In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Four members of the Clutter family were brutally murdered on November 15, 1959, in the small Kansas hamlet of Holcomb by shots fired from a shotgun held close to their faces. There were hardly any leads and no obvious reason for the crime.
Truman Capote reconstructs the murder and the investigation that resulted in the capture, prosecution, and execution of the killers in one of the first non-fiction books ever written, creating both riveting suspense and astounding empathy. A book like In Cold Blood goes beyond its time and offers moving insights into the origins of American violence.
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
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The Clutter family was murdered in their Kansas home at night as a result of a seemingly random confluence of false information and unfavourable circumstances. Hickock and Smith, two criminals, were incarcerated. A prisoner who shared Hickock’s cell with him claimed to be familiar with Clutter, a wealthy farmer who kept all of his money in a safe at his home. “You ought to consider going out and purchasing it,” she suggested. Hickock then escapes prison and asks his friend and fellow ex-con Perry Smith to assist. They go there, break into the house, and tie up everyone: a daughter, son, husband, and wife, as well as two adults and two teenagers.
The Clutter family was a wonderful family by all accounts. Herbert Clutter was well respected in the neighbourhood and treated all of his farmhands extremely fairly. Hickock and Smith search all over for the money but discover neither a safe nor any. They murder them because they believe they mustn’t leave behind any witnesses who might have recognized them. Hickock and Smith initially escape, but they are swiftly located and arrested.
