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Reporter: In Holcomb, Kansas,
just west of Garden City,
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this is the house in which
the Herbert Clutter family lived
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and the house in which
they were murdered.
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Edwards: This isn't something
that happens to real people
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in real life.
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This can't be real.
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Man #1: This case occurred
on November the 15th, 1959,
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when a father, a mother,
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and their two teenage children
were murdered,
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bound and gagged and shot
in the head with a shotgun.
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Cullivan: He said,
"As I pulled the trigger,
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I could see
his head split apart."
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My God. How horrible.
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Man #2: "I came out of prison
embittered, ruthless,
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and emotionally unstable.
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A few months later,
I committed the unforgivable."
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Tedrow: It truly made
a different community.
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There was fear
for the first time.
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We didn't know
who did it or why.
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Everybody was on edge.
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Man #3:
The murders would have been
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the only subject people
were talking about.
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This was national news.
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Crable: You can't separate
"In Cold Blood" and true crime.
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There will never be
another book like this one.
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Walters: Everyone knows
of the impact the book had
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on journalism, on Kansas.
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I wonder, what was
the impact on you?
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Clarke: Truman said the whole
experience of "In Cold Blood"
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scratched him down
to the marrow of his bones.
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Edwards: There was Capote
in front of the house,
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and it seemed like
a real invasion.
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He had no business there.
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Quakenbush: Even today, two
strangers coming into your house
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at night and killing
all the family members present
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would still be shocking.
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They took away from a community,
a family. Why?
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It couldn't have been
just money. Really?
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**
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All right.
My name is Anne Jones,
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and this is my husband
Bob Jones.
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We've been married for 51 years
and live in Garden City, Kansas.
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And that's the end
of that story.
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[Laughs]
You're a lot of help, Bob.
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**
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Well I grew up
west of Holcomb.
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Holcomb was unincorporated,
and it was small.
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And Main Street
was a dirt street.
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The front door of the post
office never was locked.
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You could get on your
Stingray bicycle
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and ride to the park or local
zoo or anyplace you wanted.
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We didn't fear anything.
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I remember riding horses
in the sand hills all by myself.
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I thought nothing of it.
I'd get on and go.
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Penick: You would go to
the grocery store
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and you'd see people
that you knew and you just --
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you didn't really
know a stranger.
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It was a good place to live,
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and the Clutters
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were a vibrant family,
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and they were
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a prominent family.
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Tedrow: Eveanna and Beverly,
the two oldest girls
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or surviving girls, were just
real leaders, both of them.
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Beverly was in nursing school,
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and Eveanna was married
and living in Nebraska.
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Woman:
When this tragedy happened,
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Eveanna was 23
and Beverly was 21,
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and that's so young to have
to deal with all of this.
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They felt like if we don't
give any interviews,
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then we're not going to
sensationalize it even further
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so it will just go away,
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you know that whole story
will just disappear.
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But this story just doesn't
ever want to go away
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and so I think to correct
some of these misconceptions
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that people have had
for a very, very long time,
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I'm okay with that.
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Who were these people and
what have they passed onto us?
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Who was Grandma?
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Who was Grandpa?
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Mr. Clutter.
He's a great guy.
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He was easily met.
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When you walked into a room,
he wanted to talk to you.
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Edwards: Uncle Herbert was
my mom's favorite brother.
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One thing that I think of always
is just that feeling of safety.
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You know, being in
Uncle Herbert's house
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or in his company felt secure.
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And you felt as though
you were in good hands.
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Herb was active
in the Methodist Church,
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and active in
Garden City Co-op,
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and he was a pretty
large farmer.
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Murrow:
This is River Valley Farm,
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owned by Herb Clutter.
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He has slightly more
than 640 acres.
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This is Herb Clutter's combine.
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It reaps, threshes,
and pours a stream
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of golden wheat out the spout.
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Herb Clutter explains.
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This is only a part
of the machinery
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needed to operate
an ordinary sized farm.
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And, in order to make
these farms economical,
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you certainly have to
have a farm big enough
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in order to use
this machinery efficiently
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and pay for the investment
that you have.
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Tedrow: He was very well
thought of in agriculture.
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The family made a big difference
in Garden City
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and were well respected.
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And it was devastating
the Sunday morning
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when we heard the word
that they had been killed.
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[Rooster crowing]
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[Birds chirping]
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[Church bells tolling]
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Welch: It was Sunday morning
the 15th of November
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and as I recall, two girlfriends
of Nancy went to the Clutters.
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Every Sunday morning,
they go to church together.
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Man: "Somewhere between 5
and 10 minutes after 9:00 a.m.,
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we arrived there
at the Clutter residence.
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My daughter got out
and rang the doorbell."
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[Doorbell ringing]
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Young woman: "I rang the bell
several times and got no answer.
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I went around to the back door
and knocked.
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We saw that the cars
were in the garage
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and everything looked normal."
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Girl: "The Ewalts came to our
house and wondered if we knew
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where the Clutters were
that morning,
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and we didn't, so we called
the Clutter house.
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No one answered."
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Man: "So she said, 'Well I'm
sure if Nancy Clutter had gone
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someplace, she would've
called me first.
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Lets go out, maybe
they're still sleeping.'"
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Welch: They went off to
the Clutter house,
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rang the doorbell,
nobody came to the door.
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They opened the door,
it was unlocked,
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and they went in yelling,
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"Nancy, Nancy, its time
to go to church!"
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[Bird crying]
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Girl: "We could see that
they hadn't been out,
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because the kitchen
was untouched,
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there wasn't any dishes.
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Nancy's purse was just laying
next to the back door.
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It was open."
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Young woman: "I went
through the kitchen,
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then we got to the foot
of the stairs.
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I still received no answer,
so we went upstairs.
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Susan was a few steps
ahead of me.
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She looked in Nancy's room
and screamed
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and ran out of the house.
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I didn't know why she screamed,
so I went on into the room.
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I saw Nancy in bed.
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I thought she was just
sleeping or something,
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so I went over to shake her
to try to wake her up.
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Then, I saw blood
all over the wall."
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Man: "The first thing
that entered my mind
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was to get an ambulance.
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I went in the back door
and went to use the phone.
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As I reached for it,
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I noticed the receiver
was off the hook.
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Then, I noticed that the
phone wires had been cut.
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I immediately got in the car,
went to a phone,
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and called the police.
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I told them that something
was radically wrong
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at the Clutter residence."
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[Wind blowing]
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Welch:
The sheriff, Earl Robinson,
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a dear friend
of that family.
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He knew the kids,
he knew Mr. and Mrs. Clutter,
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and he came out.
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And now we're entering
what would have been
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the private property or the
private lane of the Clutters,
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basically the driveway
to their residence.
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The house is just right
over here to the right.
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Man:
I received the call on the radio
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that there had been
a bad accident in Holcomb.
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Mr. Ewalt led the way
upstairs to Nancy's room,
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and upon entering, we seen
that something had happened.
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And, Mr. Ewalt said,
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"Well, we gotta be looking
for the rest of them."
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When you see four people
that you know
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so savagely murdered
like that,
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and he knew the family,
that's gonna hurt even more.
