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Jake Bird (1901-1949), Washington State
Penitentiary mug shot, December 7, 1947
Courtesy Washington State Archives
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Headline on Jake Bird murders of Bertha Kludt and
Beverly June Kludt, Tacoma, October 31, 1947
Courtesy The Tacoma News Tribune
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Washington State Penitentiary Warden Tom Smith
(l), Jake Bird, and Pierce
County Prosecutor
Patrick Steel, January 8, 1949.
Courtesy The Tacoma News Tribune
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Headline upon Jake Bird execution, July 15, 1949.
Courtesy Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Composite image of headlines on Jake Bird, day
after execution, Tacoma, July 16, 1949.
Courtesy The Tacoma News Tribune
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