“Because of his youth, the type of his mind, and probable nervousness, and also because of the long hours during which he had been interrogated, detectives were not at first readily inclined to accept his admissions at their face value,” the Tribune noted of Nixon’s serial confessions.īut other stories showed how swiftly the case was built against Nixon. A former resident of the hotel was already serving time for those crimes. Washington Ave., which surprised the cops. Shortly, he also confessed to raping two Chicago women in a hotel at 167 W. A brick used as murder weapon was their common denominator. Three were in Chicago and two in Los Angeles, where Nixon, a drifter, had lived.
“He has none of the charm of speech or manner that is characteristic of so many southern darkies.”īy then, Nixon had confessed to five murders. Ohio Ave.: “His hunched shoulders and long, sinewy arms that dangle almost to his knees his out-thrust head and catlike tread all suggest the animal,” the reporter noted. A Tribune reporter covered the re-enactment, where Nixon climbed a fire escape into a hotel room at 19 E.
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