The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 24, 1927, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1873 HICKMAN POLICE DOUBT. STORY THAT HE HAD PARTNER Three ‘Cramers’ Cleared of Suspicion—Two Have Been in Jail Since August OTHER CLUES FOLLOWED ‘Andrew Cramer’ and ‘June Dunning’ Reported in San Diego and Phoenix Los Angeles, Dec. 24.—()—The Los Angeles search for the elusive “Andrew Cramer,” named by Wil- liam itdward Hickman, confessed kidnaper and accused slayer of Marian Parker, as the actual mur- derer of the school girl,.togk a new start today. : The police, announced ‘that: three “Cramers” who had been investigat- ed had been cleared of suspicion, Two of them, Andrew Oliver Cr: mer, also known as Kramer, and his brother, Frank Cramer, have been risoners in the county jail since last August. A third ther, Al- bert Cramer, has been’ working for his father in Lankershim, the po- lice said. q The police foresaw the collapse of this investigation’as added founda- tion for their contention that the implication of Cramer and & “June Dunning,” in the confession was the ‘phrusible 5 work of a“ liar.” No June sar Found The pursuit of the June Dunning named by Hickman ran up against what the police declared a blank wall-when Frank. Cramer told them that a Rose Dunning, mentioned by his brother, was Frank's wife and that: he had never heard of a June Dunning. , His wife, he said, had a sister, Mabel Dunning, but that s! died nine months ago. .. The Andrew Cramer in jail, when shown Hickman’s photograph, said he had a vague recollection of knowing him and, when pressed for te time, declared it was about last june, The police, however, wha have maintained the belief if was alone in the ki ing and slaying, as yet have failed to ob- tain a satisfactory answer to tl puzzling quantity of clues and tes! mony of witnesses tending to sh that Hickman had the aid of asso- ciates, Problem Is Unsolved They have not been able to solve the problem of how the :-youthful “fox” brought into the case she - pite the iggn clad alibi of his j >. Considered as perhaps one of the most significant points of possible supporting evidence of Hickman’s story of an accomplice was the re- port last night that a stranger answering the description of drew Cramer” called at the Herald hotel in San Francisco the night aft- er Hickman had left northern flight. The, stranger asked for the “man (Continued on page two) ‘Temperature at 7 a. m. Highest yesterday . ermine Highest cod velocity oe IER FORECAST Fey Bismarck ont eee Slichtly colder Se ee tonight snd Sunday. sf er tonight central portion and not} so cold extreme west portion. Mu -\The pressure is high - from Plaine Bates eastwent/ Fe eer ce coast. © occurred in ‘the Pa Siewbare tne eee fair. Temperatures are man | “An-! "=| SOLDIERS, INDIAN GIRLS, INMATES the govern marck, and penitenti and the state training school, ‘will not go hungry on Christ- mas, @ survey these various places reveals. wish he were “in the army now” ov. the holiday season, at J Planned at Indian School, THE BISMAR “He has come. Praise be to the Highest. Hallelujah, Hallelujah! Proverbs The calendar again tells us that Christmas has come. The glad tidings of the season mingle into reverie. Ope tninks of that Christmas Day 2000 years ago, when a new Messiah—tue Christ—came to enlighten the world.’ The Babe in the Manger gave all people a finer significance of living—a truer conception of religion and sterling virtues of respect. Thus will all peoples ~' celebrate Christmas Day—with joy and happiness in their hearts, with peace and thanksgiving to Him that shines His blessing to all of us, ¢ We, in our humble way, express our Fellowship of Mankind, to abiding contentment that blessings of *->"*h, wealth and proz- perity be allotted to all of us. MAY WE SAY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND * (There will “be mo. issue of the ‘Tribune on Monday, which is a legal holiday and: which’ will be generally observed ag‘such in Bismarck.) OF STATE INSTITUTIONS WILL LIVE HIGH XMAS DAY-PROGRAMS PLANNE MRS. LYTLE HAS CHANCE Sergeants at Army Post Vie With Each Other to Pro- vide Most Elaborate Christ- mas Menus — Big Dinners: Penitentiary and School : Training, Tel:s Physicians Altercation Over Visit of Her Daugh- ter Caused Attack fo cole fgg i ace ngegs rome ee : at|Mrs. J. W. re man A over Visit 0! id paar Lytle home for Christmas was Foxt-Lincoln, girls at ‘{ndian\chool at Bis- the state Soldiers Many er when he | the basis for the attack upon her by reads what the soldiers at Fort Lin-|her husband. there in ‘his| ¢ coln will find on their banquet hristmas day, tables | . Upon evan lous occasions, three |, Lytle Pps to have gone att Persons at Mess Sergeant Frank Coleman and ‘k and attac! Cooks Obit T. Brown and Arthur B.