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Bascue: I can imagine it
would've been some shock.
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It's something that
you're just not accustomed to,
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but then to find four
in one house from one family
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had to be something that
they probably never had seen
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and that I had never heard
of happening in this community
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up until that time.
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I'm not real keen on
talking about it.
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You didn't talk about it
after it happened, did you?
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No.
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At home? No.
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Nobody talked about it.
Nobody.
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My family never talked about it.
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My mother never mentioned it.
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It was too painful,
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and I realized that there
is a period of time
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in which something is
literally unspeakable.
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It's unspeakable.
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Was there any sign
of a struggle in the house?
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And have you called in
any extra state help
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to help you
in this investigation?
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**
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Bascue: Sheriff Earl Robinson,
I'm sure, when he responded
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was overwhelmed by the crime
scene and knew immediately
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that it was well beyond
what his department
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was going to be able to work.
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So it was very quickly turned
over into the competent hands
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of the Kansas Bureau
of Investigation
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and in particular, Alvin Dewey,
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who assumed the lead agent
status.
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Welch: Al Dewey was
an excellent investigator
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and well respected
by law enforcement.
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Not a lot of smoke
and mirrors around him,
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and he arrived pretty quick.
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He lived in Garden City.
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And he went to the same church
as the Clutters.
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* God, our father
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Paul: I remember that morning
at the church,
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and something seemed very wrong,
people were very upset.
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And what I learned
is that the police
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had come to get my dad.
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**
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I definitely remember thinking
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something very bad
has happened.
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Al:
The scene at the Clutter home
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was not a pretty sight.
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Mr. Clutter was found
in the furnace room,
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bound and gagged,
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shot in the head
with a 12-gauge shotgun,
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and his throat cut.
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Their only son, Kenyon, was in
another room in the basement,
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tied to the couch,
bound and gagged,
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and shot in the head
with a shotgun.
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In the upstairs, the mother,
Bonnie Clutter,
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was found in her room,
bound and gagged,
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and shot in the side
of the head with a shotgun.
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Nancy, the 16-year-old girl,
was found in bed,
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bound, and shot in
the back of the head
254
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with a 12-gauge shotgun.
255
00:13:41,354 --> 00:13:43,891
**
256
00:13:43,924 --> 00:13:46,894
Edwards: "One time when we were
10 or 11 kneeling by the bed
257
00:13:46,927 --> 00:13:48,862
and trying to say
our bedtime prayers,
258
00:13:48,896 --> 00:13:52,299
we could not remember
the lines we had memorized.
259
00:13:52,332 --> 00:13:54,001
'Give us this day
our daily bread
260
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and forgive us our trespasses
261
00:13:55,668 --> 00:13:59,206
as we forgive those
who trespass against us.'
262
00:13:59,239 --> 00:14:02,242
But we couldn't
remember the order.
263
00:14:02,275 --> 00:14:05,245
We couldn't remember how
to get past the trespasses."
264
00:14:05,278 --> 00:14:09,216
Al: Any family that was least
likely to have been murdered
265
00:14:09,249 --> 00:14:11,218
should have been
the Clutter family.
266
00:14:11,251 --> 00:14:12,986
Edwards: "If I should die
before I wake,
267
00:14:13,020 --> 00:14:15,022
I pray the Lord my soul to keep,
268
00:14:15,055 --> 00:14:17,090
but we kept missing a line.
269
00:14:17,124 --> 00:14:20,427
It was something
between sleeping and dying."
270
00:14:20,460 --> 00:14:24,264
Al: They were a good
Christian family,
271
00:14:24,297 --> 00:14:28,501
very active
in the church, the school.
272
00:14:28,535 --> 00:14:30,303
Edwards: "And did you pray
the Lord to keep your soul
273
00:14:30,337 --> 00:14:34,007
when you were sleeping
and take it if you died?
274
00:14:34,041 --> 00:14:36,376
Or did he take it
while you were sleeping
275
00:14:36,409 --> 00:14:39,479
and keep it if you died."
276
00:14:39,512 --> 00:14:42,315
Al: Because
of the family reputation
277
00:14:42,349 --> 00:14:45,018
and their standing
in the community,
278
00:14:45,052 --> 00:14:50,090
we were at a loss
as to why these vicious,
279
00:14:50,123 --> 00:14:53,260
brutal, and senseless murders
had occurred.
280
00:14:53,293 --> 00:14:55,062
**
281
00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,202
[Birds chirping]
282
00:15:02,235 --> 00:15:09,242
**
283
00:15:10,243 --> 00:15:13,646
Edwards: My cousin Nancy
was born a month before I was.
284
00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:15,582
Though we were the same age,
285
00:15:15,615 --> 00:15:19,953
we just sort of grew up the same
time in sort of the same ways,
286
00:15:19,987 --> 00:15:24,157
except her life was very
different than mine.
287
00:15:24,191 --> 00:15:27,627
Anyway, these are some letters.
288
00:15:27,660 --> 00:15:32,665
This is 1958, so this is a year
and a half before they died.
289
00:15:32,699 --> 00:15:35,635
"Dear Diana, how is
everybody there?
290
00:15:35,668 --> 00:15:39,539
Mother has the flu,
but the rest of us are okay.
291
00:15:39,572 --> 00:15:41,708
You're planning on coming up
this summer, aren't you?
292
00:15:41,741 --> 00:15:44,144
Do you like Tommy?
How many more do you like?"
293
00:15:44,177 --> 00:15:46,980
[Chuckles] God.
294
00:15:47,014 --> 00:15:49,049
"Gone to any parties lately?"
she says.
295
00:15:49,082 --> 00:15:51,618
"Boy, I have.
We had three Friday.
296
00:15:51,651 --> 00:15:55,155
I had one that night
after the ball game until 12:00.
297
00:15:55,188 --> 00:15:57,290
The whole high school was here."
298
00:15:57,324 --> 00:16:01,028
That last summer she had just
redecorated the basement,
299
00:16:01,061 --> 00:16:04,297
so they did have a lot
of parties at their house.
300
00:16:04,331 --> 00:16:07,167
She was responsible like
all of the family members
301
00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:09,236
in terms of doing things
in the community
302
00:16:09,269 --> 00:16:12,439
and going to church and, you
know, she was a good student.
303
00:16:12,472 --> 00:16:17,077
But Nancy had a mind of her own,
that was for sure.
304
00:16:17,110 --> 00:16:18,378
"I told Bob Friday night
305
00:16:18,411 --> 00:16:21,748
that I wouldn't go
with anyone else anymore
306
00:16:21,781 --> 00:16:24,284
so I guess we're
halfway going steady.
307
00:16:24,317 --> 00:16:25,752
Mother doesn't know it.
308
00:16:25,785 --> 00:16:28,121
The things he says
to me, well..."
309
00:16:28,155 --> 00:16:29,356
[Chuckles]
310
00:16:29,389 --> 00:16:32,625
"Love, Nancy."
311
00:16:32,659 --> 00:16:34,527
She was boy crazy, you know?
312
00:16:34,561 --> 00:16:38,498
But she really liked Bobby Rupp.
