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his attack. Tried Bor the murder of “lorence TC Ps sae
convicted and, on June 16, 1939, he was electrocuted at the
County Jail,
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Nixon, alias Thomas Crosby, had worked for a time as an attendant
at thé, Chicago night club where 2li=year-old Florence Castle was em-
ployed_as.a_hostess.._On the night of “une 28,-1936, he entered the
hotel room where she was sleeping with her 7-year-old son and choked
“her unconscious before bludgeoning her to death and robbing the roomy
-and escaping by the fire escane, “is second victim, a.young dancer. _
named Alda Deery who he attacked in her room on the night ofSept, 25,
survived, and Nixon moved to California. In Los Angeles on the night
of March 2, 1937,-he entered the heme_of.Mrs, Rose.Valdez, choked _and_
bludgeoned her to death and #&BKSA ransacked and robbed the house.
~ He struck again in Los Angeles on April jj, 1937, when he KXXX8 choked
__and_biludgeoned to death Mrs, Iimma Worden and her 12-year-old daughter,
Marguerite, in their home. Nixon then returned to Chicago and, on
the night of ABEXX August 21, 1937, he choked and bludgeoned Anne
—Kutcha,_a_nurse, inher room_in_a_hosbita, His last victim was Mrs,
Florence Johnson whose room in the same hotel where he had attacked
Aida Deary, he enteréd on May 27, 1938. Mrs, Johnson was killed but —
_Nixon had left a clear set of fingerprints and he was apprehended
shortly afterwards. He confessed.
His method of operation had been
" the samé in each case. He would enterm by an open window, and, when ~
Ta ata
_ NIXON, Robert yea tee
Nixon, Giias ee Crosby, had worked for a time as an attendant
at thé. Chicago night club where 2li-<year-old Florence Castle was em-
ployed as a_hostess.._On the night of “une28, 1936, he entered the
hotel room where she was sleeping with her Tgekee -old son and choked
her unconscious before bludgeoning her to death and robbing the roomy
and_escaping by the fire escape, “is second victin, a young dancer
named Alda Deery who he attacked in her room on the night ofSept. 25,
survived, and ‘Nixon moved to California. Ung fos Angeles on the night
Dineen’ her to death and Latina Oh bot robbed the eats
Marguerite, in their home. Nixon then returned to Chicago and, on
_of March 2, 1937, he entered the home _of “ys, Rose.Valdez .» choked_and_
—and yiudsecnad -to_death ak Gag her cS ar=old. ba tee eh
the night of ABRAX August 21, 1937, he choked and bludgeoned Anne
_Kutcha,a_nurse,—in-her_roomin_a_hosphta. His last victim was Mrs, —
Florence Johnson whose room in the same hotel where a had attac
pace Deery, he entered on May 27, PSs
| Nixon had left a clear set_of f ingerprints and_hewas_ appr rehended
shortly afterwards. He confessed. His method of operation had been
the same in each case. He would enters by an open window, and, when
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