HIST 3850 Lecture 14: Who Kills?
21 Jan 2019
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Holcomb, kansas about perry smith (unusual?) and richard hickock (usual?) in november 1959. The two young men drove 400 miles to holcomb and stopped at the home of henry clutter (farmer, late 40s, married with 4 children). His wife had mental issues and a back problem. The two eldest are married/almost and live way from home. The two youngest (kenyan and nancy) lived at home with them. Both murderers were ex-cons, cellmates, but had not been involved in violent crimes. In prison, they hatched a plan for the big score". Another roommate, wells, had hickock them about the. Clutter family, telling them about their large spread of land and their ,000 cash purchases, saying they must have a safe. Wells didn"t take it seriously, but smith and hickock decided to rob them. When they turned up, the clutter family was asleep. They got into the house silently, and couldn"t find any safe.