313
00:16:38,531 --> 00:16:40,367
Rupp: We were in the same class,
314
00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:43,503
so we knew each other
from 1st grade on.
315
00:16:48,308 --> 00:16:51,478
She was just a very friendly,
outgoing person.
316
00:16:51,511 --> 00:16:54,447
Plus, to me,
she was very pretty.
317
00:16:54,481 --> 00:16:57,617
[Laughs]
318
00:16:57,650 --> 00:17:01,788
I did go to the Clutter home
and spent the evening.
319
00:17:01,821 --> 00:17:05,092
I left shortly after 10:00.
320
00:17:05,125 --> 00:17:08,761
We were planning on going
to a midnight movie
321
00:17:08,795 --> 00:17:10,430
on Saturday night,
322
00:17:10,463 --> 00:17:15,168
and Herb suggested
that we go on Friday night.
323
00:17:15,202 --> 00:17:21,141
Had we not gone on Friday night
and gone on Saturday night,
324
00:17:21,174 --> 00:17:23,643
how much different things
might have been.
325
00:17:23,676 --> 00:17:28,415
**
326
00:17:28,448 --> 00:17:30,350
Do you have any leads
at the present time
327
00:17:30,383 --> 00:17:33,386
on who might have committed
this quadruple murder?
328
00:17:35,688 --> 00:17:37,490
Bascue: Alvin Dewey,
who was a local agent,
329
00:17:37,524 --> 00:17:39,659
became the lead agent
in the case,
330
00:17:39,692 --> 00:17:42,729
and assisted
by other KBI agents.
331
00:17:42,762 --> 00:17:45,598
Welch: Al Dewey, Harold Nye,
332
00:17:45,632 --> 00:17:49,169
Roy Church, and Clarence Duntz,
333
00:17:49,202 --> 00:17:52,372
those four in particular
carried most of the load,
334
00:17:52,405 --> 00:17:55,442
and they were
extremely experienced.
335
00:17:55,475 --> 00:18:00,280
Al: We took photographs
of every room in the house...
336
00:18:03,316 --> 00:18:07,587
...and, of course,
of the victims.
337
00:18:07,620 --> 00:18:12,392
We searched for latent
fingerprints.
338
00:18:12,425 --> 00:18:15,628
And there was a footprint
that was made on the floor
339
00:18:15,662 --> 00:18:18,598
in the basement by an individual
340
00:18:18,631 --> 00:18:23,470
who had stepped in some blood
of Mr. Clutter.
341
00:18:23,503 --> 00:18:27,540
The laboratory could tell us
the name of the half sole
342
00:18:27,574 --> 00:18:32,145
on this boot,
which was a cat paw half sole.
343
00:18:32,179 --> 00:18:37,384
**
344
00:18:37,417 --> 00:18:42,622
**
345
00:18:42,655 --> 00:18:44,891
Edwards: "On Sunday afternoon,
my parents were still
346
00:18:44,924 --> 00:18:46,826
out fishing in their boat.
347
00:18:46,859 --> 00:18:49,362
A few minutes after I got home,
348
00:18:49,396 --> 00:18:53,433
a 12-year-old neighbor
brought a note to the door.
349
00:18:53,466 --> 00:18:54,767
'This came while you were gone,
350
00:18:54,801 --> 00:18:57,604
and they left it with us
to give to you.'
351
00:18:57,637 --> 00:19:00,373
The message was from the police.
352
00:19:00,407 --> 00:19:04,644
'Clutter family murdered
in Holcomb.'
353
00:19:04,677 --> 00:19:07,214
That is all it said,
no details --
354
00:19:07,247 --> 00:19:09,716
just a number to call
for the local police.
355
00:19:09,749 --> 00:19:11,751
I was scared.
356
00:19:11,784 --> 00:19:14,321
It felt like there was
no ground under me.
357
00:19:14,354 --> 00:19:17,257
Nothing solid, nothing familiar.
358
00:19:17,290 --> 00:19:19,792
Finally, shaking so much
I could barely talk,
359
00:19:19,826 --> 00:19:21,394
or dial the telephone,
360
00:19:21,428 --> 00:19:23,863
I called the number
on that message.
361
00:19:23,896 --> 00:19:25,632
The message was real.
362
00:19:25,665 --> 00:19:28,468
The police did not
have any details either,
363
00:19:28,501 --> 00:19:30,703
just that four members
of the Herb Clutter family
364
00:19:30,737 --> 00:19:32,672
in Holcomb, Kansas,
365
00:19:32,705 --> 00:19:36,409
had been found dead
that morning in their home.
366
00:19:36,443 --> 00:19:38,811
Uncle Herbert was my mom's
favorite brother,
367
00:19:38,845 --> 00:19:41,681
the one who hadn't teased her
when she was a little girl,
368
00:19:41,714 --> 00:19:44,551
the one who was her protector.
369
00:19:44,584 --> 00:19:45,918
How could I tell my mother
370
00:19:45,952 --> 00:19:49,522
that her brother and most
of his family were dead?
371
00:19:49,556 --> 00:19:51,758
Who could have any
reason to kill them?"
372
00:19:51,791 --> 00:19:53,626
**
373
00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:02,435
Al: We find that murder
374
00:20:02,469 --> 00:20:05,505
is usually committed
for a definite cause.
375
00:20:05,538 --> 00:20:10,643
That is during a robbery,
a raid, or because of a grudge.
376
00:20:10,677 --> 00:20:13,346
The only thing missing
from the Clutter home
377
00:20:13,380 --> 00:20:18,718
was a little portable radio
and a pair of binoculars.
378
00:20:18,751 --> 00:20:21,254
Thomas: When you look at
that type of a crime scene
379
00:20:21,288 --> 00:20:24,824
with four people killed
and you see minute items taken,
380
00:20:24,857 --> 00:20:26,693
that's usually
an afterthought.
381
00:20:26,726 --> 00:20:28,828
There was a different motive
that brought them to that house
382
00:20:28,861 --> 00:20:31,931
than a transistor radio
and a pair of binoculars.
383
00:20:31,964 --> 00:20:34,601
There was a supposition
early on that it must've been
384
00:20:34,634 --> 00:20:37,770
somebody local or somebody
who knew the Clutters,
385
00:20:37,804 --> 00:20:41,974
because there was a certain
brutality to the murders,
386
00:20:42,008 --> 00:20:45,011
as if there was
some personal vendetta.
387
00:20:45,044 --> 00:20:48,748
We didn't know
who did it or why,
388
00:20:48,781 --> 00:20:51,851
whether it was local
or just...
389
00:20:51,884 --> 00:20:54,521
so, you know,
everybody was...
390
00:20:54,554 --> 00:20:56,689
Everybody was on edge.
391
00:20:56,723 --> 00:21:00,927
My father worked at
a hardware store in Garden City.
392
00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:04,897
By noon on Monday
after the murders,
393
00:21:04,931 --> 00:21:08,034
his hardware store and probably
every other hardware store
394
00:21:08,067 --> 00:21:09,902
in town had sold out of locks.
395
00:21:09,936 --> 00:21:13,706
There was an atmosphere of fear.
396
00:21:13,740 --> 00:21:15,742
People were scared.
