Capote, Truman - In Cold Blood by Capote Truman
Author:Capote, Truman [Capote, Truman]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Crime, Investigative Journalism, Nonfiction, True Crime
ISBN: 9781588361653
Amazon: 1588361659
Barnesnoble: 1588361659
Goodreads: 3405186
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 1965-01-01T06:00:00+00:00
PART FOUR
The Corner
INSTITUTIONAL DOURNESS AND CHEERFUL DOMESTICITY coexist on the fourth floor of the Finney County Courthouse. The presence of the county jail supplies the first quality, while the so-called Sheriffâs Residence, a pleasant apartment separated from the jail proper by steel doors and a short corridor, accounts for the second.
In January, 1960, the Sheriffâs Residence was not in fact occupied by the sheriff, Earl Robinson, but by the undersheriff and his wife, Wendle and Josephine (âJosieâ) Meier. The Meiers, who had been married more than twenty years, were very much alike: tall people with weight and strength to spare, with wide hands, square and calm and kindly facesâthe last being most true of Mrs. Meier, a direct and practical woman who nevertheless seems illuminated by a mystical serenity. As the undersheriffâs helpmate her hours are long; between five in the morning, when she begins the day by reading a chapter in the Bible, and 10:00 P.M., her bedtime, she cooks and sews for the prisoners, darns, does their laundry, takes splendid care of her husband, and looks after their five-room apartment, with its gemütlich mélange of plump hassocks and squashy chairs and cream-colored lace window curtains. The Meiers have a daughter, an only child, who is married and lives in Kansas City, so the couple live aloneâor, as Mrs. Meier more correctly puts it: âAlone except for whoever happens to be in the ladiesâ cell.â
The jail contains six cells; the sixth, the one reserved for female prisoners, is actually an isolated unit situated inside the Sheriffâs Residenceâindeed, it adjoins the Meiersâ kitchen. âBut,â says Josie Meier, âthat donât worry me. I enjoy the company. Having somebody to talk to while Iâm doing my kitchen work. Most of these women, you got to feel sorry for them. Just met up with Old Man Trouble is all. Course Hickock and Smith was a different matter. Far as I know, Perry Smith was the first man ever stayed in the ladiesâ cell. The reason was, the sheriff wanted to keep him and Hickock separated from each other until after their trial. The afternoon they brought them in, I made six apple pies and baked some bread and all the while kept track of the goings-on down there on the Square. My kitchen window overlooks the Square; you couldnât want a better view. Iâm no judge of crowds, but Iâd guess there were several hundred people waiting to see the boys that killed the Clutter family. I never met any of the Clutters myself, but from everything Iâve ever heard about them they must have been very fine people. What happened to them is hard to forgive, and I know Wendle was worried how the crowd might act when they caught sight of Hickock and Smith. He was afraid somebody might try to get at them. So I kind of had my heart in my mouth when I saw the cars arrive, saw the reporters, all the newspaper fellows running and pushing; but
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