New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 21, 1927, Page 5

der the name of Donald Evans. Led | Puker, was declared today by him by an identification mark found on |to have becn the voice of William | a towel left with the body of the |Edward Hickman, accused slayer o | 7 ; slain child, a hundred police officers | the child. e nim box of Muller's cigars.. | Parker reached this decision in | Qafi“” are always tnprecla!vd--‘smdu, the day after the body of 'recalling incidents of the employ- . g the little girl was dumped {rom the ment and discharge of Hickman, | | Pi“””,i‘;’]b“‘ of New York, for- imysterfous automobile. dentified by finger prints as Mar. | | ntancey pocs: 18 renewing ac-| yccording to the landlady. Mrs.lan's slayer. 01l Hding Johnstons clean coal s good coal, |EUhEl Broderick. Hickman strolled | In reviewlng these incidents, | OXIE] Bmldma Destmyfld at |city Coal & Wood Co. el 217 |PY her In & hallway after the police | Parker strengthened the poli A ‘ 2 " |had searched his room, dropped a ory that revenge was the root | |casual remark and left the building. |the plot and that the child's slayer New lunch speclals at Crowells.— | e {He dld not return. But the officers, | was striking at Parker through his [having fdentificd Hickman as the . Pesstiript ’ idents |small daughter. Tomance between a wealthy widow Poncl, fo:f:m?:l,? o e coIr: |hunted “fox" returned 1o the apart- | “At the time of the telephone con and an unhappily married, small- & “~ [ment yesterday. . o 22 - 2 X jadvt. - | versations and while { was talking foinried salesman, which ended In | “Chiness Rings at Mrs. Pond's| OB this second mors mimute | winn tne poseon witor following his (T, Joalousy and death, absorbed |snop, New Britain Dry Cleaning, 96 |%¢arch. the officers found —stains | inatructions snd maenins s o “And to whom applied,” retorted agruder. r |equipment and men from Marion | | L | Lines of hose were laid from B| Opening the hearing today Ma- n , levery available hydrant but though | eruder eaia there were too many 7h (6 n Q€ tons of water were poured Into the | | Q ] officers of his rank fn_the serviee. VERA I Y UL burniog structure, the flames licked | ¥ Uil He id the present total of 7 of- © way through the partitions in [ ficers of this rank should be cut to the wooden structure and began to | brea k out in many places at once. So fast did the fire travel througn Mld[]lgi][—cfll]l}le Ga,ned Oll[ :« upper storles that it appearcd SHOOTS INAMORATA ANDKILLS HIMSELF Father of Two Children Victim of Unwise Romance Trenton, N. J., Dec. 21 (UP)—A Has Olered Nothing GODSITUG- 134 of Sevem Miners tive, Says Britten | Are Brought to Surface Johnston City, IIl, Dec. 21 (P — les of seven miners, killed Washington, Dec. 21 (®—A short in an explosion of gas in but heated discussion between mem o0l mine near here, were bers of the house naval committes to the surface today after today over whether Rear Admiral t work by three mine rescus Thomas P. M er had prove t the navy depar the- i o it a string of buildings on Cen- r s'reet was doomed. A stiff breeze fa d the flames and fce forming when the water struck ths ground made the work of the firemen peri- lous Oxley at mid- estimat- | The build- the corner streets, in the | som t fire a loss Gas Feeds Flames Vanger was added fo the confla- "1, as the fire ata throu floor of the drug store, it was n of the | o a + ames swhien | f0Und that the gas meter controlling i ! the pipes in the building, had blown ellar and their Loft and a fla gt h as { floors and ceiling 5 . 4'-’"”‘\ s Sonibie L g the flames like a gigantie pilot 1 forts of . 1 the cellar lied were Willlam Jones, ierson, Charles Wyatt, icoige Grubbs, G. Gar- the admini avender, While the adm ¥ leved of his command of the ] 1 after pu Tuictly ir ate in the dark, so to ¥y var Herald's Christmas When workmen came to find the f. it was discovered that it had | been cemented in under a sidewal laid in front of tha place recently. A sle hammer was used to bre n which | Into the ground and after s the flow of fire was stoppe Tnabillty of the the remen to reach seen ling was built vented the water from reaching the fire whila it woutd have becn suieide for the firemen to npt to penetrate into the ground floor. lames wera fhe buildin Dritten + Britte admiral three- | pecame a for the has oceu corner to the stru ¥ “I don't said Repres ublican, RILL] DR Medford, N. Y., Dec. 21 (®—The ise Special,” Long Isiand rai) ad flver, struck an automobils at a grade crossing today, a Mistler, aged 55, and serfously in- his son, Anthony, and his Lottic. Mistlar was an em- ploye of the railroad The crossing fs one of a number that have been or- agr tative Massachn “I've been good pop; I want a watch.” sem hatl Pharmacy Completely