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'''Harry Powers''' (1892 - March 18th, 1932) was an infamous American criminal active in the 1920s through to his arrest and sentence to death in 1931. | '''Harry Powers''' (1892 - March 18th, 1932) was an infamous American criminal active in the 1920s through to his arrest and sentence to death in 1931. | ||
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When police searched his home, they found the crime scene in four rooms located under the garage. Bloody clothing, hair, a burned bankbook and a small bloody footprint of a child were discovered. Citizens of the town began to arrive at the scene to watch the unraveling of the crimes Powers had committed. Police began to dig up a freshly filled-in ditch found on Powers' property, and the bodies of Asta Eicher, her children and Dorothy Lemke were uncovered. | When police searched his home, they found the crime scene in four rooms located under the garage. Bloody clothing, hair, a burned bankbook and a small bloody footprint of a child were discovered. Citizens of the town began to arrive at the scene to watch the unraveling of the crimes Powers had committed. Police began to dig up a freshly filled-in ditch found on Powers' property, and the bodies of Asta Eicher, her children and Dorothy Lemke were uncovered. | ||
He was convicted on all accounts of the murders and hung on March 19, 1932. | He was convicted on all accounts of the murders and hung on March 19, 1932. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
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Powell shares many characteristics with Powers, they both get into relationships just to end up murdering and stealing the money of their partner. Powell also stocked his partner's children after murdering her, which was likely inspired by Powers taking Asta Eicher's children to Europe to ultimately murder them. | Powell shares many characteristics with Powers, they both get into relationships just to end up murdering and stealing the money of their partner. Powell also stocked his partner's children after murdering her, which was likely inspired by Powers taking Asta Eicher's children to Europe to ultimately murder them. | ||
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