The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 14, 1928, Page 8

DIE FOR CRIME . - haberd wrapped iited 22 Is Sentenced to Hang for| December Slayit of Little bar EHOMION Marian Parker ’\,y\”x( One.) him con the und took nroute he rrom T of (Continuen wrrible details hour, telling Mrs. Mary Holt teacher, that he had come for the 4 P Pa 1. He declared the i r, Perry Parker, as-!under n new gigtant bank had met! california, with a ser Marian | The jury found him was permitted to accompany the po kidnapped the girl man. Two Oe . SIAM [ hion e T URASEE: hot Pasadena, the otl Alham Perhaniineni, o the dast -cha bra, suburb re received by|ter was written today w Parker. T gned “Qeorge ! was ‘sentenced to hang ¥ox,” and Parkdt LR do nothing until further orders GUUD TflURlsT death to Marian and ordered Par- E . ker to obtain $1,500 in gold Treasury A second letter| Alaska Steam hi() Cot- contained a pitiful appes i pany Antici Ipalcs Record parently written by N i might the kidnapper telephoned S(‘fls()ll, Says N()\\ E‘Al the father, instructing him to| proceed to a repdezvous with the | i rapsom. Parker complied, but| oo, T police were spread out in the vicinity and the kidnapper failed to appear 1 entered placed on trial law of the on a sanity State of S accident hier, charge ane and ous when from y were instructad to December nsom was de manded in the first letter receiv ed by the. father. It was signed Fox;" contained threats of notes ap- rian. At three amer sailing led up, and reserv n rapidly, the Alus Company offici wticipate largest tour son in years, Willis E ocal agent, who recently re ‘rom Seattle, All indications are that the ourist season will be a re yreaker. Not only have tours sigried up to visi ory, Mr. Nowell said, aational cony weld in Sea [ coming hip the tion Steam December 17—A third ransom fetter was received by Parker. It ¢ontained another appeal Marian. The kidnapper again threatened death to the or “the father's insistence the police halted their attempt to catch the abductor. At 7:15 o'clock that might the kidnapper telephoned Parker to meet him not far from the Parker home, with $1,500 in 20 bills. Parker took the money @and drove to the designated place. With the lower part of Mig face masked the kidnapper drove alongside Parker’s parked Motor car. He saw his daughter in the abductor’s motor car and ‘was told the girl was “asleep.” arker handed over the $1,500 " The abductor then drove a block | and put the bundled girl at the seurbing. Parker rushed to the ‘#pot and found the (llqmemhere(l body. e . December 18 — Newspaper- .mrupm‘d packages containing the Tnissing parts of the body were ‘found in Elysian Park by a | strolter. " A mark on a towel found with “ithe body led police to raid an “apartment house. They found a young man known as Donald Fvang, but later identified as Hiekman, in bed. He made no ‘yesistance when four of the offi- _cers searched his room, and hlandly declared he hoped they 'Wm.m catch the kidnapper. After “the raid Hickman vanished. ¥ . sald t from numerou he T but sev itions are to thi summer include in Alaska sailing of the Ali-| iy some of the:r tinerary, a trip to On one July meda, which is sold out be one hundred or more of Spokane making a special tvip to Southeastern Alaska Sailings for the tourist on the Southwestern Alaska will begin May 26 with the sail ing of the steamer Yukon and that steamer, with the Alaska ani the Aleutian will continue on that run until the western season ent! with a sailing on August 25 Tourist sailings on the South ‘| eastern Alaska route will begin on June 5, with the Alameda and the Northwestern doing duty. Th final sailing from Seattle on this| run will be on September 4. | Few cannery crews have signed | up as yet, Mr. Nowell cause of the propesed great mers-| er of Alaska canneries. Althouzn it is generally thought *in the States that the combination will not go through, he asserted, ther: I is a possibility that it will it such a merger were magde, th:| canneries would expect special rates from the steamship com panies in the event they did not ol run their own special boats for £ December 19—Rewards for the} pringing cannery crews up. I Seapture of the ‘slayer, dead or} Ty, Goamer Northwestern, | .n“"" Tyaghen this ‘1”" 990 Tagem which ran on the rocks December | L ' 11, is now in the Todd D Dock Police announe-|in Seattle, undergoing repairs and | 'mntefiielbmrl2(i)<r-uliliml definitely | renovation, and will be ready to| the fiend by finger prints as Wil-| be turned over to the Ala Jiam Edward Hickman, former|Steamship Company in the at the bank of which |part of April, Mr. Parker is an officer. The officers revisited the apartment house e pnfl found blood stains and torn Cmewspapers which previously had " been overlooked. It was devel- soped that Hickman had been ar “yested for forgery of checks; that Shis petition for probation had “Ebeen opposed by Parker, and that “the banker had refused to take ~thim back on the job. . Hickman was found to have “been a brilliant student in high “ischool, a former Sunday School student at Kansas City, Mo. The fautomobile which the abductor used had been stolen from Dr. “ Herbert 1. Mantz Kansas City. lian fly north pe newsho stati Ui for this, expeditic Eielson, from Al Wilkins sponsore financia and by A woc We h: School in December 21 — Two ere found who had seen Hick- an and another man leaving he Los Am.eh"- apartment about persons ADMISSION We Point With Pride and