Destroyed The s of Valuable recor Mr. Millins iderably whi hut cf T m {h « presentative Vi ranking democra cut off the t the ch matters m by discussion The right kind of watches for boys $1.50 up to $15.00 committes nothing before the tilt, Vin ~d rezarding Magrude: voof thonght econor to the eg could b ron how he effected “It 18 primarily a guess on part and it is not ba up with specific fi " Vineon said | in this vicinity ment of the 813 dered remoyed held a pistol in one collected the ransom wi ALLEGED ROBBERS HELD New N s 21 (A—John o your his “He had oc- thot tury at 11 ed in passerhy the life of Frederick Pianl. [tomorrow at the Berlin Auto Bales. |Peen caused by tho slaying of little |omploye or former cmploye of the Plani, the salesman, and father of | —adst. {Marian o that apartment. —THeY |nank™ Parker sald, | ber had been found inked on the his fnamorata, then fired a bullet | Library, 131 Dwight street.—advt. | e i . % 5 r > 5 ik ssed | ©mploye’s records, the photograp into his own head. Exygellentt Rion Gandy, i Candy] 0.eh J8HA O0a miees of a anipiiused)| SR S8 TEDROtE D 8 Articles found in the apartment 3o 4 A I > love away from Piani and shatter- |had come trom Kansas City, the for- | . Which Hickman talked with me ing the salesman's dreams of an By e about his discharge and forgery clopement to Europs with Mrs, e e (Hickman was discharged after Shedaker, was said by detectives to | | Although the police said they had :}11:%;11:@ ‘g'z:ilrv l? f\flr: (*h.':rur: ) found no absolute evidence that the |1 Temember how he asked mo for | Mrs. Shedaker was 30 and the | his position again after being grant- | widow of a wealthy sced grower | |ment, two witnesses had been di who was killed In an automobile overed who {dentified Hickman (Protested—and his replies to ques- accident. Her affair with Piani, a | |from photographs as a man jtions and the calm manner and {carrying bundles and a suitcase ¥0Ic¢ T heard over telephone |and lastly the coolness and nerve bring suit for a separation | | This was Saturday night when the o : ; 3 : : v g ; convinced that Driving home last night with a| (Continued from First Page) |kldnaper delivered Marian's body to | i , . woman companion, Mrs. Shedaker | & her father. The next day the miss- ‘l}l‘"‘k(mld“ was fl'lJ\;‘ 0':\"! '"4”" » Mrs. -’ ithe ephone and that he took the suddenly became rigld with terror | Another part of ths same picture |[IN8 Parts of the slain child's di e elephone an at he too AElontall over {bundles scatt | 5 into a Los Angeles park. = . a revolver emerged. of officers combing Los Angeles and |7 | e e adjoir exclaimed and started to flee. Four |drove an automobile over county |7 the apartment Was the scene of [Pad for work at another Institution shots brought her down. | roads with no effort of concealment. |the captivity and fiendish slaying of jand Parker refused a recommends re and art o SRS CORD: ing Httle Marian, the kidnaper probably |tion. Hickman was not employ At mself and fell beside he suburb. He hailed a motorcyule 2 fadhiriees i e a o a theory. does not agree with the |of revenge th passed while I nas She broke up my home, then |agent to whom he was known and |j AOTY KO8 by Marian and for- | talking with Hickman,” Parker said, tives Ellis H. Parker quoted Piani|keep that appoln:.x::n'- o “eryving all night” and obviously had |seem to be us as saying today. Although tho 8,000 police who had |01 yeen under an anaesthetic while |nervousness and showsd very littic Merley of Burlington said Pianl | they accused of being “the fox" in | haracter presented by the police in- \much at the time but no thought of told him. Mrs. Shedaker had told |the atrocious murder case, they def- | yegtigations was gathered from the 'his planning to harm me or meni- madden him to desperation. Marian = was kidnapped and until [ijveq for some time. | Sunday, several hours after the | Seemed a Gentleman | Didn't Pay for Gas. | While the maze of falie reports detectives here today while hospital | west Matn St—advr. | which they ordered analyzed to de- | ransom money. 1. dil Lot connon physiclans struggled to save the! gee the new Ford car on display [termine whether they might bave | (ne volce and demeanor with two children, last night shot and| Books are ideal gitts. Hundreds |50 found a shirt bearing the ini-| Recalls Talk killed Mrs. Isabelle James Shedakes, | to chooss trom. Dave's Circulating | 1218 H. B. G. The name, H. B. "“"! “Atler the sesrch wiremsh 1 7 “Enroe's W |to tie the bundle that was a part | The entrance of & second man in|Sanes and Baskets. McEnros's, W- | 5 410 1o senon sintre. pody, - | vealed through the work of the po- the romance, stealing the widow's | “2in street.