397
00:21:15,775 --> 00:21:17,910
Maybe it was somebody
that they saw
398
00:21:17,944 --> 00:21:19,579
when they were walking
down the street,
399
00:21:19,612 --> 00:21:23,082
or at school,
or at any business.
400
00:21:23,115 --> 00:21:26,052
The Clutter case happened
when one in three homicides
401
00:21:26,085 --> 00:21:28,488
were committed by someone,
you know, associated
402
00:21:28,521 --> 00:21:29,856
or a family member.
403
00:21:29,889 --> 00:21:31,958
So, of course,
they had their general pool
404
00:21:31,991 --> 00:21:34,894
of suspects emanating from the
family out to the associates,
405
00:21:34,927 --> 00:21:36,763
out to the neighborhood.
406
00:21:36,796 --> 00:21:39,332
Al: On the afternoon prior
to the murder,
407
00:21:39,366 --> 00:21:43,936
Mr. Clutter took out $40,000
worth of life insurance,
408
00:21:43,970 --> 00:21:46,673
double indemnity,
and as a result,
409
00:21:46,706 --> 00:21:52,479
his two remaining daughters
are $40,000 richer today
410
00:21:52,512 --> 00:21:54,414
than they would have been.
411
00:21:54,447 --> 00:21:55,782
But in our investigation,
412
00:21:55,815 --> 00:21:57,950
we found that
this insurance deal
413
00:21:57,984 --> 00:22:03,490
had been in the brewing,
so to speak, for several months.
414
00:22:03,523 --> 00:22:06,092
That theory was
quickly eliminated.
415
00:22:06,125 --> 00:22:09,429
Edwards: Bobby Rupp was
under investigation.
416
00:22:09,462 --> 00:22:13,533
Informants said that Mr. Clutter
had not approved of him.
417
00:22:13,566 --> 00:22:15,668
Al: We had to take into
consideration
418
00:22:15,702 --> 00:22:18,938
the position
of Nancy Clutter's body.
419
00:22:18,971 --> 00:22:22,008
She had been shot
in the back of the head
420
00:22:22,041 --> 00:22:24,444
while the other three
members of the family
421
00:22:24,477 --> 00:22:26,646
had been looking
at the individual
422
00:22:26,679 --> 00:22:29,949
that pulled the trigger
of that shotgun.
423
00:22:29,982 --> 00:22:31,984
We had to think about
the boyfriend --
424
00:22:32,018 --> 00:22:35,755
someone that could shoot
the other members of the family
425
00:22:35,788 --> 00:22:40,993
looking them in the face, but,
uh, couldn't do it to Nancy.
426
00:22:41,027 --> 00:22:46,098
**
427
00:22:46,132 --> 00:22:51,438
**
428
00:22:51,471 --> 00:22:56,543
**
429
00:22:56,576 --> 00:23:01,648
**
430
00:23:01,681 --> 00:23:06,786
**
431
00:23:06,819 --> 00:23:11,891
**
432
00:23:11,924 --> 00:23:14,827
He was first questioned,
and then later given the chance
433
00:23:14,861 --> 00:23:16,763
to take a polygraph,
which he passed.
434
00:23:16,796 --> 00:23:19,466
But because
of that questioning, uh,
435
00:23:19,499 --> 00:23:21,601
people automatically
came to a conclusion
436
00:23:21,634 --> 00:23:24,103
that he must have been
the one who did it.
437
00:23:24,136 --> 00:23:27,206
Kids at school treated him
differently so much so
438
00:23:27,239 --> 00:23:29,676
that he eventually ended up
transferring
439
00:23:29,709 --> 00:23:31,811
from Holcomb High School
to Garden City High School
440
00:23:31,844 --> 00:23:34,647
just to get away from it.
441
00:23:34,681 --> 00:23:37,617
**
442
00:23:37,650 --> 00:23:40,086
They were receiving
lots and lots of tips
443
00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:41,788
that they were following up on,
444
00:23:41,821 --> 00:23:44,457
and the majority of those
445
00:23:44,491 --> 00:23:47,660
were friends or acquaintances
446
00:23:47,694 --> 00:23:52,599
or even business dealings
with Mr. Clutter from this area.
447
00:23:52,632 --> 00:23:59,038
**
448
00:23:59,071 --> 00:24:05,678
**
449
00:24:05,712 --> 00:24:12,151
**
450
00:24:12,184 --> 00:24:18,791
**
451
00:24:18,825 --> 00:24:25,231
**
452
00:24:25,264 --> 00:24:27,567
You know, from a law
enforcement perspective,
453
00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:31,203
once you get beyond 72 hours,
it goes advantage criminal.
454
00:24:31,237 --> 00:24:32,839
The ball was shifting
to their favor
455
00:24:32,872 --> 00:24:35,975
because they've had more time
to put distance
456
00:24:36,008 --> 00:24:37,276
between them and the event,
457
00:24:37,309 --> 00:24:38,711
to get rid of any evidence
458
00:24:38,745 --> 00:24:40,547
that could tie them
to the case.
459
00:24:40,580 --> 00:24:43,082
So, those first 72 hours
is your best time
460
00:24:43,115 --> 00:24:44,984
of finding those connections,
461
00:24:45,017 --> 00:24:47,720
and in this case, you know,
the 72 hours had passed
462
00:24:47,754 --> 00:24:50,757
and still, you know,
there's no real suspect.
463
00:24:50,790 --> 00:24:52,625
**
464
00:24:52,659 --> 00:24:54,160
Reporter: The agriculture
department today
465
00:24:54,193 --> 00:24:56,663
released its official estimates
of this year's winter --
466
00:24:56,696 --> 00:24:59,599
Man: "I just finished washing
when I heard a newscast start."
467
00:24:59,632 --> 00:25:02,802
But once again, the weather
could ruin the whole picture.
468
00:25:02,835 --> 00:25:06,072
Man: "Nothing was mentioned
about any killing,
469
00:25:06,105 --> 00:25:10,309
and I wondered if I had
only dreamed about the Clutters.
470
00:25:10,342 --> 00:25:14,747
Maybe I hadn't been involved
in killing anyone at all.
471
00:25:14,781 --> 00:25:18,017
I thought about the blood
on the floor of my car.
472
00:25:18,050 --> 00:25:21,053
If I had only dreamed
about the Clutters,
473
00:25:21,087 --> 00:25:23,790
there definitely wouldn't
be any blood in my car.
474
00:25:23,823 --> 00:25:25,658
**
475
00:25:25,692 --> 00:25:28,961
There really is nothing
to killing a person.
476
00:25:28,995 --> 00:25:32,031
It happens every day.
477
00:25:32,064 --> 00:25:36,903
All my life I've been told
I'd never amount to anything.
478
00:25:36,936 --> 00:25:38,805
Well, after the Clutter deal,
479
00:25:38,838 --> 00:25:41,708
nobody will be able to say
Dick Hickock never did
480
00:25:41,741 --> 00:25:44,076
anything worthwhile.
481
00:25:44,110 --> 00:25:47,146
I'll wait till they catch me,
if they do."
