The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 29, 1927, Page 1

NORTH DAKOTA'S ‘ _ OLDEST NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED 1873 Hickman Admits Killing Rose Hill Druggist Last December! BOY CONFESSES OTHER CRIMES 10 OFFICIALS Implicates Welby Hunt of Al- hambra in Drug Store Hold- up and. Murder WIDOW IDENTIFIES HIM — ‘Newest Confession Reveals Youth Was Leading Jekyl and Hyde Existence Los Angeles, Dec. 29.—(}—Con- fession to two murders, in addition to other crimes, today found Wil- liam Edward Hickman’ linked with Welby Hunt, Alhambra, Calif., youth, in the slaying of a druggist in a holdup a year ago. Hickman, 19 year-old “fox,” who admitted kidnaping and murdering Marian Parker, weakened before relentless questioning and late last night confessed he shot and killed Ivy Thoms, Rose Hill, Calif., drug- gist. Hunt, implicated by’ Hickman in the shooting of Thoms in December, last, was arrested and made a con- fession which cortoborated that of Hickman. Hunt denied, however, that it was he who fired the shot which killed Thoms as the youths attempted to rob his store. Woman Identifies Him Taken to Hickman’s cell for a look at the killer, Mrs, Thoms, wife of the slain druggist, glanced in his di- rection with a cry, “That's him!” and fainted. She was able to only partially identify Hunt. Digeing inta the Hunt’s family, police discovered that his grandfather, A. R. Bruick- ell, a merchant at Alhambra, Calif., supposedly had committed) - from the Pasadena bridge. The newest confession not. only reveals Hickman as a double mur- derer but also as leading a Jekyl and Hiei mere Hickman was cig ul employed as a messenger the Los Ai s First National Trust and: Savings -bank; of whieh: Perry M. Parker, father of Marian, is an officer. He worked at the bank about two "8, ending six Peper Pale . hes ere after ming involved in a forgery case. ' Hunt ‘also is believed to have been employed by the bank, and to i still on the payroll of the institu- ion. The record of Hickman’s outlawry shows he continued work at the bank for about six months after the drug store killing, and, on being caught in a forgery case, was given proba- tion for the latter offense. He was 18 years old in December, 1926. To Examine Suicide Note An alleged suicide note left by Hunt’s grandfather entered the new sangle of the case when police an- nounced it would be examined in an effort to determine whether it was real or forged. The elder Hunt had been rated as a man of some means’ and just before his death was said to have transferred a large sum of money to the bank where his son was employed. : Police declared Hickman’s latest confession was written by him in re- ~ turn for kindness bestowed upon ,him by jail officials here. Throughout yesterday was treated the same as‘any other prisoner. He was matter and was welfare. Occasionally one of the jail of- ficials would ask Hickman: “Hickman, have you ever killed else? **yhen he implicated Hunt, officers were sent out to bring the youth in. Holdup Man Also Wounded Newspaper files revealed that Thoms was shot when a police of- darsg the holdup and opened fire tay ire, The holdu 4 ered with Hickman ‘One of the holdup men to si ie) officer was seen fired and Where ‘We’ Will Go Next ~ STS This map. shows the ground—and watér—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and his Spirit of St. Louis will have covered when they reach St. Louis again. Now in Guatemala City after a flight from Mextco City, Lindy plans to fly through the Central American coustries, visit Panama and return in the states via Havana, where he will add lustre to the Pan-American good- will conference. . LINDY IS GUEST IN GUATEMALA CITY AFTER QUICK TRIP OVER MOUNTAINS HANDWRITING MAY BE CLUE TO KIDRAPER Sheriff Conducts Investigation of Attempt to Abduct Alice Holst Hardick Expected Flight to Take Nine Hours, But Made It in'Seven Hours and Five Minutes— President Chacon Welcomes --Him—Flight-Will Be Contin- ued. Tomorrow Guatemala City, Guatemala, Dec. 29.—(AP)-—The capital of the “Land of the Eagle” today entertained its adopted son, the’lone eagle, who! came here on a mission of good will. Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh com- leted the first and t leg of is Central American flight over a hazardous mountainous country in less ‘time than he had expected. The Spirit of St. Louis perfo1 magnificently on the trip of about 675 miles from Mexico City, Lind- bergh said. ven hours and five minutes after he left Mexico City he landed at Aurora Field here at 1:40 P- Mindbergh had estimated the flight din esti might take nine hours ahd the crowds were still wending their way toward the field when the cae ap- Stanley, N. D., Dee. 29.