Hea Alaska, To our installation of Plumbing in the new orphanage at Haines, was one of the largest jobs of Alaska, We did not figure how cheap we could do this job but HOW GOOD. A Plumbing Job, Heating Plant or Burner no better than the man installs it. GEO. B. RICE Plumbing Oil Burners “I tell yon in advance what job will cost” W ILKT aviat a wooden searches for sites for meteorologi: The plane Yukon, in port this afternoon. pany Wi are expected Yukon bound for Seward. Captain tional Geographi FLASHLIGHTS presented by The Juneau Parochial MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT BETWEEN AC the year in Heating THE DAILY ALASKA EMP!RE, TUESDAY, FEB. 14, 1928. S TO FLY IN WOODEN PLANE 0) I<R POLE ON SLIE]\ III* IC (]UEQT; e A th | — Nom i . m,m:g, A | two weeks in Anchorage and w:ll i irbanks will hold classes in fi rescue for; the mining men who are o in mining nltural and others inter- hen m ar In a monoplane made entirely of wood (above) Capt. George H. Wilkins (lert) will renew soon his aerial exploration of the Arctic, seeking sites for meteorolcgical stations, The map shows Fairbanks and Pt. Barrow, which will be his bases, and Spita- bergen, whither he will fly when his season of exploration is ended. On it are traced previous aerial voyages of polar exploration by Bvxd and Am\m‘lsen Captain - Wilkins for his latest| quest because he believes it wil be less affected by ice, and hencs The Virange:: Commercial Club |4V ecently elected the memhbers ¢ its Board of Dir ELECTS DIRECTORS i | following as George ral = £/ Pou the s E enroute CLASSES IN FIRST AID BE HELD JUNEAU . Miller, Miner, Return in March —Now Going to West it was George ith the U. S. dmiral e return of B, Mine Washington, Mr. Miller steamer to nchorage, his He go to F ine 1d prospectors. the short cour laska Agri hool of Mines, ested. Miller will in The T.et us take care of your ban- cake baking. tet or first * will be held in announced Miller, Bureau of Mines, who arrived here on the steamar Rogers work of his office in Alaska. Def- | inite arrangements for the classes | to be held will be completed afcer to Inspector, 0., 48 is leaving tonight on Yukon headqua g i - L H expects to spend - - - Alaska Railroad bell before returning to > * DAYS OF '98 WILL BE REVIVED HERE BY PIONEER IGLOO Bringing back the days of ‘95 when gambling halls were running wide open, with the roofs off, Pioneers. of Alaska Frid and Saturday, March 9 aud 10. a big entertainment including dancing, gambling and other forms | of entertainment to provide thrill iing will be high with shell game, three cava monte, poker, pan, blackjack, low ball, chuck-luk, faro, roulette gambling of all kinds, the commii- tee in charge promises. On both evenings there will na Those who are handling ments are James Morgan Shepard and L. Van Lehn B 1927 WAS A FAIR YEAR FOR THIEVES IN NEW YORK CITY NEW Police has made YORK, Feb. 14 Commissioner Warren public statistics of the aggregate losses suffer- ed in New York City in’ 1927 by vietims of assault and robbery, grand larceny and burglary, and of auto- mobile thefts when the in- ive dividual loss was $1,000 or more R datve There were thirty-six cases Juneau in| | Of assault and robbery where | | today $100 or more 18 stolen miner | | Total loss, $313,673.50 There were $100 or more totaling §$9: There were ceny . cases more. Total There were biles valued more the will give on Foreman ald foreman : ; osses o for burglary, 151.44 285 grand lar- i g FLV00 gy ATTENTION EASTERN STARS loss, $761,867 | Regular bu:‘ness meeting Ju- 1,444 automo- | neau Chapter No. 7, 0. E. S. at at §1,000 or | |8 o'clock Tuesday evening, Feh- Total loss, $6,- 14, Visifing members wel- assume the Stewart, Fedl- who is now Junenu ruary | come, MILDRED MARTIN, W. 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Tmport- | Traveling by steamer Pedro 'to Seward, Alaska, the ‘i S Lo 0T ere urged to be present its ing George H 30 Wilkins, r-meteorologist plan summer Aus plans | plane and equipment will be taken ! over ine}ihence by train to Fairbanks. while e " At Fairbanks the explorers w llnlkt‘ to the air to fly to Point | Barrow, where they plan to estah |lish a base. I From this point kins and Lieutenant GUY SMITH, Secretar sle thi ons. nd other equipment his third Arctic explor m, are aboard the steamey Ben army airman, will accora- Captain Wil | OUR BUSINESS REPUTATION Fielson Wil \1 ~ pemands That We Put On begin their search for suitabi P / ilkins on his flights which SPECIALS [ places in thie polar wastes to es-|: | tablish stations for the study of i to’ carry the MEN gtmospheric phenomena. Three | THEREFORE THIS WEEK aska to Spitzbergen. Cact-jguch sites already have been|i 11 Rolls Builtmore and Eielson are on the|found by Captain Wilkins in pre-|i * qissne $1.00 | vious flights. All were approxi-|' 11 Bars Dona Castile S mately in the same latitude. } Soap 3100 The plane will carry a short|: 3 i ; ONE FANCY BATH TOWEL | society and waye radio set and 100 pounds of lly by The Detroit f\‘c\\'xl(.\,,d food and clothing. When| WITH EACH $1.00 ORDER OF SOAP——FREE fl]f'""'lmi*i"l in ""’“‘””» {the explorers end their flights ca vden plane was chosen Dby {ne other e of the north polc,|: HELLAN’S PHARMACY lin Spitzbergen, they will\ retura |! | Next Door to Graves Store Phone 33 Free Delivery ® Wilkins® »d - scient expedition lly by the [through Europe by more conven- | tional of to N | York. 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