Summary Of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood

1) GOOGLE: On November 15, 1959 a family of four were murdered in their Kansas home by Richard Hicklock and Perry Smith. Herb Clutter was one of the victim in the murder. Herb Clutter was a wealthy farmer who had a lot of money saved in his farmhouse. Hickock and Smith had arrived to the Clutter while they were sleeping. After waking up by the noise Mr. Clutter raid the home and got approximately fifty dollars, binoculars and a transistor radio. After getting all the cash they could find in the house they killed the family. When the police arrived, Herb Clutter was found sprawled on a mattress in the basement, stabbed, his throat slashed and a shotgun charge fired to his head. His hands were bound and his mouth was taped shut. On a couch

In Cold Blood was first published in book form by Random House in January 1966. The book talks about the 1959 murders of Herbert Clutter, a farmer from Holcomb, Kansas, his wife, and two of their four children. In Cold Blood brought Capote much praise from the literary community, but despite the book's billing as a factual account. Truman Capote included both Richard Hicklock and Perry Smith criminal histories and warrants. Capote had plenty of interview interviewed the murders before they were hung to

Also, graphic photos from inside the home where the family was killed. These pictures are relevant for us to know because it could give us the idea of how each person was murdered in where in the house. This case became a major problem in 1959. In a Hutchinson article I found on the internet talks about the tragedy and who the Clutter family were. After hearing about the murders of Herb Clutter and his family, Truman Capote wanted to go to Kansas and write about the murders of the family. I think Capote wanted to write about the murder of the Clutter family because it was horrifying and the process of getting evidence and reports from police officials is a different technique from what he usually did. Also, during the 1950’s people where not familiar with non-fiction novels. If Richard Hicklock and Perry Smith knew Herb Clutter had money and they came to his home seeking for money and got what they went to look for, why did they kill the family? Was there another way they could of handle the situation? If the murder was accidental why did they