—(AP)— With two specimens of handwriting in his possession, through which he hopes to ascertain who wrote a let- ter to Mrs, Alice Catherine Holst Hardick last November, warning her to leave the country “or you'll get what you gave,” Sheriff S. A. War- ren today left Stanley to conduct a MON topetend utiemps’ to Lldsay and kill the woman. . (Fire and water). Welcomed As 2 Friend . temala accepted him as a friend and the city conferred upon ed him the title “adopted son of Guate- mala City.” When Lindbergh arrived, he re- ceived a message of felicitation from President idge and others ‘tbe president o! ministry of war of Salvador. said ‘as ho stepped from the plane. as he s' rom “Wonderf: what a joy,” he Telling interestingly of his travels | note, and he summer, northern are at oped some - pressions which he formed on vari: ous American tions as the result of his ent i i gis $F F 3 ga fs: I E I | i rf i | ree Ht Eg i | ; s i > ti : 1 it : HH gs fe §, f { nf 4 ae — ies eae ips 1 : lets ri i / THE BIS CK. TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1927 CHARGES AGAINST GOV. JOHNSTON DISMISSE! N.P. SCHEDULE TO BE CHANGED FIRST OF YEAR Greatest Change Is in Time of No. 4, Which Will Leave Here at 6:53 P. M. OTHER CHANGES SLIGHT, Business Houses Must Mail Letters Earlier to Get Them. Out on Evening Train oes Five slight changes in the time of Northern Pacific trains arriving and leaving Bismarck and Mandan have been announced as effective Sunday, Jan. 1, by T. P. Allen, local passenger and freight agent. The greatest change has been made in the time of No. 4, eastbound train to the Twin Cities. Hereafter it will arrive in Bismarck at 6:48 p. m. and leave at 6:53 p. m. Under the old schedule, it arrived at 7:27 p. m. and left at 7:32 p. m. There will be no change in the time of arrival in the Twin Cities of No. 4. It is due.in Minneapolis at 7:10 a, m. and in St. Paul at 7:40 a.‘m. Eastbound train No. 8 will arrive at 2:24 p. m, and leave at 2:30 p. m. under the new schedule. Heretofore it arrived at 2:29 p. m. and departed at 2:34 p. m. Longer Stop For No. 7 The only westbound train having a change of time is No. 7 which will arrive at 2:53 p. m. leav 02 p. m. This change allows minute longer stay in Bismarck, the train leaving at the same hour as formerly. Trains running into Mandan over the north and south branches will ar- rive earlier than under the old sched- ule. north branch train will ar- rive at 11:55 p. m. while the south branch train will be due at 12:15 p. m. Both trains will leave Mandan at the same time as formerly—3:10 p.m. Must Mail Letters Earlier Bismarck citizens must post thelr mail iid an hour earlier than hith- erto if they expect it to leave the city on No. 4 hereafter, according to Oliver Lundquist, local postmas- ter. Under the old schedule, pestoffice employes were compelled to race to get the day’s mail on No. 4 and the new time will make it impossible unless the mail is dropped in the post boxes before 4 p. m., Mr. Lund- quist stated. No guarantee that the mail will be sent out on No. 4-will be made hereafter unless such mail has been posted two hours before the time of train departure. After 4 p. m. the mail will have to be held until the next train east in the morning, said Mr. Lundquist. : “Banks and business houses have been in the habit of allowing their mail to a¢cumulate throughout the day with the result that the pestof- fice facilities have beerr taxed to ca- barber,| pacity in the distribution for the eastbound evening train,” Mr, Lund- quist said. “This mail can be handled before ‘id "7 the early mail. i Passengers ing in Bismarck over the north branch of the Soo line for connection with eastbound N. P. trains will have to remain in Bismarck all night hereafter, be- cause of the new time change. - 2 /SIX OHIO STEEL CONCERNS JOIN Empire Steel Corporation, Just Formed, Has Assets of $20,000,000 MAN LAUGHS A se HICK FTER CONFESSING MURDER | ene ee - . With a defiant laugh on his mouth, which was somewhat belied by the expression of his eyes, Edward Hickman returned from Pendleton, Ore., to Los Angeles with the confession that he had kidnaped and mur- dered Marian Parker. This photograph, taken as his train reached San Francisco, shows him vith Dis- trict Attorney Asa Keyes of Los Ange'es, who hopes to send him to the gailows for the crime. Chances That Mrs. Grayson and * 3 Companions Survive Doubtful Hundreds of Small Coves and Inlets Along Coasts of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland Offer Only Possibility That Flyers Are Still Alive Washington, Dec. 29.—(AP) —Having virtually abandoned hope for the missing Grayson plane, The Dawn, the destroyers searching northern waters for her expect to abandon the quest } after today.» New York, Dec. 29.