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,1!\/Gein Ruled SaneCourt Action SetWAITOMA « \P - Kd Gein,, committed to a mental institu-d-.', tion 10 years ago after the grisly ’ discovery of mutilated bodies in his home, has been declared ,0 mentally competent to stand trial, Waushara Countv officialsnsaid Tuesday.H Dist. Attv. Howard DuteherVsa d he was told by Circuit r,‘ Judge Robert Gollmar that word ?r' was received from Central State Hospital at Waupun. Duteher *n said a court hearing is scheduled Monday.•; Gein, now 61. was charged 1 with murdering Bernice Worden of Plainfield in 1957. While ll- searching for the missing wom-!r. an, authorities had inquired at r- the ramshackle, rural home where Gein lived alone for sevlz. eral years.1 The search led to the discov n-iery in the dwelling of portions of n, bodies of 14, and possibly 15, women, most of them having been dug from graves.Gein was charged with the6.Menomonie Fire Callp.MENOMONIE (Special) Cityfire fighters were called M o n day at 4:20 p.m. to the Donald Dahl residence. 120 16th A v e West, when a cord reportedly shorted on a clothes d r v e r. j Slight damage was reported and lt;i they returned to the station at I 14:35 p.m.r.udeath of Mrs. Worden. He was taken to the Waupun institution Jan. 6. 1958, before a murder trial could begin.Mrs Worden had disappeared from her Plainfield hardware store shortly after Gein had been there. Sheriff Art Schley, inquiring at Gein’s dwelling, found the woman’s nude, de capitated body hanging from the heels.The subsequent discovery of nine skulls, many of them wrapped in plastic bags, indicated bodies of more than a dozen women had been removed during a period of several years■from graves in the cemetery where Gein s family had been buried.(.Join lived alone for about 12 years after the death of hismother.He was accused of having slain Mrs. Worden and one other woman. Mary Hogan, a tavern operator.IOfficials at the Waupun institution reported last November that Gein’s health was good, that he worked daily in the hospital's occupational therapy di vision, and that he was in charge of the hospital s lapidary section cutting and cleaning of stones.4«fIhMe seems content to live day by day. a hospital official had ivported. ‘‘We've never had the least bn of trouble with him. 'f.I
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Eau Claire Leader
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, US
Wed, Jan 17, 1968
Page 17
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