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Perry Edward Smith (October 27, 1928 – April 14, 1965) was one of two career criminals convicted of murdering the four members of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, United States, on November 15, 1959, a crime that was made famous by Truman Capote in his 1966 non-fiction novel In Cold Blood.
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Apr 5, 2023 · On Nov. 15, 1959, Perry Smith and his accomplice Richard “Dick” Hickock broke into the Holcomb, Kansas home of a farmer named Herbert Clutter. They intended to steal money that they believed Clutter kept in a safe — but when they couldn’t find it, they murdered the entire family instead.
Jul 7, 2023 · Learn about the real story behind Capote's famous book, based on the brutal murder of the Clutter family in Kansas in 1959. Meet the killers, Perry Edward Smith and Richard Hickock, and their motives, methods, and capture.
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Nov 15, 2019 · Perry Smith was one of the two killers of the Clutter family in Kansas in 1959, whose story was chronicled by Truman Capote in his book In Cold Blood. He was arrested in Las Vegas in 1959, where he picked up a box of evidence he had mailed to himself.
Perry Edward Smith was one of the two men who confessed to the Clutter Family Murders in 1965. He was an honorably discharged Korean War veteran who was executed by hanging on April 14, 1965. He died before his sentence was carried out and his burial cost $250 less than his accomplice, Richard Eugene Hickock.
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Richard "Dick" Hickock and Perry Edward Smith were two ex-convicts, recently paroled from the Kansas State Penitentiary. Floyd Wells, a former cellmate of Hickock's, had been a farmhand for Herb Clutter. Wells told Hickock that Clutter kept large amounts of cash in a safe.
Jun 6, 2013 · Convicted of the crime were Perry Edward Smith and Richard Eugene Hickock, who were sent to the Kansas State Penitentiary. Soon after, the killers became the subjects of Truman Capote’s...
