50 years later: Kansas town remembers 'In Cold Blood' deaths, still angry about Capote's book

Is there more to this article?
I cannot find ANY explanation as to WHY the people of Holcolmb are still ANGRY about Capote's book.
Is it their contention that Capote drew negative attention to the town (not exactly HIS fault - it WAS international news at the time), or is Capote perceived as maligning the character of the residents?
The article seems to end abruptly after a brief quote from Paul Irsik about not talking for 50 years - am I missing the link to a page 2?

Typical FOX garbage, what do you expect?

Shawnee Phill - osopher wrote:

Is there more to this article?
I cannot find ANY explanation as to WHY the people of Holcolmb are still ANGRY about Capote's book.
Is it their contention that Capote drew negative attention to the town (not exactly HIS fault - it WAS international news at the time), or is Capote perceived as maligning the character of the residents?
The article seems to end abruptly after a brief quote from Paul Irsik about not talking for 50 years - am I missing the link to a page 2?

The people of Holomb thought "In Cold Blood" would be a history of the case, rather than a fictionalized novel. There was lots of "artistic license" taken by Capote.

It was a great novel...but historically, many things were incorrect, inaccurate, or fiction. It ruffled lots of feathers.

I know the capital punishment was carried out correctly in the movie. My Great Grandfather was the hangman that put the actual murderers to death. He was asked to consult on the rebuilding of the gallows for the movie. His name actually rolls in the credits for the movie. He was a guard at Kansas State Prison for several years.

Todd R wrote:

I know the capital punishment was carried out correctly in the movie. My Great Grandfather was the hangman that put the actual murderers to death. He was asked to consult on the rebuilding of the gallows for the movie. His name actually rolls in the credits for the movie. He was a guard at Kansas State Prison for several years.

Wow...that's interesting.

Can you tell me if the town where the murders occured
is on the old Route 66?

To John:
While I believe you are absolutely correct in your analysis, it would have just been a much more effective AP story if the citizens had been allowed to verbalize their objections to, and issues with the book - rather than ignoring
the specifics that angered them.
Given the times and circumstances of this horrific crime, no author, no matter how committed to "truth and accuracy", would have been able to satisfy everyone in an entire town;
but if some/many of the citizens of Holcolb believe that Capote intentionally hurt them by fictualizing some aspects of his story, THAT detail would have been worth noting in the AP article.
As it stands, by my reading of the article alone, there is no actual
rationale given for the lingering anger at Capote.
I guess my point was that the article seems SO very
lacking in specifics to support the claim of residual "anger", that I wonder how extensively edited it was?(like missing several pages).
No conspiracy implied, just sad that there wasn't more to the article....

Shawnee Phill - osopher wrote:

To John:
While I believe you are absolutely correct in your analysis, it would have just been a much more effective AP story if the citizens had been allowed to verbalize their objections to, and issues with the book - rather than ignoring
the specifics that angered them.
Given the times and circumstances of this horrific crime, no author, no matter how committed to "truth and accuracy", would have been able to satisfy everyone in an entire town;
but if some/many of the citizens of Holcolb believe that Capote intentionally hurt them by fictualizing some aspects of his story, THAT detail would have been worth noting in the AP article.
As it stands, by my reading of the article alone, there is no actual
rationale given for the lingering anger at Capote.
I guess my point was that the article seems SO very
lacking in specifics to support the claim of residual "anger", that I wonder how extensively edited it was?(like missing several pages).
No conspiracy implied, just sad that there wasn't more to the article....

It's right in the middle of the page. There's only one page to the story. You need to read it again. Slowly.

I made it easier...pasted the paragraphs that try to explain. AP kind of glossed over it...but it was there.
Never was a conspiracy...Capote just decided to put fiction in-between the facts. Kind of like TV movies do now when based on actual events. I don't necessarily agree with it...but it's there.

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Alan Schwartz, a longtime friend of the author, said many Holcomb residents didn't really grasp that Capote was not writing a purely factual account but was using the basis of facts to show what it was like to live in such a town and confront this crime.

"It is different than what they expected, but it is a work of art. It is not simply a matter of historical reporting.... I can imagine that a lot of people who were freaked out by what happened in the middle of Kansas never understood that," Schwartz said.

"The book stands on its own as a major work of American literature and a major description of how a small town dealt with an incredible, horrible tragedy," he said.

When Holcomb residents gathered recently to dedicate a memorial to the Clutters, a lingering bitterness against Capote's book intermingled with an unwavering sense of loss for their beloved neighbors.

"I wish the book had not been written. I didn't like the book — the little bit I read," said Shirley Clutter. Her father-in-law was Herbert Clutter's brother. The 80-year-old woman found that reading about the killings was too painful.