C. Lauer Ward House (Lincoln, Nebraska)

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C. Lauer Ward was the 48-year-old president of the Capital Steel Works, one of Lincoln's richest and most influential citizens. Nestling snugly near the heart of Lincoln's most exclusive and expensive residential area--the southeast side--was Ward's handsome, French Provincial house. He lived there with a housekeeper named Lillian and his wife, Clara, both of whom were marched to the 2nd floor by Charles Starkweather, bound, gagged, and then stabbed to death, while C. Lauer was downtown in conference with Victor Anderson, the governor of Nebraska. And Charley was still there to greet Ward when he arrived home that evening, instead of the housekeeper. C. Lauer Ward didn't even have the chance to take his coat off.