482
00:25:52,184 --> 00:25:55,187
[Birds chirping]
483
00:25:55,221 --> 00:25:58,324
**
484
00:25:58,357 --> 00:26:00,092
Edwards:
"To the funeral in Garden City,
485
00:26:00,126 --> 00:26:02,161
I wore the brown suit
and the dress shoes
486
00:26:02,194 --> 00:26:04,631
that we had gotten
for the Homecoming game --
487
00:26:04,664 --> 00:26:06,232
my first suit,
and my first pair
488
00:26:06,265 --> 00:26:08,701
of spiked heels
with pointed toes.
489
00:26:08,735 --> 00:26:10,670
Getting out of the car
at the church,
490
00:26:10,703 --> 00:26:14,641
I wasn't sure I could walk
without falling or tripping.
491
00:26:14,674 --> 00:26:18,177
**
492
00:26:18,210 --> 00:26:21,180
Inside, the afternoon light
was flowing through
493
00:26:21,213 --> 00:26:25,084
the big stained glass windows
of the First Methodist Church.
494
00:26:25,117 --> 00:26:28,054
Four black, closed caskets
were lined up,
495
00:26:28,087 --> 00:26:31,357
single file behind
the altar rail.
496
00:26:31,390 --> 00:26:34,694
'We're grown up now, Nancy,'
I said silently.
497
00:26:34,727 --> 00:26:38,865
'We can't get any more
grown up than this.'"
498
00:26:38,898 --> 00:26:41,200
Tedrow: There were over a
thousand people at the funeral,
499
00:26:41,233 --> 00:26:43,836
and the choir sang.
500
00:26:43,870 --> 00:26:46,839
I just remember the sunlight
501
00:26:46,873 --> 00:26:49,709
coming through
the stained glass.
502
00:26:49,742 --> 00:26:56,749
**
503
00:26:56,916 --> 00:27:03,122
**
504
00:27:03,155 --> 00:27:09,395
**
505
00:27:09,428 --> 00:27:15,835
**
506
00:27:15,868 --> 00:27:22,108
**
507
00:27:22,141 --> 00:27:24,744
Edwards: "Vigilant policemen
sat and stood among us,
508
00:27:24,777 --> 00:27:26,278
as did plainclothes detectives
509
00:27:26,312 --> 00:27:29,415
from the Kansas Bureau
of Investigation.
510
00:27:29,448 --> 00:27:32,752
Herbert's surviving daughters,
my cousins Beverly and Eveanna,
511
00:27:32,785 --> 00:27:37,389
were supported on either side
by the men who loved them.
512
00:27:37,423 --> 00:27:39,125
It didn't make
any difference now
513
00:27:39,158 --> 00:27:41,427
that they had
always been so good,
514
00:27:41,460 --> 00:27:43,095
that they had always
gone to church,
515
00:27:43,129 --> 00:27:45,364
and our family
almost never went.
516
00:27:45,397 --> 00:27:47,199
We were all together now,
517
00:27:47,233 --> 00:27:50,803
except I could walk out into the
pale November sunshine again,
518
00:27:50,837 --> 00:27:52,271
and they couldn't.
519
00:27:52,304 --> 00:27:56,075
They were better than I was,
and they were dead.
520
00:27:56,108 --> 00:27:58,878
And I was still alive."
521
00:27:58,911 --> 00:28:05,918
**
522
00:28:07,820 --> 00:28:09,756
Welch: There was
a close relationship
523
00:28:09,789 --> 00:28:13,492
between Al Dewey
and the sheriff
524
00:28:13,525 --> 00:28:15,361
and the local media.
525
00:28:15,394 --> 00:28:16,896
There was a reward.
526
00:28:16,929 --> 00:28:19,766
The amount was $1,000,
527
00:28:19,799 --> 00:28:22,969
and it was offered not
by law enforcement,
528
00:28:23,002 --> 00:28:25,271
but by The Hutchinson News,
529
00:28:25,304 --> 00:28:28,240
a newspaper
in Hutchinson, Kansas.
530
00:28:28,274 --> 00:28:31,310
Man: Calls and bits
of information poured in.
531
00:28:31,343 --> 00:28:33,846
Some were promising,
some were farfetched,
532
00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:38,084
and others bordered on gossip.
533
00:28:38,117 --> 00:28:41,153
Woman #1:
His partner Charles Taylor
just has the worst temper.
534
00:28:41,187 --> 00:28:43,255
Man #1: Clutter had
a feud with Pete Preston.
535
00:28:43,289 --> 00:28:44,757
Man #2: Phil Plumb says Clutter
536
00:28:44,791 --> 00:28:46,258
was not as virtuous
as people thought.
537
00:28:46,292 --> 00:28:48,327
Man #3: Someone stole a pick-up
down here in Enid.
538
00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:49,495
Woman #2: A hand
who knows how to tie...
539
00:28:49,528 --> 00:28:50,997
Man #4: ...Had his foot cut off
540
00:28:51,030 --> 00:28:52,264
in an accident
at the Clutter farm.
541
00:28:52,298 --> 00:28:53,532
Woman #3:
...Is a very mean individual.
542
00:28:53,565 --> 00:28:55,367
Woman #4: ...Said Clutter
poisoned his dog.
543
00:28:55,401 --> 00:28:57,269
Man #5: ...Is a mental case
who had a dislike for Clutter.
544
00:28:57,303 --> 00:28:58,805
Man #6: And Clutter fired him.
545
00:28:58,838 --> 00:29:01,040
Woman #5: Said he was
going to get even.
546
00:29:01,073 --> 00:29:05,377
Man: In all, 250 people wrote
or called with tips.
547
00:29:05,411 --> 00:29:08,147
One after another just fizzled.
548
00:29:08,180 --> 00:29:13,853
All the leads, all the potential
leads, just did not pan out.
549
00:29:13,886 --> 00:29:16,122
Thomas: At the end of those,
basically, six days,
550
00:29:16,155 --> 00:29:18,858
they didn't have a suspect
coming to the top,
551
00:29:18,891 --> 00:29:22,428
so they weren't finding evidence
of people with revenge motives
552
00:29:22,461 --> 00:29:24,563
that I am aware of.
553
00:29:24,596 --> 00:29:26,999
**
554
00:29:27,033 --> 00:29:28,400
Edwards: "After the funeral,
555
00:29:28,434 --> 00:29:30,903
some of those practical
Methodist aunts
556
00:29:30,937 --> 00:29:34,006
decided that we should go to
the house and sort belongings
557
00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:36,542
so that the girls,
Beverly and Eveanna,
558
00:29:36,575 --> 00:29:38,177
wouldn't have to do it.
559
00:29:38,510 --> 00:29:42,148
I think the police should have
kept us out of there.
560
00:29:42,181 --> 00:29:44,917
**
561
00:29:44,951 --> 00:29:47,253
I sat there and noticed
in whatever room
562
00:29:47,286 --> 00:29:49,321
they were working in.
563
00:29:49,355 --> 00:29:51,991
'Elaine, what should we do
with this clock?'
564
00:29:52,024 --> 00:29:54,593
'Can Beverly use this
in her new house?'
565
00:29:54,626 --> 00:29:57,897
How could any of them care
what happened to those things?
