New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 20, 1927, Page 19

MAN WANTED AS SLAYER ESCAPES (Continued from First Page) given a job in the bank. He work- ed as a clerk until six months ago when arrested for forgery. Admitting having traced signa- tures from checks entrusted in his care, the youth confessed and was paroled to his mother. Police be- lieve Hickman got the erroncous impression that Parker had opposed his application for parole and had urged a prison sertence. Sequel Last Thursday Last Thursday came the sequel o the forgery case, as counstructed by Chief Cline. A young man called at the Junior High school which Marian attended and said her fat had been injured and was calling for her. The unsuspecting school officials released her from class and the stranger drove away With her. When Marlan failed to return home, the search war begun. Next day Parker received a telegram re- vealing that she was in the hands of a kidnaper who threatened des- perate measures unless he was giv- en $1500 and allowed to make getaway without fear of police tervention. Father Makes Appeal Parker, distracted, appealed to the law and started to keep a ren- dezvous with the kidnapper while the polics watched from a distance The wily kidnaper failed to appear. having discovered that he woul Tave to deal with the law if, he kept the appointment. Three or four letters threatened notes signed by the girl herself then & came to the distracted parents 1Inj desparation, Parker asked the polics to withdraw because of fears for th: lite of the child. The' banker last Saturday night | drove to s place near the Parker| home oninstructions from the Kid- | naper, taking $1500 In $20 billa. Al mysterious automobilg approached | and a masked man leaned out and| inquired about the money. Parker| asked to see his little girl. Body Thrown Out The masked man pointed to a| wrapped form in the seat beside! him. “She's asleep,”” he said, and then ordered the banker to hand over the money, saying he would | leave the girl a short distance ahead | The stranger drove away with the | money. A few feet ahead of Park-| er's car he hurled the wrapped form | of Marfan to the ground. With a| | cry Parker gathered it In his arms. | The little girl had been killed and cut to pleces. | The motive, Cline says, was re-| venge, ' Affer baving chased thousands of false clues, the police satisfled them- selves this morning that Hickman was the man wanted. Tdentifies Photograph Hickman's photograph in the po-| " death to Marian, and two plaintive | [tice galle,. was shown to Parker |ana to Miss Neol Britten, a teach ler at M 's school. Miss Britten said the photo was the man who| came and tricked the school author- | {ities into delivering the Iittle girl |into his hands. As a further conecting link the police discovered that the killer automobile was one which had beer Istelen from Dr. Herbert L. Mantz |Kansas City last fall. The car la- ter turned up in $an Diego with a licenss taken from a stolen Califor- |nia Ford. Then it developed that Dr. Mantz' Kansas City home is near that of the Hi kmans | On the strength of that informa {tion the police abandoned all other |leads and today centered their tire effort on the possibility of lay- {ing their hands on voung Hickman News Ban Is Lifted Press associations and newspapers {were taken into the confidence of |the police, told that the killer of |Ma Parker had been identi land were asked to refrain fr {broadcasting the news until it was er or not the fugitive was in Los Angeles or man apparently had gone, the lid was lifted and the man hunt started h. afr Mother Is Stunned Kansas City, Dee. 20 (P —Dazed by the news that her son, William Edward Hickman, had becn identi- !fied as the kidnaper and slayer of Jlittle Marian Parker in Los An- geles, Mrs. E Hickman today di lared: “Tt'; terrible mistake.” “I. won't clie it until I hear an admi Edward’'s own | “He's in Chicago. The polict |could find him there.” Mrs. Hickman eaid the last she {had heard from her son was a letter he sent from Chicago last Octobe The white haired mother conlj not compreh ich a crime by her son “I know my bey could not be guilty of such an unspeakable thing “This was the act of a fiend. My hoy is a good, clean hov. He could not have done {t. Thers ts a mis- take somewhe Tells of Bank Trouhle Confronted by three de the grev-haired mother told ¢ vard's recent trouble with th in California." It was apparent she thought her son was wanted in connection with the forgery of checks when he wae employed in the Coast bank “But that trouble i. she assured detectives a empted to keep back tears. Not Told of Charzes She s not informed of the charge against her son, who in- sisted was only 19 years old, Mra. Hickman told how she man- aged a boarding house while Ed- ward completed his couree in high school and of his graduation in 1926 with high honors High school annual showed he was voted “The Best Boy Orator,’ in his senfor year, had been named ank | triend of both the | complexion very fair, gr president of several class socictics and had taken a leading jpart in many activities. Had Good Record “An excellent scholastic standing; unequaled record in extra-curricular activities and possessed of