The Clutter Family Murders

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1. Which of the following linked former Kansas State Penitentiary inmates, Dick Hickock and Perry Smith, to Herbert Clutter, the prosperous owner of River Valley Farm? Mr. Clutter taught them Sunday school lessons when they were in prison. Hickock's former cellmate had worked for Clutter as a farm hand. Smith had seen an article about River Valley Farm in the "Kansas City Star." Tex John Smith, Perry's father, had meet Clutter at the Kansas State Fair.

2. Mr. Clutter always kept at least $10,000.00 in a safe in his office to pay farm expenses. True False

3. Where in Kansas was River Valley Farm, the scene of the Clutter family murders, located? Holcomb Dodge City Emporia Olathe

4. Dick Hickock told his parents that he was leaving on Saturday, November 14, 1959, for an overnight trip with his friend, Perry Smith. Where did Dick say they were going? Dick was going to Topeka to give his ex-wife some child support money he owed her. To see Smith's sister in Fort Scott who was holding some money for Smith. He was taking Smith to see his father, Tex John Smith, in Fort Gordon. They were driving up to the Kansas State Penitentiary in Lansing to see their old friend, Willie Jay.

5. Kenyon was the youngest of the four Clutter children. How old was he when he was killed? 16 years old 12 years old 15 years old 9 years old

6. Mr. Herb Clutter took out a large life insurance policy on himself just hours before his murder. True False

7. What happened that almost scared off Hickock and Smith as they neared the Clutter house? The lights went on in the house of Herb Clutter's groundkeeper. Nancy Clutter was parked in the front yard with her boyfriend. A dog started barking and chasing their car. They saw Herb Clutter walk through the yard with a flashlght.

8. When Perry Smith and Dick Hickock entered the Clutter house, was part of Hickock's plan to murder any witnesses? Yes No

9. How did Dick Hickock and Perry Smith gain entry into the Clutter house? They came in through the garage door. They climbed in through a partly opened basement window. They walked in through an unlocked side door that led to Clutter's office. Mr. Clutter let them in to use the telephone when they said they were having car trouble.

10. Who was the first person(s) to enter the Clutter house after the murders? Bobby Rupp and Larry Rupp (Nancy's boyfriend and his brother) Alfred Stoecklein (the Clutter groundskeeper) Sheriff Earl Robinson and Undersheriff Meier Nancy Ewalt and Susan Kidwell (Nancy Clutter's friends)

11. The bodies of Nancy and Bonnie Clutter were found in their bedrooms, but where were the bodies of Herb and Kenyon Clutter found? Their bedrooms Back porch Garage Basement

12. What was found hidden in the toe of Nancy Clutter's sock that helped prove that robbery was the motive for the murders of her and her family? Her rosary beads Her gold watch A $5.00 gold piece from her father Her grandmother's gold wedding band

13. What physical evidence did Hickock and Smith leave at the Clutter murder scene? Cigarette butts Fingerprints Spent shell casings Bloody boot prints

14. Which of the following did KBI Agent Harold Nye NOT discover when he went to the home of Dick Hickock's parents? His parents had no idea where Dick was now. Dick's parents told him that Dick and Perry had been gone overnight on November 14, 1959. Nye found the spent cartridge casings used in the murders. He saw a .12-gauge shotgun in Dick's bedroom.

15. Hickock and Smith traveled widely in the time they murdered the Clutters until their capture by police on December 30, 1959. Where were they when the police picked them up? Kanas City, Kansas Miami, Florida Mexico City, Mexico Las Vegas, Nevada

16. Dick Hickock always said that it was Perry Smith, and not him, who had murdered each of the Clutters. True False

17. At first, Perry Smith refused to believe KBI agents when they told him that Dick Hickock had talked to them about the Clutter murders. What did Agent Alvin Dewey tell Smith that convinced him that Hickock had indeed talked? Dick told where the murder weapons could be found. Smith had murdered a man years ago in the desert outside Las Vegas. Smith had murdered his sister by pushing her out of a window. Smith had shot his brother, Jimmy, to death.

18. What was the approximate amount of money that Smith and Hickcock netted from the Clutter family murders? $10,000.00 $150.00 $25.00 $50.00

19. Were Smith and Hickock also guilty of the December 19, 1959, murders of the Walkers, a farm family that lived near Tallahassee, Florida? Yes No

20. In March 1960, Smith and Hickock were given the death sentence for the Clutter family murders. How was their sentence carried out? Firing Squad Electric chair Hanging Lethal injection