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Jake BIRD

Jake Bird (1901-1949), Washington State Penitentiary mug shot, December 7, 1947
Courtesy Washington State Archives

Headline on Jake Bird murders of Bertha Kludt and Beverly June Kludt, Tacoma, October 31, 1947
Courtesy The Tacoma News Tribune

Washington State Penitentiary Warden Tom Smith (l), Jake Bird, and Pierce
County Prosecutor Patrick Steel, January 8, 1949.
Courtesy The Tacoma News Tribune

Headline upon Jake Bird execution, July 15, 1949.
Courtesy Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Composite image of headlines on Jake Bird, day after execution, Tacoma, July 16, 1949.
Courtesy The Tacoma News Tribune