ok extremely well. Dr. Satten says of Perry Smith, this was a murder without apparent motive. Obviously, three of the murders Smith committed were logically motivated-Nancy, Kenyon and their mother had to be killed because Mr. Clutter had been killed. (Capote 301-302). In his confession, Smith said, I didnt want to harm the man. I thought he was a very nice gentleman, soft-spoken. I thought so right up to the moment I cut his throat. (Capote, 302). Smith and Hickock tied the father and son in the basement. They tied the mother and daughter in their beds, they went back and gagged each one with tape, and wrapped the tape around their heads as if they were wrapping mummies. They killed Mr. Clutter first, all the time he begged for the safety of his wife and children. Smith shot him in the head with his shotgun; the turned it on Kenyon, when they got to Nancys room Smith gave the gun to Hickock, he kill the two women the same way Perry had killed the men. The movie and the book closely mirror each other as far as the murder scenes and execution scenes.The Kansas Supreme Court decreed that Smith and Hickocks lives must end between midnight and 2:00 A.M., Wednesday, April 14, 1965. (Capote 337). Hickock, 33, died first at 12:41 A.M. Smith, 36, died at 1:19 A.M. (Capote 337). Jennings 5The warden had asked Perry and Dick if they had any last words, Dick nodded, I just want to say I hold no hard feelings. You people aresending me to a better world than this ever was; then, as if to emphasize the point, he shook hands with the four men responsible for his capture and conviction, all of whom had requested permission to attend the executions: K.B.I. Agents, Roy Church, Clarence Duntz, Harold Nye, an Dewey himself. Nice to see you, Hickock said with his most charming smile; it was as if he were greeting guests at his own funeral. (Capote 339). His actions just reaff...