|whom he became infuriated. He is Moore have prepared n tT ee pe ree conn Rar ae er Weather R "eae gare 4 : I a Pe key, oyster cranberry sauce, Slightly cold-' Pa barracks will apelin, cream tomato soup, ter roast turkey, WEATHER CONDITIONS ~“|dressing, beked : the following|said to have been under a peace bond when he at _ wi tacked his st celery, roast tur- gc grey | a _ HAPPY NEW. YEAR + OF RECOVERY — ONE KILLED AND 9 WOUNDED IN BANK ROBBERY ‘Santa Claus’ Bandit and Four Others Rob Bank at Cisco, Texas, Friday FOUR ROBBERS ESCAPE (Chief of Police Killed—One Bandit Wounded, Besides Several Bystanders ‘Cisco, Texas, Dec, 24.—(AP)—Gun play resulting from an unsuccessful attempt of a bandit dressed as Santa Claus to lead four companions in the robbery of the First National Bank here caused the death of one officer and teft at least nine persons wounded. The “Santa Claus” bandit con- fronted Alex Spears, cashier, short- ly after noon yesterday with a pistol and orders “to reach for some sky.” As Spears complied four more robbers lined up bank officials and customers and began scooping up all the cash in sight., A ‘woman escaped from a side door‘and called police. When" officers appeared in the street, the bandits took their loot and, using two men as a shield, ran toward two automobiles. Use Children as Shields esl ies reached the Miaelan? PEACEFUL G00D WILL INCREASES AMONG NATIONS Sir Eric Drummond, Secretary General of Nations League, Says So Geneva, Dec. 24.—(AP)—Peaceful goodwill among nations is on the increase, says Sir Eric Drummond, secretary-general of the League o% Nations, in a Christmas message written especially for the Associated ess. The message: “We in Geneva ask ourselves wari- ous questions: Is ‘here any progress since Christmas, 1926? Does more goodwill exist among the nations? Is peace more secure? “Happily the answer to all these questions is yes, and we therefore know that the League of Nations has fulfilled its great primary aim. “There is throughout the world a general increase in the number of men of goodwill. The council ani Jassembly of the league#now com- prise the responsible representatives of nations which less than a decade ago wer engaged in the fiercest warfare the world has ever experi- enced. These men meet at fixed tervals to take counsel together as to the manner in which internation- al cooperation can best be promoted and international peace achieved. “The history of the League of Na- thttons since December 25, 1926, is nothing more and nothing less than an endeavor to effect, internatiou- ally, peace and goodwill. “Does not Article 11 of the cove- nant, by which any nation has the .| Tight as a friend to bring before the i : 3 R z physicians i z é a: F = i i! if > d : 1 Eis : sliced F i i 5a t f E rE i f : sFide E i ‘= i i if i i i league, with a view to peaceful set- tlement, any circumstances which affect good understanding betwee: fatio: pon which peace depends, express the essence of the spirit uf Christmas?” Flurry Is Caused by Lost Plane’ Report Florida, had > ‘K TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, ‘1927 Tne Weather Partly cloudy tonight and Sun- day. Slightly colder tonight. PRICE FIVE CE) MAINTAINS ACCOMPLICE KILLED GIRL Christmas greetings from President Coolidge! This message from the white house, written by the hand of the chief executive, wishes a happy Christmas to the American people, and is a little different from the usual Christmas car ish peace and°good The greeting is: “Christmas is not a time or a season, but a state of mind. To cher- ill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. If we think on these things, there will be born in us a Savior and over us will shine a star sending its gleam of hope to SALVAGE WORK ON SUBMARINE COMES TO HALT Gales and Rough Seas Make It Impossible For Divers to Continue Work - Provincetown, Mass., Dec. 24.44) —With one tunnel completed under the sunken submarine S-4 and work started on a second, operations were at a halt today because of gales and Tough seas. The completed tunnel was about 19 feet aft of the bow. A four-inch manila cable was passed under and looped. +The same procedure will be followed when the second open- ing is forced through the mud, 46 feet from the bow. Then stout ba’ ness to attach to lifting pontoons, The initial burrowing operations were not accomplisked without con- siderable hazard to the 10 divers pployed in the work. strong northwest wind which swept inst the portside of the Falcon, flagship of the fleet of 20 vessels on the scene and headquar- ters of Rear Admiral Frank H. Brumby, commanding the ° ope tions, added to a Aanies, event com} work to cease. The wind loosened the Falcon’s lines to moering. buoys and caused the anchors to drag in the soft mud 80 she could, no Jonger maintain her position over the sunken submer- ter | sible. t | the World.” 