566
00:29:57,930 --> 00:30:00,833
I felt that I was literally
trying to hold onto my mind
567
00:30:00,867 --> 00:30:03,335
and at serious risk
of losing it.
568
00:30:03,369 --> 00:30:04,603
When my mother started
going through
569
00:30:04,636 --> 00:30:06,205
Nancy's drawers and closet,
570
00:30:06,238 --> 00:30:08,440
it felt like
a violation of privacy.
571
00:30:08,474 --> 00:30:10,576
I knew Nancy would not
want her aunts
572
00:30:10,609 --> 00:30:13,412
or anyone looking
through her things.
573
00:30:13,445 --> 00:30:15,614
How could the aunts and uncles
be in that house
574
00:30:15,647 --> 00:30:20,419
and not feel the terror,
the isolation?
575
00:30:20,452 --> 00:30:23,155
A hundred practical,
common sense, nosy aunts
576
00:30:23,189 --> 00:30:26,025
could not have dispelled
the sickness of that house
577
00:30:26,058 --> 00:30:29,628
and made it safe
as it had always been before.
578
00:30:29,661 --> 00:30:31,263
It was a beautiful house.
579
00:30:31,297 --> 00:30:35,001
Herbert and Bonnie
had designed it themselves,
580
00:30:35,034 --> 00:30:38,337
but nobody should ever
have gone in it again."
581
00:30:38,370 --> 00:30:40,472
**
582
00:30:40,506 --> 00:30:43,509
Woman: They were very proud
when they built this house.
583
00:30:43,542 --> 00:30:46,212
There were a couple of
different articles about it.
584
00:30:46,245 --> 00:30:50,382
Grandma Bonnie was very, very
good at all of the housekeeping,
585
00:30:50,416 --> 00:30:52,284
organizing parties.
586
00:30:52,318 --> 00:30:54,286
They did a lot of hosting.
587
00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:57,423
4H meetings, Farm Bureau
meetings, Co-op parties.
588
00:30:57,456 --> 00:30:59,926
She was a very
great entertainer.
589
00:30:59,959 --> 00:31:02,895
This was her scrapbook.
590
00:31:02,929 --> 00:31:06,065
Bonnie Clutter, born in 1914,
591
00:31:06,098 --> 00:31:08,901
Grandma Bonnie in
high school graduation.
592
00:31:08,935 --> 00:31:11,470
She really wanted to
finish nursing training,
593
00:31:11,503 --> 00:31:14,173
but she had
an appendectomy,
594
00:31:14,206 --> 00:31:17,609
and back in those days, you were
out for a very long time,
595
00:31:17,643 --> 00:31:20,546
and she wasn't able to finish.
596
00:31:20,579 --> 00:31:23,015
Woman: She loved being outdoors
and teaching the children
597
00:31:23,049 --> 00:31:25,651
about God's creation.
598
00:31:25,684 --> 00:31:27,153
She would have them be quiet
599
00:31:27,186 --> 00:31:30,522
and listen to all
the sounds around them.
600
00:31:30,556 --> 00:31:33,525
Edwards: Aunt Bonnie was
very engaged in the family.
601
00:31:33,559 --> 00:31:39,298
She was really very much
a mother and a teacher.
602
00:31:39,331 --> 00:31:41,333
Tedrow:
Bonnie was a beautiful woman.
603
00:31:41,367 --> 00:31:47,039
She was reserved,
but she was a true lady.
604
00:31:47,073 --> 00:31:49,208
Edwards: I think of her as just
somebody that helped me learn
605
00:31:49,241 --> 00:31:52,611
how to be a grown up,
how to be a grown-up woman.
606
00:31:52,644 --> 00:31:55,247
**
607
00:31:55,281 --> 00:31:57,083
[Wind gusting]
608
00:31:57,116 --> 00:31:59,451
**
609
00:31:59,485 --> 00:32:02,288
Man: "After I got out of prison,
I remember telling myself
610
00:32:02,321 --> 00:32:05,691
that I just wanted to work
for the things every man wants,
611
00:32:05,724 --> 00:32:10,562
like a family and the respect
of decent people.
612
00:32:10,596 --> 00:32:13,565
But impatience and frustration,
613
00:32:13,599 --> 00:32:17,403
unreasonable anger
and bitterness,
614
00:32:17,436 --> 00:32:19,738
these are enemies within.
615
00:32:19,771 --> 00:32:23,175
They can only be defeated
within.
616
00:32:23,209 --> 00:32:26,545
Permitted to age, they'll kill
a man but leave in his wake
617
00:32:26,578 --> 00:32:29,515
a creature torn and twisted.
618
00:32:29,548 --> 00:32:32,751
I came out of prison
embittered, ruthless,
619
00:32:32,784 --> 00:32:35,454
and emotionally unstable.
620
00:32:35,487 --> 00:32:40,226
A few months later,
I committed the unforgivable."
621
00:32:46,065 --> 00:32:47,566
Paul: There was a deputy chief
622
00:32:47,599 --> 00:32:49,301
of the Garden City
Police Department
623
00:32:49,335 --> 00:32:51,070
who took the photographs
624
00:32:51,103 --> 00:32:54,006
that proved to be
the pivotal evidence.
625
00:32:55,041 --> 00:32:56,642
Rohleder:
We got to the Clutters' place.
626
00:32:56,675 --> 00:33:00,679
Sheriff Robinson
was waiting outside.
627
00:33:00,712 --> 00:33:04,716
I started my photographing
first in the basement
628
00:33:04,750 --> 00:33:09,555
in the north room where
Mr. Clutter was found dead.
629
00:33:09,588 --> 00:33:11,357
**
630
00:33:11,390 --> 00:33:13,425
Al: When we developed
the photographs,
631
00:33:13,459 --> 00:33:17,696
we were able to see
a boot print made in the dust
632
00:33:17,729 --> 00:33:22,034
that one could not observe
with the naked eye.
633
00:33:22,068 --> 00:33:25,337
Thomas: Initially they were
looking for a suspect.
634
00:33:25,371 --> 00:33:28,440
Once they were able to find
that second print,
635
00:33:28,474 --> 00:33:32,444
they knew that there was
a potential of a second suspect.
636
00:33:32,478 --> 00:33:35,547
So probably that was one of
the biggest clues they had
637
00:33:35,581 --> 00:33:37,716
because you could help confirm
that you have the right killer
638
00:33:37,749 --> 00:33:39,718
if you found that boot.
639
00:33:39,751 --> 00:33:42,621
The crime scene photographer,
said -- They asked,
640
00:33:42,654 --> 00:33:44,256
"Well, did you do that on
purpose?" and he says,
641
00:33:44,290 --> 00:33:45,824
"No, that was just good luck
that I happen to take
642
00:33:45,857 --> 00:33:49,595
that picture to give us
the second boot print," so...
643
00:33:49,628 --> 00:33:56,635
**
644
00:33:59,105 --> 00:34:03,175
Woman: Beverly was asked right
after it happened to go ahead
645
00:34:03,209 --> 00:34:06,378
and change her name since they
were getting married in December
646
00:34:06,412 --> 00:34:08,180
anyway around Christmas time
647
00:34:08,214 --> 00:34:11,250
so they said it would be really
a good idea to go ahead
648
00:34:11,283 --> 00:34:13,585
and change your name.