—/)—Hun- dreds of little coves and inlets along the coasts of Nova Scotia and New- foundland were , believed. today to offer the only possibility that Mrs. Frances Wilson Grayson and her three companions in the Dawn still survived. , Five destroyers, which yesterday combed 4,500 square miles south o: Sable Island, today separated to cover a new area to the south and to patrol the north side of the island from east to west. Commander R. R. Stewart, direct- ing the destroyers, believed that to- day’s search would eliminate the last of the area from which might have been sent the radio call which the wireless station on Sable Island heard Saturday night, signed with the Dawn’s call. Thea Rasche Still Plans Flight The possible tragic fate of Mrs. Grayson and her crew — Oskar Omdal, pilot; Brice Goldsborough, navigator, and Fred Koehler, motor expert—has not dissauded Thea Rasche, German aviatrix, from at- tempting a transatlantic flight next spring. a Miss Rasche said that she had/jth: wanted to go with Mrs. Grayson, as |be o-pilot, but was not given the op- portunity. She said she would un- dertake the flight herself, however, perhaps with another woman as co- pilot, but with men as navigator and mechanic. . Faint Hoge Remains Additional reports from persons who are certain they heard an air- plane Saturday night and Sunday not far from. | foundland, brought faint hope to the searchers for the Dawn. Mrs. Grayson was bound for Harbor Grace when she left Roosevelt Field Friday evening. From there she inten to hop off for Croydon, England, with the first favorable r. Lieutenant Commander Charles A. Rosendahl of the Los Angeles ex- se pressed the opinion there is virtually no hope, and that if the plane was Mowe d down on the water at night, unced | it sank immediately. RADIO OF RRATOR TELLS ~ OF TALK! WITH ‘DAWN’ Bosteas: Rey 29.—(AP)—The last radio communication Harbor Grace, New- | °°! FARMERS OF NATION | ; Soil Conservation Urged as Major Step in Any Funda- mental System of Food Con- trol by Representative of Federal Bureau of - Chemis- . try.and Soils” — Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 29.—(AP)— Farmers of the, nation suffer a tan- from their fields and pastures by the federal bureau. of . chemistry and soils. This represents about 1-10 of f| total wastage some of which oc- currs in non-productive territory. Urging soil conservation as a ma- jor step in any fundamental system of flood control, Mr. Bennett in- formed geographers and geologists attending the ‘convention of the American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science that the coun- try’s increasing population a few generations hence might feel “very acutely” the evil effects of erosion, “this scourge of the land now large- ly restrained.” The replacement: value of potash, phosphorus and nitrogen in soil wasted by soil washing exceeds $2,- 000,000,000 cach year throughout the country, the speaker asserted. “In this connection,” he continued, “it must be considered that not only the plant food ‘is removed by rain wash, but the soil as well. The soil is washed ‘out ‘of fields cannot itored, except by those e¢x- ceedingly slow natural’ processes of soil building that require in many instances undeiermined centuries to develop a comparatively thin layer of soil.- It would: be entirely imprac- ticable to replace‘even a small part of the eroded matter; such as might be recoverable from stranded ma- terial not yet swept into the rivers. “Another considerable part of the sional debris goes to clog stream channels, to cover up fertile atluvium with comparatively infertile sand and other coarse materials assurted from flood water and to,cause pro- ductive stream bottoms to become mere, swampy and much less valu- al Mr. Bennett suggested terracing of ficds and the growi of trees, shrubs and grasses on. idle lands and areas too steep for cultivation and on soils highly susceptible to washing as “the most important steps that | can be taken as a supplementary means of flood prevention.” Few sections of the countr; gible yearly loss. of $200,000,000| through the removal of plant food; process-of erosion, scientists were! itold today by H. .H. Bennett of the) SUFFER YEARLY LOSS OF $200,000,000 BY EROSION KIDNAPER OF ~ OAKLAND GIRL BEING SOUGHT 111 - year-old Evelyn Smith Found at Redlands—Paroled Convict Accused San Bernardino, Calif., Dec. 29. —#)—With 11-year-old’ Evelyn! | Smith of Oakland, the victim of | California’s second kidnaping’ with- hands of county officers here today, a search was under way for her’ accused abductor, Ernest Arthur (“Robert”) McClelland, a paroled convict. The discovery of the girl at the home of Mrs. Emma J. Spense at Redlands, near here, last