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Daily Nebraskan Wednesday, January 26, 1983 i.ru a u or 1 ENTIRE WINTER STOCK! JRS! MISSES! Sweaters! Blouses! Shirts! Velours! Skirts! Pants! Blazers! Dresses! SEFERTS, VISA, MASTERCARD, ! AMERICAN EXPRESS WELCOME! Continued from Pape 1 ther, Marion and Velda Bartlctt, got worse. On Jan. 21, 1958, Starkweather went to Fugate's Belmont Avenue home and apparently argued with her parents. What really happened that day will never be known. Both Starkweather and Fugate gave several different accounts of the events. Only the result is certain - Marion and Velda Bart lett both were shot in the head with a .22 caliber rifle, and 2-year-old Betty Jean Bartlctt died of knife wounds to her upper body and neck. After disposing of the bodies in an outhouse in the Bartlett's backyard, Starkweather and Fugate stayed in the Bartlctt house for almost a week. Fugate later claim ed that she believed her family was alive but being held hostage elsewhere by a friend of Starkweather's. Evi dence later would seem to refute her testimony. During the week, several people stopped at the Bart lett's house, inquiring about the family's absence. Fugate met everyone at the door, telling them that family mem bers were sick with the flu. Finally, on Jan. 27, Starkweather and Fugate took his 1949 Ford and drove to Bennett, a town 16 miles south of Lincoln. Starkweather knew a retired farmer near there, 70-year-old August Meyer, who let the Starkweather family hunt on his property. When they pulled into the dirt lane leading up to Meyer's farmhouse, Starkweather's car got stuck in the mud, and he and Fugate walked the rest of the way. Why Starkweather killed August Meyer is a mystery. Meyer was a family friend, who knew Starkweather well. But again, only the result was clear - Meyer lay dead on his porch, shot in the head with a sawed-off .410 shotgun. After covering up the body in the farmhouse and stealing some food and money, the couple returned to the stranded car and tried to get it moving. With the help of a farmer, they freed the car, and then drove to Lincoln, bought more ammunition and returned to the farm. The Ford again got stuck, so they flagged down a pas sing car, driven by Bob Jensen Jr., 17, and his fiancee, Carol King, 16. Soon after he and Fugate climbed into their car, Starkweather pointed his rifle at Jensen and forced him to drive around town before eventually returning to the farm. Starkweather took Fugate and the couple to an aban doned schoolhouse foundation used as a storm cellar. As with almost every killing, Starkweather's testimony conflicted with Fugate's. She claimed he killed both the teenagers; Starkweather later denied any part in King's death. By this time, Lincoln officials had discovered the bod ies at the Bartlctt residence, and an alert for Starkweather and Fugate had been issued. But the two were always one step ahead of the police. After killing King and Jensen, they drove Jensen's car to the Hastings area and then back to Lincoln. On the following morning, Jan. 28, state patrol", county sheriffs officers and the Lincoln police descended on the Meyer property. They found Meyer's corpse, and later discovered the Bennett teen-agers dead in the storm cellar. Jensen lay in a pool of blood, shot six times in the head. King was lying beside him, a bullet in her head and several stab marks on her body. As authorities recovered the bodies, Starkweather realized Jensen's car would be recognized, so he stopped at a south Lincoln estate to steal another one. The home belonged to millionaire businessman C. Lauer Ward, 47, and his wife, Clara, 46. Their maid, Lillian Fencl, 51, answered the door around 8:30 a.m. and in stepped Starkweather with a loaded rifle. Fugate followed. The two ate breakfast and watched Mrs. Ward and Fencl while Ward was at work. According to Starkweather's account, Mrs. Ward went upstairs, supposedly to put shoes on. When Starkweather followed, she fired at him with a rifle and missed. Stark weather threw his hunting knife at her, stabbing her in the back. He then carried her, still alive, into a bedroom and left her on the bed. That evening, Ward returned home. He saw Stark weather in the hallway, and according to Starkweather, grabbed for the rifle. After a scuffle, Starkweather re gained control of his .22 and shot- Ward in the head. Again, what happened next is questionable. Stark weather claimed he did not attempt to stab Mrs. Ward, again and that he did not stab Fencl to death. 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