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Jake Bird

Jake Bird. “Tacoma Ax Killer”. By Diego Murga. Early Life. Jake Bird would tell authorities that he was born December 14, 1901, "somewhere out in Louisiana where they ain't no post office.“ Left home when he was 19 years old

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Jake Bird

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  1. JakeBird “Tacoma Ax Killer” By Diego Murga

  2. Early Life • Jake Bird would tell authorities that he was born December 14, 1901, "somewhere out in Louisiana where they ain't no post office.“ • Left home when he was 19 years old • He started traveling around the country but never settled for a long time anywhere. • He found simple jobs that allowed him to save money to travel. • He spent much of his time as a manual laborer and gandy dancer on railroads • It was hard work, but it built up Jake's strength and kept him in motion, trolling for human targets • People described him as a “rootless drifter”

  3. The Capture Of a Killer It wasn’t until October 30, 1947, when the police responded to a report of a woman screaming in Tacoma, Washington. Where at 1007 S 21st Street, they found Jake Bird, age 46 at this time, covered in blood, and the bodies of Bertha Kludt, 52, and her daughter Beverley, 17. Both women had been beaten and slashed with an axe. Violently resisting arrest, he slashed two officers with a knife. According to police, Bird pulled a knife and attacked, cutting one officer’s hand and stabbing another in the shoulder. before he was finally beaten into submission and dragged off to the hospital for treatment of injuries.

  4. The Horrifying Confession

  5. TRIAL AND HANGIN

  6. “Jailhouse Lawyer” Even Bird was not very educated, he was known as a “jailhouse lawyer,” because he would often argue his own case before the court.  His awareness of the law, together with help of people against the death penalty, he was able to delay his execution a year and a half. 

  7. “The Bird Hex” As he once stated, Jake lived to see them all die. Bird was executed on July 15, 1949

  8. The Hanging • On Thursday night, July 14, 1949 Jake Bird was taken to gallows, • He was shaved and dressed in new clothes.  • After midnight, Bird walked to the gallows accompanied by two prison guards. • Reverend Arvid C. started to read a note from Bird, • He bore no malice toward anyone and sought forgiveness.  • Before he finished, the trapdoor was sprung, dropping Bird to his death. • Jake Bird was hanged at 12:20 a.m. on July 15, 1949. in Walla Walla, Washington. • Bird willed his personal fortune, $6.15, to his appeals attorney

  9. Rests OF Jake Bird Jake Bird was buried in an unmarked grave in the prison cemetery, identified only as convict No. 21520

  10. Some Victims of Bird At his confession Bird would claim a body-count approaching one victim for each year of his life. • Even Bird confessed he had killed about 44 victims, 11 cases where solved thanks to his declaration. • Starting with the ax murders of two women at Evanston, Illinois, in 1942. • Other victims were confirmed in Louisville, Kentucky; • Omaha, Nebraska; • Kansas city, Kansas; • Sioux falls, south Dakota; • Cleveland, Ohio; • Orlando, Florida; • Portage, Wisconsin. • Police in Houston suspected Birdmurdering Mrs. Harry Richardson there, • Chicago authorities found a body retrieved from lake Michigan, five miles south of Kenosha. • Los Angeles detectives suspected of Bird from killing black youth and a • Jewish grocer, • New York city he waslinked to the robbery and murder of a deliowner.

  11. Bird’s Profile

  12. Psychotic Financial Gain MENTALILLNESS power • Psychotic • Hedonistic, as he felt pleasure by killing his victims. • Economic Gain • Sexual In Nature ax GRATE LAKES

  13. Bibliography • http://www.hubpages.com/hub/Serial-Killer-Jake-Bird • http://www.historylink.org/index. • http://www.angelfire.com/oz/uv/jakebird • http://www.truecrimelibrary.com/crime_series_show.php?series_number=13&id=705 • http://www.crimezzz.net/serialkillers/B/BIRD_jake.php

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