Death of Nell Umberson, 27 Feb 1922, newspaper article
The Evening Record
Ellensburg, Kittitas Co., WA, Monday, February 27, 1922
YOUNG GIRLS ARE INSTANTLY KILLED
An hour later youth attempts suicide by shooting himself
Amarillo, Texas, Feb 27. -- Gladys Solomon, 15, and Nell Umberson, 13, were shot and instantly killed whils sleeping at the Umberson home in the Sunset Community, 15 miles northeast of Lockney, Floyd county, early today.
A short time later Houston Upton, 19, member of a well known family in the same community, attempted suicide, officers reported, by shooting himself near the heart when in a school house a mile from the Umberson home.