649
00:34:13,619 --> 00:34:16,422
**
650
00:34:16,455 --> 00:34:19,791
You know, here they had just
lost all of their family,
651
00:34:19,825 --> 00:34:21,560
but they had no idea
at that point
652
00:34:21,593 --> 00:34:23,795
why they had been murdered.
653
00:34:23,829 --> 00:34:28,267
So they didn't know if there was
a vendetta against the family
654
00:34:28,300 --> 00:34:31,470
so it was a very
fearful time for them.
655
00:34:31,503 --> 00:34:33,239
Frack: Some people say,
how did she do it?
656
00:34:33,272 --> 00:34:37,209
Well, how did she do anything,
you know, live, even?
657
00:34:37,576 --> 00:34:39,445
To me, it was just
the most sensible thing
658
00:34:39,478 --> 00:34:41,880
you could have done.
659
00:34:41,913 --> 00:34:44,516
Edwards:
"It was beautiful wedding.
660
00:34:44,550 --> 00:34:48,120
Beverly and Eveanna stepped in
for their parents as hosts.
661
00:34:48,154 --> 00:34:51,223
As though they had been
doing this all of their lives.
662
00:34:51,257 --> 00:34:54,793
They took responsibility
for making everyone comfortable,
663
00:34:54,826 --> 00:34:57,663
visited with each aunt,
each uncle, with grandparents,
664
00:34:57,696 --> 00:35:02,468
with cousins, with family
friends and church members.
665
00:35:02,501 --> 00:35:06,538
It was a fairy-tale wedding
in the middle of a nightmare."
666
00:35:06,572 --> 00:35:09,375
**
667
00:35:09,408 --> 00:35:13,279
Paul:
The crime affected our lives
668
00:35:13,312 --> 00:35:18,650
because it killed Herb
and Bonnie and the two kids.
669
00:35:18,684 --> 00:35:23,255
It also killed something
in our community.
670
00:35:23,289 --> 00:35:24,690
Announcer:
We interrupt this program
671
00:35:24,723 --> 00:35:26,425
to bring you
a special news bulletin.
672
00:35:26,458 --> 00:35:28,894
Paul: Some people refer to
it as a loss of innocence,
673
00:35:28,927 --> 00:35:31,630
but I think it was
more of a violation
674
00:35:31,663 --> 00:35:36,602
of a presumed safety.
675
00:35:36,635 --> 00:35:41,507
We had a lot more
freedom. Uh...
676
00:35:41,540 --> 00:35:44,910
Things have just changed.
677
00:35:44,943 --> 00:35:51,417
Penick: We no longer seem to be
that open type of community,
678
00:35:51,450 --> 00:35:54,820
where you just could
go into anyone's home.
679
00:35:54,853 --> 00:35:56,688
Their doors were never locked.
680
00:35:56,722 --> 00:35:59,191
You knocked on the door,
you walked in.
681
00:35:59,225 --> 00:36:01,427
We lost that.
682
00:36:01,460 --> 00:36:05,364
And then, to lose
those good people...
683
00:36:05,397 --> 00:36:07,299
and then we lost,
684
00:36:07,333 --> 00:36:10,236
because now we're afraid.
685
00:36:10,269 --> 00:36:17,276
**
686
00:36:19,278 --> 00:36:23,949
Edwards:
Going back to Kansas for me was
going back to be with family.
687
00:36:23,982 --> 00:36:27,653
I always loved going back
to visit Nancy, of course,
688
00:36:27,686 --> 00:36:29,655
and the older cousins,
even though they didn't count
689
00:36:29,688 --> 00:36:33,392
cause they were older.
[Chuckles]
690
00:36:33,425 --> 00:36:37,329
But each one of them -- Nancy,
Kenyon, Beverly, and Eveanna,
691
00:36:37,363 --> 00:36:40,432
each one of the kids
was special in their own way,
692
00:36:40,466 --> 00:36:42,934
and Uncle Herbert
and Aunt Bonnie's goal was
693
00:36:42,968 --> 00:36:48,607
really to help them grow into
the best person they could be.
694
00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:51,643
And it was really fun
to see Kenyon that summer
695
00:36:51,677 --> 00:36:55,013
and to see what he
was like grown up.
696
00:36:55,046 --> 00:36:58,817
Oh, Kenyon was handsome,
and I remember him.
697
00:36:58,850 --> 00:37:03,789
I can close my eyes and what
I see is this tall, lanky kid.
698
00:37:03,822 --> 00:37:07,859
He's got a flat-top-type
hair cut, wearing glasses,
699
00:37:07,893 --> 00:37:09,528
and he was -- as I remember him,
700
00:37:09,561 --> 00:37:11,530
he was kind of
a little jokester.
701
00:37:11,563 --> 00:37:15,033
[Chuckles]
He got this old Model A,
702
00:37:15,066 --> 00:37:20,306
and all it had was the frame
and the gas tank
703
00:37:20,339 --> 00:37:22,874
and then the engine
and then the radiator.
704
00:37:22,908 --> 00:37:24,042
That's it.
705
00:37:24,075 --> 00:37:26,912
I mean, if you fell out,
you fell out.
706
00:37:26,945 --> 00:37:28,614
[Chuckles]
707
00:37:28,647 --> 00:37:31,950
He's not one of these guys
that would sit down
708
00:37:31,983 --> 00:37:35,020
and contemplate the world.
709
00:37:35,053 --> 00:37:37,356
He was wanting
to do something.
710
00:37:37,389 --> 00:37:39,958
We'd go hunting,
we'd do something.
711
00:37:39,991 --> 00:37:43,028
In fact, we were pheasant
hunting a day or two
712
00:37:43,061 --> 00:37:45,931
before they were killed,
so...
713
00:37:45,964 --> 00:37:46,965
[Clicks tongue]
714
00:37:48,667 --> 00:37:50,836
Thomas: On the 10th day
after the homicide,
715
00:37:50,869 --> 00:37:53,905
there was word received
that a person might have
716
00:37:53,939 --> 00:37:56,708
information related to
the Clutter killings.
717
00:37:56,742 --> 00:38:01,079
Welch: The reward offer of
$1,000 from The Hutchinson News
718
00:38:01,112 --> 00:38:04,816
got the attention
of an inmate at Lansing.
719
00:38:05,951 --> 00:38:08,654
The director sent
Agent Wayne Owens
720
00:38:08,687 --> 00:38:12,458
to interview him.
721
00:38:12,491 --> 00:38:14,960
Man #1: "December 5th, 1959.
722
00:38:14,993 --> 00:38:17,629
I just got back from
Kansas State Penitentiary
723
00:38:17,663 --> 00:38:19,465
where the boss sent me
to interview a prisoner
724
00:38:19,498 --> 00:38:22,368
who had something he wanted
to get off his chest.
725
00:38:22,401 --> 00:38:23,902
The prisoner is Floyd Wells,
726
00:38:23,935 --> 00:38:26,605
and he is a white male,
32 years old.
