Augusta v. Jensen

On the evening of April 3, 1947, Leonard and Mike Jensen and Howard Swenson met in the Trapeze bar in Omaha. The young men, all in their early twenties, had dates with three girls of about their own ages. Leonard.had a date with Betty Ann- Augusta, Mike had a date with Betty Ann’s sister Camille, and Howard had a date with Mary Peck. The young men had one whisky highball apiece in the Trapeze bar and they then bought a pint of whisky and left in a car for the girls’ apartment. The car was owned by Martin Jensen, the father of Leonard and Mike, and driven by Leonard. Upon arrival at the girls’…