Daily Nebraskan Wednesday, January 26, 1983
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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. He said
that when he and Fugate left the house that evening, he
thought both women were
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