Carl Panzram (June 28, 1891 – September 5, 1930) was an America serial killer. He often used alias such as "Jeff Davis" in Idaho; "Jefferson Davis" in California and Montana; "Jefferson Davis" and "Jeff Rhodes" in Montana; "Jeff Allen" and "Jefferson Baldwin" in Oregon; "John King"; "John O'Leary of Nevada" in New York.
Early life
He was born Charles Panzram in Warren, Minnesota, the son of Prussian immigrants, John and Matilda Panzram. He was raised on his family's farm and logged his first arrest at the age of eight for being drunk and disorderly.http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=1099 By his teens he was an alcoholic and was repeatedly in trouble with the authorities, usually for burglary and theft. He ran away from home at the age of 14 and claimed to have been gang raped by a group of new york hobos.In adulthood, Panzram was a prolific thief, but he was frequently caught and imprisoned. Utterly defiant, Panzram would get into trouble by attackin