Monday, Jan. 4, 1960 University Daily Kansan
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Ex-Con Confesses To Clutter Murder
LAS VEGAS, Nev.—(UPI)—An ex-convict confessed last night that he and a former cellmate had murdered a wealthy Kansas farmer, his wife and two of their four children in an attempt to steal money that did not exist.
Richard Eugene Hickock, 28. Johnson City, Kan., told police he and Perry Edward Smith, 31, Las Vegas, believed that Herbert W. Clutter kept a large sum of money in his $40,000 farm house. Smith has denied any part in the crime.
Agents of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation said a former employee of Clutter's, who apparently had told Smith and Hickock of the money, while in the same prison with them gave them the tip that resulted in the arrests Wednesday. The suspects were picked up on charges of parole violation and passing bogus checks.
Brave Informant
Authorities would not identify the informant.
"This guy had a tremendous amount of guts to come forward and volunteer the information, knowing that it might mean a knife in the back if word spread through the prison that he was the informer," Duane West, Finney County prosecutor, said.
Hickock made his confession seven weeks to the day after the discovery of the bound and gagged bodies of Clutter, 48, his wife Bonnie, 45 Nancy, 16, and Kenyon, 15.
Hickock told police that he and Smith had crept into the Clutter home between midnight and 1 a.m. Nov. 15 through an unlocked door. They awakened the family and searched for the money—which Clutter denied was there. Finally, Hickock said, they killed the family to prevent any identification.
Clutter, a former Eisenhower appointee to the Federal Farm Credit Board, was known in Garden City as a "book farmer" who kept little cash on hand and transacted almost all his business—including small purchases of less than $2—by check.
KU Freshman Dies Of Crash Injuries
Larry Preston Cox, Fredonia freshman, died Dec. 26, from injuries received in a car-train crash near Fredonia Dec. 21.
The 18-year-old Kappa Sigma pledge had an arm amputated and had undergone brain surgery by doctors in an attempt to save his life.
Cox was driving the car when it collided with a Missouri Pacific freight train. Investigating officers said the automobile skidded 190 feet before hitting the cabose of the train. The force of impact knocked the rear wheels of the cabose off the track.
Cox had been a member of the ROTC unit at the University. A passenger in the car, Steve Lyons, was not seriously injured and was in satisfactory condition after surgery on a fractured pelvis.
TODAY
Official Buretia
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Episcopal Evening Prayer, 9:30 p.m.
Danforth Chapel.
TOMORROW
Newman Club Daily Mass, 6:30 a.m.
St. John's Church.
Episcopal Morning Prayer, 6:45 a.m.
and Holy Communion, 7:00 a.m., with
the Rev. Joseph Cunningham.
Humanities Forum, 7:30 p.m. Oread
Stafford, and the addiest
Story, Ford's The Good Soldier.
All Student Council. 7:30 p.m., Pine Room, Kansas Union.
WEDNESDAY
Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship
12:15-15:50 p.m. Danforth Chapel
Lutheran Gamma Delta Vespers. 5-5:20
p.m., Danforth Chapel, Vicar R. E. Kurz.
KODL ANSWER
Hickock and Smith waived extra-
dition and were expected to be
returned to Kansas tomorrow or Wednes-
day to face first degree murder
charges.
Undecided on Penalty
Mr. West, when asked today if he would press for the death penalty refused to answer, saying only "I haven't thought about it yet."
Logan Sanford, director of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, today attributed "a lot of hard work on the part of the Kansas Bureau of investigation and excellent interstate cooperation" for cracking the biggest crime in Kansas history.
Holiday Deaths Set New Record
The nation set a new highway death mark during the New Year's holiday weekend, figures showed today.
The slaughter on the nation's highways soared to 360, according to a United Press International count at 7:30 a.m. Lawrence time. In addition, 59 persons died in fires and 81 in miscellaneous mishaps for an overall toll of 500.
Michigan won the nation's most unpopular contest by counting 32 traffic deaths, more than any other state. Texas was second with 27 and Florida third with 25. Pennsylvania and California had 21, Ohio 20 and New York 19.
Six states — Alaska, Hawaii, Montana, North Dakota, New Hampshire and Arkansas — reported a fatality free New Year's.
The old mark of 359 was set over the 1955-56 New Year's holiday. The all-time record for a New Year's period was set in 1956-57 when 423 persons were killed in a four-day period.
Safety officials were hopeful motorists would heed warnings to ease up on the gas pedal. They had forecast 320 persons would die in the 78-hour period which began at 6 pm. Thursday and ended at midnight last night.
But the 1959-60 holiday toll passed the 320 mark at 6 p.m. Sunday and a final-hours rush of holiday travelers sent the death count racing upwards.
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Examination Schedule - Fall Semester, 1959
Monday, January 25, 1960, to Saturday, January 30, 1960, inclusive
Will be examined at:
Classes meeting at: Will be examined at:
8 A.M., MWF sequence* ... 8:00- 9:50 Monday January 25
8 AM, TTS sequence** ... 8:00- 9:50 Friday January 29
9 A.M., MWF sequence* ... 10:00-11:50 Tuesday January 26
9 AM, TTS sequence** ... 1:30- 3:20 Friday January 29
10 A.M., MWF sequence* ... 1:30- 3:20 Monday January 25
10 AM, TTS sequence** ... 3:30- 5:20 Wednesday January 27
11 A.M., MWF sequence* ... 8:00- 9:50 Tuesday January 26
11 A.M., TTS sequence** ... 10:00-11:50 Wednesday January 27
12 Noon, MWF sequence* ... 3:30- 5:20 Thursday January 23
1 P.M., MWF sequence* ... 1:30- 3:20 Tuesday January 26
1 P.M., TTS sequence** ... 1:30- 3:20 Thursday January 28
2 P.M., MWF sequence* ... 10:00-11:50 Monday January 25
2 P.M., TTS sequence** ... 10:00-11:50 Saturday January 30
3 P.M., MWF sequence* ... 10:00-11:50 Thursday January 28
3 P.M., TTS sequence** ... 8:00- 9:50 Saturday January 30
4 P.M., MWF sequence* ... 1:30- 3:20 Saturday January 30
4 P.M., TTS sequence** ... 3:30- 5:20 Saturday January 30
French 1
French 2
German 1
German 2
Spanish 1
Spanish 2
General Biology
Zoology 2
Physiology 2
Chemistry 1, 2, 2a, 3, and 28 (All Sections) ... 3:30- 5:20 Tuesday January 26
Physics 3, 4, 5, 6, and 116 (All Sections) ... 1:30- 3:20 Wednesday January 27
Business Administration 9, 12, 72, and 73 (All Sections) ... 3:30- 5:20 Thursday January 28
Business Administration 21 (All Sections) ... 3:30- 5:20 Monday January 25
ROTC (Army, Navy, Air Force, All Sections) ... 3:30- 5:20 Friday January 29
Engineering Mechanics 1, 1a, 61 and 61a (All Sections) ... 3:30- 5:20 Monday January 25
Engineering Mechanics 48, 49, 55 and 57 (All Sections) ... 8:00- 9:50 Wednesday January 27
English 1, 1a, 1H (All Sections) ... 8:00- 9:50 Thursday January 28
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