Clifford Mutum

In the winter of 1972, a retired foundry worker named Clifford Mutum, a 62-year-old male, lived a quiet life in Davenport, Iowa. On a January night, he left his home to go to the nearby Shamrock Tavern for a beer for himself and a soda for his wife. This simple errand, however, ended in a tragedy that would haunt his family and the community for years to come. That evening, a group of young men from Rock Island, Illinois, crossed the Mississippi River with robbery on their minds. Three of them w ...

Jan 20, 1972, page 1 - The Dispatch at Newspapers.com - Newspapers.com

Clifford H. Mutum