night, re- vealed that she had been there since Monday night throughout the time when the search for her and her kidnaper was most intense. The girl’s story told of an auto- mobile trip south from Oakland be- ginning on the afternoon of Christ- mas day when McClelland obtained permission of her parents for her accompany him to Pasadena. He id his “wealthy” mother at Pasa- dena would adopt her. Evelyn told the Redlands police that McClelland attempted to as- ult her Sunday night when they spans the night in his car in an op- en field near Bakers F Mc- Clelland’s mother and his wife, who also lives at Pasadena, both denied having any krowledge of his where- about: is mother, however, told authorities he disappeared with a 12-year-old girl of Parker, Ariz., several years ago, under circum- stances similar to those in: this case, IN. P. Announces _ Reduced Rates For Four Conventions Reduced rates of a fare and one- half for the round trip were announc- ed today by the Northern Pacific railroad for several conventions to be held during thé coming months. Persons coming to Bismarck for the county commissioners’ conven- tion on January 17, 18 and 19, may take advantage of-the rates. Going dates of sale will be January 13 to 19, with the return limit set as he |January 23, The reduced rate will.also be in river |effect for the convention of imple- the | to 20, the convention of the Elevator ment dealers at Fargo, January 18 Farmers’ WI i i i; oe nt jin, the last two weeks, safe in the]. MPRACHMENT OF EXECUTIVE IS VOTED DOWN Senate Decides House Had No Authority to Meet and Bring Charges MOTION CARRIES, 22-16 Senators Meet in Downtown Hotel After Troops Keep Them From Capitol ighcieien City, rye! Dec, 29. -Impeachment chai against Governor Henry 8. Johnston ad two dismissed . Oklahoma, other state officials weré of the y a vote of 22 to 16 the senate peed a motion by Senator Guy L. Andrews of McAlester, holding. that the house of representatives had no authority to convene itself and bring the charges, No adjournment voto was taken. The senators immediately left thé meeting, which was held in a downe town hotel. “ee feb gd at an End x . Tom Kight, house leader, who has fought for several months to bring cha: opel i e state supreme cot and Presi- dent Harry Cordell ar the state board of agriculture, said the senate vote meant efforts to convene the legislature against the decisions of state courts and the resistence of the governor were at an end, Mr. Kight intimated there be no attempt to hold the house members in Oklahoma City. “I fought for what I was convinced was right,” Kight said, “There isno sore spot in my heart over this at- tion. have nothing to say abou} my future plans but, when I can take time to think a little, I will prepare a statement which I will have ready late today.” say. . - SENATOR SMITH SOUGHT TO SUSPEND GOVERNOR Oklahoma City, Okla., Dec. 29.— Wi—An, order suspending. Go cided, and placing Lieutenant. Gov. Wy J. Holloway in the chair, ‘was presented to the purported sen- ate impeachment session today by Senator Lester Smith. Presentation of the.order hrought to a climax the discussion as to whether the charges voted against the governor by a self-convened session of the house of representa- tives had been presented to the sen- in a legal manner. : hirty-six senators’ were present when the meeting was called to or- der in a hotel room. senators. yesterday were dispersed by nation- al guardsmen, acting under Governor Johnston’s orders, when they at- tempted to meet at the capitol and decided to hold further sessions at the hotel. s ‘As soon as Qhe Smith order, signed by Senator Mac Q. Williamson, pre- siding officer of the court, was of- sia Sensinr Gay Ancien of Mc- lester began a lengthy argument that the charges before the court were from an illegally convened house and that therefore the court could not suspend the governor, —_{ — i LEGISLATURE TURNS 4 TO SECRET SESSIONS | Oklahoma City, Okla., Dec. 29.—> (?)\—Threatened with by county authorities, ‘by the national guard, the salf-conr vened Oklahoma legislature today turned to secret iment an self aenlanaien senate court of impeachment apparently re- signed itself to nacio touitas aft- er national men refused to permit use of the capitol chambers yesterday. The senators were in+ formed that Governor Henry S. Johnston had instructed the sheriff to enforce a temporary. forbidding them to assemble to hear charges against himself and two other state officials. % Use of Force Threatencd Refusing to retire from chamber until @ thorough test hed been made, the senators the sete cnet eel ot asa be tae, Socoanary to dis- perse them either at the capitol-or other ‘place: "“Traveling in @ fleet of taxi pater fh to the