5 Monday Is Holiday Business will be at a standstill Monday, which will be observed in Bismarck as a legal holiday for Christmas day, which this year falls on Sunday. All stores will be closed, as will banks, the library, and city, county and state offices. Housewives are warned to lay in a supply of groceries and meats tonight to tide them over until Tuesday, as groceries will be closed all day Monday. There will be no Sunday de- livery of ordinary mail, Post- master O. Lundquist announces, but there will be both city and rural delivery on - Monday. Holiday schedules will be in force Monday at the postoffice, with the general delivery win- dow open from 11 a, m. to noon only. Incoming mail will be distributed and outgoing mail dispatched as usual, however. here will be no issue of the Tribune Monday. GOPHER STATE SOLON 1S HELD FOR ROBBERY P. J. Long of Brainerd Charged With Being an ‘Accessory After the Fact’ j Biainerd, Minn., Dec. 24.—(7)—| 5, MRS. GRAYSON'S PLANE IS LOST DURING NIGHT Woman Who Started For Har- bor Grace Yesterday Re- mains Unheard From Boston, Dec. 24,—(AP)—The Dawn, Mrs. Frances Wilson Gray- son’s amphibian plane which left Roosevelt Field, New York, at 5:07 p. m. yesterday for Harbor Grace, New Foundland, was not heard from during the night or early today. The last authentic report up to 9 a. m. today was that the plane had passed over the French Cable Telegraph company’s station at Or- leans, Mass., on Cape Cod, at 7:25 » Mm. > Radio stations along the New England coast and in NovaScotia and Newfoundland kept sharp, watch for signals from the Dawn’s wireless apparatus but heard nothing. The weather was clear over the entire course, with a brisk northwest wind along the New England shore. In Boston it was the coldest morn- ing of the winter. Apgerently, it was warmer in Newfoundland, as an early morning dispatch from Harbor Grace said that it was “not freezing,” and that the wind was very lig! The plane had been expected to a rive at Harbor Grace soon after sun- tise, STARTED FLIGHT AGAINST ~ WEATHER BUREAU’S ADVICE New York, Dec. 24.—(AP)—! W. Grayson,. wh BOY KIDNAPER IS CHANGING Reiterates Again and Again That He Abducted Girl, But Did Not Murder Her STICKS TO CRAMER STORY, News That Cramer Has Beed, in Jail Since August Does Not Affect Him Pendleton, (®)—Told point lice had evidence he had ment in Las Angolesy Wi me in Edward Hickman, Shree hoe I did not do Pendleton, Oregon, Dec. 24.—(7)—+. The turning of the tide in the crim- inat career of William Edward Hickman began to take effect today on the kidnaper of little Marian vane he foush in his cell for peac 8 fought cell for peace. of mind by audibly reitera' again and again that he Shdocted but did not murder the 12-year-old = ter of Pe M. Parker, Los Angeles t he, lost. the appear- ance. of bravado had support< ed him through his capture’ near here Thursday and the ensuing or- deal in which he confessed his par- ticipation in one of the most re- markable ctimes in the history of the west. Dark Eyes Lose Lustre The torture of the role of an evil genius whose hay all but cast him beyond the realm of sympatey, began to show when his dark eyes lost their lustre, He issued a statement the young men of America to straight.” He whined as sured himself aloud that he kill the girl he kidnaped. tried to assure himself that he “decent”—that he did not dissipate—that he did not with women. The change in his after he had braved the vice fed eae ad gathe! at in hope of seeing him were allowed to file past his cell and peer tween the bars. More questions at him by pletely solve the crime of is accused, ig act Upon the head of Andrew er, his alleged accom; » continued to lay for the murder and mutilation the little 12-year-old the story he told upon his capture, and that is the story he when informed that the man he said was Cramer had been a Los Angeles jail since August, Hesitates But an Instant Only the briefest instant did Hickman hesitate when confronted (Continued on page tro) HS "18 Divers Have Misha) Fances ~ who Three of the 10 divers thet with| P+ J+ Long, member of the Minne-|o¢f in her amphibian’ plane mishaps before the squed was called | Bota. legislature from this district| Dawn,” for Newfoundland yesterday before the sq duty last night. Frank Crilley| for the last five terms, today was|and failed to arrive at 7 a. m. iS an “ with Seesivian 'as Panerien undertook iy soatree: ape Wows, to. tbe kaxtave whee wh) aerested, charged H the, RlghEl plane was valve in his diving suit opened | stolen money and being an accessory against the advice of the weat sree | fContinued on page (woh | (Cantinued on pron tre) | (Contirue' or ge two! a low the seuteast normal in except in South Dakota over the extreme West where warm-|¢ ig Onis w. ROBERTS, & i '