(Obit - Mrs. W. E. Reed - Cumby, Texas, June 24, 1929 - A victim of mistaken identity, Mrs. 
W. E. Reed of this city, was shot and killed Monday by Mrs. Ocar Cross. Mrs. Cross 
surrendered to officers at once and told County Attorney Emmet Thornton she had killed the 
wrong woman. Mrs. Cross was liberated later on $10,000. bond after being carried to Sulphur 
Springs in custody of the sheriff’s force. The shooting occurred on Main street in front of 
the post office, Mrs. Cross firing four times. One of the bullets struck Mrs. Reed in the 
head, killing her instantly. County Attorney Thornton said Mrs. Cross had made a statement 
to him, saying the bullets were intended for a Dallas woman who was supposed to be in the 
vicinity. The prosecutor said that Mrs. Cross had told him, " I was neither a friend nor 
enemy of Mrs. Reed and my killing her was not intentional. I have such trouble with 
__________, as in my opinion warranted my act in the shooting, and the shooting of Mrs. Reed, 
as heretofore related, was accidental." Both women have husbands and children. Mrs. Reed, 
who was forty years old, is survived by a daughter. Mrs. Cross is the mother of three children. 
She is about 35 years old.) Later reported -Funeral services for Mrs. Reed were held at Cumby 
with interment in the Cumby cemetery.