—adv i 5 {lice, I recall unusual manner have goaded him to the slaying. | child eve as to t | Rumagiaken toltheiaparl | R Columbla university graduate, had | caused Piani's wife to say she would {from the building to an automobile. |7 ¢ |displayed Saturday when we met for |the exchange. 1 am t a2 a car pulled in/front of her and [was i fcool and davinsl yoth;who, | NeEInared body,famere doind Wi SRR o0 el o o lmiltangousiyenn it forced her to the curb, A man with on Monday morning, with thousands Sojelonsterronduay [ BRESE DL I e e o strugg firemen | in hir < 1 40%the flames confined to “Dle! Die!” Pianl houted | At that time he was seen driving S o ctions . o i |utilized the stolen anaesthetics to | Remembers Reactions : 9 . : 1 Then he turned his weapon on |4 small car through Culver City, a |JHle! the solon anaesttetics 1|~ Temembors feacuans = fsto e R Lo fire was under control about a. m. this morning. i told me.she had thrown me over|told him he would be in:the mext | oty q'yoitve Kkidnaper to. her|“but T do rememk for another man,” Chief of Detec. |day to buy a machine. He falled to (11601 OF Ce WIIRARor 10, of | tions to the fore " can't live with her and T can't |been set on the trail were unable | (0 LR, T A7 e e e live without her,” Patrolman Oscar (0 Tun to earth the man whom " paceg ghowing mors of the dual|actions. This Impressed me very Morley to keep a close watch on | initely located his lair which he had [phoy's Sunday school teacher and the ' bers of mily entered my mind.” Pianl, fearing his fealousy would {occupied during the days that little |woman at whose boarding house he | id the driver |child's dismembered body had been | *The Hickman boy seemed | exchanged for her father's $1,500. | gentleman,” said Pervy Peek, |that Hickman had been seen here | 1and there in various parts of the I metropolitan area forced them to | e | work on the assumption that he still | was within the great guarded zone, |the last definite clue as to his| whereahouts disappeared yesterday. | | This clue was picked up by a garage | visits to the stricken area du employe who said a man answering which practically the entire fnun. |Hickman’s description had driven | dated region was surveyed by trips |4Way from the place without paying | (Continued from First Page) as the result of “many months of conferences and study and several Sunday school teacher. caslonal fits of melancholy though.” “He was such a neat, quiet, or- derly boy,” declared Mrs. M. (", Dris- kell, the manager of the boarding | house in Alhambra, a suburb, where {Hickman lived for four months. “He went to church and Sunday school. Hbe never stayed out late at night. He was always groomed, extremely polite, used good grammar and otherwise was a model boy. Such is the pictura of the youth carefully | |He tore away which hid the lo 7 after he had is car part of h started to drive | ST MAIL SHIPMENT | N ork, Dec. 21 (I—The 1a front ipment of mail ever brought fo ¢ his port on ona ship—1 of it—arrived on the Ma before the liner for local delivery was already in the homes and offic 'to which it was addressed, = out of the “Not a guess.” replied Magry “but a statement of my views b up by personal experis r judgment. Britten interr: Grant and Ellsworth Echaffer, each Co. No. |17, wera arrested fn their homes last | t nig d with robbery in the romie of William Opolizio, a supers numerary police officer Rings worth $300 which had been pawned for $5 furnished clues i The and ng words tders | 436 ,MAIN ST. T -EAST MAIN 1. PHONE 2762 14 cked | e ik obiles and by air. | for gasoline ho had bought. i :’,"mff_?.' W Autompuliee and by aliz ) What was thought to be a hot lead | The !in the search for the kidnapper- e jller suspect and resulted in a declaration in his message to con- | POSSe being organized in Redlands, Fress that the flood problem am. Cals furncd out roo“hfi a })lom.nl;u bodied a reclamation phase. Afr. ;:"n"fi”:;:':”nz ‘:wa;‘";\’;rp °"’h;ar’f Reld said that reclamation entaileq P BorRarciio. mear theve. WAt | the development of a new agricul. | A0 EYeeh, 1. stols 20 EHLomorle tural area while, the ‘fertile acres| [T Ifi front 51 &-Bospial n Can | ot thaivallay, had baen under oulti= | SERETEEE 1 8 HEE UER SoE RS KT vation for hundreds of years” HiS|poj 5005 wrecked it, and then stole Plea for the government/s assump- |, qiner car fn which he continued tion of the entire cost was based on |3 F L B0 4 T Y S O e his view that the valley wasein & ¢ pnning where he was captured. | bad financlal condition because of | Thus, one by one, the polica have | the 1927 flood. | watched hundreds of clues melt into | nothing as they sifted them, | His Friend Released | Another angle of the pollce case | collapsed last night when Milton Ja- | Kowsky, 25 years old, a friend of | case of Joseph A. 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