Richard Stroud
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Robert Stroud left his parent's home in 1903, at the age of 13. In 1908 he was living in Cordova, Alaska. That year he and his 36-year-old girlfriend Kitty O'Brien moved to Juneau. Kitty was a dance-hall entertainer and prostitute. | Robert Stroud left his parent's home in 1903, at the age of 13. In 1908 he was living in Cordova, Alaska. That year he and his 36-year-old girlfriend Kitty O'Brien moved to Juneau. Kitty was a dance-hall entertainer and prostitute. | ||
| − | An acquaintance of | + | An acquaintance of theirs raped and beat Kitty and for that reason Richard killed him and then turned himself in the the Sheriff. His mother Elizabeth hired a lawyer, but Robert was sentenced to 12 years at McNeil Island. In 1912 he was transferred to Leavenworth. |
Later he was transferred to Alcatraz and later still to a prison in Missouri where he died in 1963. | Later he was transferred to Alcatraz and later still to a prison in Missouri where he died in 1963. | ||