a high standard of ideals that will fix his memory in the annals of central high" was the caption under his photograph in the annual. The mother then told how her son attended church regularly and of his leadership in Sunday echool activities. She sald that when he was parol- ed after being found gullty of pass- ing worthlees checks in California, | Charles Edwards, former chief of police here, had agreed to adviee the Loy in his efforts to start a career. She told how Major Edwards, as he is known, came 1o her last night and | sked if she knew where Edward She indicated Mr. Edwards had ated the impression the boy was ted bee lie neglected to re- port to him regularly Mrs. Hickman said she dast heard from her son the forepart of Octo- ber, when he wrote her from Chica- 20 where Lie told of being employed | as an usher in a theater. He had similar here. She said three other sons lived here, | Hickman lives with a daugh- Hickman, 17. They have two rooms. Formerly the Hickman's owned their home here, but gave that up after one son married, and three others moved away. Mrs. Hickman has not lived with her hushand for seven vears and they Suspecet is Held Los A les, Dec. —{P—Police today revealed they had arrested a n whose nam they would not divulze but who is belleved to have n an intermediary 1in the nego- ations between the Marian Parker a ] slayer of d the family of the = man in custody came from Kansas City, Mo. several we ago and is known to have heen a Parker family and Hickman who was discharged from the bank at which Marian's ere | father was personnel officer. He is sald to be an aviation en- thusiast. Detectives pointed to the slaver's e of the aviation term “solo” in 1 notes as the bit of proof that the arrested man might have acted at least in an advisory ca city in the pinning of the death mie- Description of Suspect The following Is the police de- seription of Willlam Edward Hick man, wanted for the kidnaping and urder of 12 year old Marian Park- er He s an American 25 to 30 years old, height 5 feet 7 or 8 inches, weight, 150 pounds, slender build, features ordinary, smooth €hav ¢ piereing | eyes, very dark brown hair, parted | from the right to left side, deserib-| ed as slightly wavy. Had the appear- ance of having been employed In in- door work. Very neatly dressed Equipped With the Wonderful Lorain Heat citable and nerves very steady. of Hands appeared to be well kept. which will be h Gave impression of being business s:30 o'clock at man, who may have been employed hall, Eim street. in a bank. Last seen carrying his nism of Today." hat, a pearl grey fedora, in his left 3die Eamilon locallantar &y hand. Wore brownish-grey overcoat which appeared to be ~ herringbone | I8 I town for the holidays. cloth, spoke in a low voice, no ac-| OMiss Dorothy Frink entertained cent, using correct English, appar- 12 of her little playmates a ently well educated. Was not ex- her hom erday on the o er fourth birthday fversary. e was well remembered with g While the police estimated Hick- her g man's age at more than 25, his| Mr. and Mr mother at Kansas City insisted he daughters, Thelm; was 19 vears old New Bedford, day fortnight w Dwight st Bliss B. Clark of Trinity street is visiting his pare Mr. and Mrs Bliss W. Clark during the holidays He is a student at Cornell University this evening at Talmud Torah subjeet will be t- si Albert Wynne and and Irene, of ¢ spending the Loli h relatives at § City Items Phoenix ledge, I 0. 0. F., will ex- emplify the third degree on a large number of candidates this evening. Give him a box of Muller's cigars ek longer! son, Elliott, of Hart street, are at ty, N. J., and will return A six years lease has been given by Samuel Herrup to the Yankee | Filling Stations Inc., on the property | west of the Hotel Grand on Myrtle street. The rental ranges from $175 a month for the first two years to $250 a month for the last year. | M. J. Begley of 59 Beaver street complained to the police that a stapls was pulled ont of a door of his property at 189 Elm etreet and 4x10 windows were broken by bul- lets or pellets from sling shots White Rose Camp will meet this evening at Red Men's hall. Election of officers will take place. Salvatore Saito of 122 High street reported to the police last evening | that his truck was taken out of his| sunday night ~ Cpen ank Rhodes s seriously Il at nhis home, 26 Cottage Place New lunch epecials at Crowel advt A regular meeting of Martha Chavter No. 21, O. E. 8. will be held in Masonic hall Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock followed by an en- tertainment. Prescription service at The Falr. Prompt, reliable and economical.— advt Auna Mae McAloon held a plano r her home, 171 Smit street, Sunday evening. Re: ments were served. The action of A H. Zucker agzaiust Tillie C. Kallberg et al. has been | withdrawn from city court. Green- | berg & LeWitt plaintiff and & counsel for the defendant than Berson, president of thr Berson Bros. Coal Co.. is confined to his home on Stanley street by illnese, represented v Traceskl wae John T. Baker of 490 East street | is slowly improving at the Hartford hospital where he recently under- went an operation. 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