Plea In Court Tomorrow
Emergene A Hoaglen, 34-year-old Ukiah railroad worker, will appear in Ukiah 
justice court tomorrow morning to enter a plea on a charge of murdering his 
wife, Lila, 35, early Sunday morning. At Hoaglen's arraignment yesterday Public 
Defender Timothy O'Brien was named defense attorney.