727
00:38:26,638 --> 00:38:31,610
Now, he worked for the Clutters
during 1948 and 1949."
728
00:38:31,643 --> 00:38:34,813
Man #2:
"This is just about the time
their new house was completed.
729
00:38:34,846 --> 00:38:37,849
I remember just a short time
before I left the Clutters,
730
00:38:37,883 --> 00:38:40,486
Mr. Clutter paid
a large lumber bill,
731
00:38:40,519 --> 00:38:43,789
and I thought he paid in cash
with money from the safe.
732
00:38:43,822 --> 00:38:46,792
Mr. Clutter made the remark
to me that he paid out
733
00:38:46,825 --> 00:38:51,730
more than $10,000 that day."
734
00:38:51,763 --> 00:38:53,632
Man #1: "Some time after
he was received at Lansing
735
00:38:53,665 --> 00:38:55,367
for burglary and larceny,
736
00:38:55,401 --> 00:38:58,704
Wells was a cellmate
to Richard Eugene Hickock,
737
00:38:58,737 --> 00:39:00,138
28 years old."
738
00:39:00,171 --> 00:39:02,073
Man #2: "Hickock said he was
about to get out,
739
00:39:02,107 --> 00:39:04,576
and he was going to go west
looking for a job.
740
00:39:04,610 --> 00:39:08,113
I was telling him about
how wealthy Mr. Clutter was.
741
00:39:08,146 --> 00:39:11,082
We talked quite a bit
about Mr. Clutter."
742
00:39:11,116 --> 00:39:13,452
Man #1: "Hickock
did some talking, too,
743
00:39:13,485 --> 00:39:17,423
told Wells he had a friend by
the name of Perry Edward Smith.
744
00:39:17,456 --> 00:39:19,758
Hickock stated that
when they got out
745
00:39:19,791 --> 00:39:21,527
they were going
to pull some jobs
746
00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:25,664
to get enough money to buy
a boat for deep-sea fishing.
747
00:39:25,697 --> 00:39:27,933
Smith was paroled on July 6th.
748
00:39:27,966 --> 00:39:30,869
Soon, Hickock was
paroled and told Wells
749
00:39:30,902 --> 00:39:33,004
he and Smith were going
to the Clutters to find out
750
00:39:33,038 --> 00:39:36,442
if he still had the $10,000
in their damn safe."
751
00:39:36,475 --> 00:39:38,176
Man #2: "He told me
he'd probably tie them up
752
00:39:38,209 --> 00:39:41,413
and then rob them
and then kill 'em.
753
00:39:41,447 --> 00:39:42,814
I didn't believe he would.
754
00:39:42,848 --> 00:39:46,485
A day after it happened,
I heard it on the radio.
755
00:39:46,518 --> 00:39:49,054
I didn't hardly believe it."
756
00:39:49,087 --> 00:39:50,822
Man #1: "I've told this story
to the boss,
757
00:39:50,856 --> 00:39:53,425
and he feels it's worth
rushing to you fellas.
758
00:39:53,459 --> 00:39:55,761
The only thing that remains
is to get a location
759
00:39:55,794 --> 00:39:57,829
on Smith and Hickock,
760
00:39:57,863 --> 00:40:01,199
'cause they are both not where
they're supposed to be."
761
00:40:01,232 --> 00:40:04,436
Man: We drove to Highway 56
back into Garden City,
762
00:40:04,470 --> 00:40:07,172
then went north
towards Scott City.
763
00:40:07,205 --> 00:40:09,741
Then we turned off
on a gravel road.
764
00:40:09,775 --> 00:40:11,677
We dug a hole in a ditch
on the side of the road
765
00:40:11,710 --> 00:40:17,015
and buried the shells,
cord, tape, and gloves,
766
00:40:17,048 --> 00:40:20,852
then headed back
across Kansas to Edgerton.
767
00:40:20,886 --> 00:40:22,721
Most of our conversation
driving away
768
00:40:22,754 --> 00:40:26,057
concerned our going
to Mexico the next weekend.
769
00:40:26,091 --> 00:40:27,959
I worked all week like normal.
770
00:40:27,993 --> 00:40:30,596
On Friday, we went
and played some pool.
771
00:40:30,629 --> 00:40:35,166
The next day, I passed checks
at 8 or 9 places in Kansas City.
772
00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:39,004
On that night, must have been,
what, November 21st?
773
00:40:39,037 --> 00:40:40,739
We got a sandwich
at the Eagle Buffet
774
00:40:40,772 --> 00:40:42,908
in downtown Kansas City,
775
00:40:42,941 --> 00:40:47,946
and at 10:00 p.m.,
drove out of town.
776
00:40:47,979 --> 00:40:50,716
We drove 1,700 miles
through Oklahoma,
777
00:40:50,749 --> 00:40:53,885
Dallas, Texas,
then continued to Laredo,
778
00:40:53,919 --> 00:40:57,656
crossing into Mexico
around 2:00 a.m. November 23rd,
779
00:40:57,689 --> 00:41:03,161
spent a night at a house
of ill repute in Mexico City.
780
00:41:03,194 --> 00:41:06,097
Sold my Chevrolet to some cop,
781
00:41:06,131 --> 00:41:09,167
also sold him the portable radio
and binoculars from the Clutters
782
00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:11,503
and got rid of all
the other stuff,
783
00:41:11,537 --> 00:41:12,704
but even after
selling everything,
784
00:41:12,738 --> 00:41:14,906
we were soon out of money again.
785
00:41:14,940 --> 00:41:19,044
I found that my partner never
had any respect for a dollar
786
00:41:19,077 --> 00:41:22,247
and he threw money
around more than I did.
787
00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:26,051
Our last two days in Mexico
were costly ones.
788
00:41:26,084 --> 00:41:28,820
We had less than $100
between us.
789
00:41:28,854 --> 00:41:32,958
We bought two pistols,
and moved onto plan B,
790
00:41:32,991 --> 00:41:38,530
returning to the States.
791
00:41:38,564 --> 00:41:40,632
Welch: Agents were
going through the roster
792
00:41:40,666 --> 00:41:42,901
of Mr. Clutter's employees
793
00:41:42,934 --> 00:41:47,205
for the last 10 years,
and again came upon
794
00:41:47,238 --> 00:41:49,908
Floyd Wells name,
which would further
795
00:41:49,941 --> 00:41:52,310
corroborate
this bit of information
796
00:41:52,343 --> 00:41:55,113
that they were working on.
797
00:41:55,146 --> 00:41:57,649
Al:
We found that the pattern fit,
798
00:41:57,683 --> 00:42:00,285
that Hickock did get out
of the institution
799
00:42:00,318 --> 00:42:05,691
and did contact his buddy by the
name of Smith in Reno, Nevada.
800
00:42:05,724 --> 00:42:08,627
So they set that into
process to start finding
801
00:42:08,660 --> 00:42:10,095
this Richard Hickock.
802
00:42:10,128 --> 00:42:12,130
**
803
00:42:16,034 --> 00:42:23,041
**
804
00:42:25,176 --> 00:42:32,183
**
805
00:42:34,620 --> 00:42:41,627
**
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