ee
LELG was mu
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a desk clerk remembered
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hav ag atey a. ve 1s te2 eq nim ana : cA ena tees taurant
’ fe ane TT Ul Ye dav AAG PA te, ; t
served him. tie then confessed that he had
Nea Ha eae A eases rele J by gett ate 20 his
former landlady and stated that robbery was hi
* : naar 9 4 ' . be beh Ra as ple :
was asphyxiated in S gas chamber on dan, 30, 19
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.on parole. While in the reformatory, his wife divorced him. He de-
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KARNHS, Albert William (Bert)
Karnes, a—2h.-year-old Astoria, Ores; mink ~ farm Laborer and carpenter’ ¢
A meia ka A) Cy vw 4 es ae sepals z
poLuans had served a year in the “ashington tate Reformatory and was
cided,that -he-wanted-to-see her-again-and-on June 6, 1952, he
to the Yalem rooming house owned by 81-year-old Mrs, Susan Litch-
field where he and his wife had lived for a short time two years pre-
viously. Meo. Litchfield mm told him¢that she had not seen nor
heard from his wife and he left. The next afternoon he returned and
found Mrs, XX¥SKSXXX Litchfield in a wood shed. He beat her to death
with—a on aw -hammer—that-he was carrying in his suitcase and then, in
a Sadistic frenzy, savagely mutilated her body with an axe which he
found in the agoubsiier- Karnes then went into the house and washed
the blood of f-his BXBEKSE person before rifling her purse and steal-
ing $30.00. Karnes became a suspect when a check of Mrs. Litch&ield's
list of former 8B boarders revealed his name. and he was found
mateh the-deseription of a man seen in the area on the day of the
murder. He was talffen
was caught burglarizin,;
wlth a io}: aw hammer. — At
nto custody in The Dalleson June 15, when he
a residence there and attacked the HOC fe
first he denied having been in Salem the day
v
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hee
U
a-2h-year-old Astoria
he-wanted-to-see her-again-and-on June 6, 1952,
em rooming house owned by 81-year-old Mrs. Susan L
he and his wife had lived for a short time two years
at-she had not seen nor
a
found Mrs, eecan test litchfield in a wood shed. He beat oe
y é clan hammer that—he- was carrying in his suitcase and
c frenzy, sava igoly mutilated her body w
(Bert)
t and
year in the “ashi formate
le in the reformatory, his wife divorced him.
1
Ts
i
Se Litchfield ska told him
wife and he left
t afternoon he ret
han axe wi
e woodshed. Karnes then went into the house and w
blood-off-his SX8EK88 person before rifli
her purse and
Karnes became a suspect when a
NBER boarders revealed and he was fou
depeniecicn of aman seen in the area on the day of
claw hammer.
ence there and attacked
b- first ie denied having been in Salem +
the |
k of Mrs. Litchfiel
to custody in The Dalleson June 15, when he
