New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 22, 1927, Page 2

iphonefl Captain William Kent, chief | of detectives. | “What are the serlal numbers,” he asked Captain Kent, “on thosc $20 i bills that were paid to the Los An- geles kidnaper by the father of the rl he murdered? Kent gave the numbers. Just Left Store. the haberdasher replied “Hickman has just left my HICKMAN FLEEING FROM COUNTRY 10 : CANADA, BELIEVED =~ | excited | store.” | On the bill which the store pro- reputed brutal slayer of | prictor reccived trom his customer 13 year old Marian Parker in Los | was the number K-85016970. Angeles, was seen iIn Tacoma last| Soveral hundred copies of newspa- ight between 10:30 and 11 o'clock | pers containing photographs of the by four persons, police wWere in- | fugitive were obtained by police for tormed today. Believing it would | distribution to hotels and lodging :ave been impossible for Hickman |hous o elude the Los Angeles polics net, | Tha numpbers of the bilis given they neglected to report to Tacoma | Hickman by Parker were K-580189- untll Hickman was reported io) to K-65016975 inclusive., !* Shortly after the search started, a (Continued from First Page) Hickman EW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, DEC Sitting on Bed “T knocked at the door and a man had known as ‘Evans’ called out sking what was wanted,” said Henry. | was openad and saw Evans sitting up |In bed as the four police officers |entered and made a search.” ! A couple of daya later, Henry said, |after the question of whether the accused “fox” had met o search- ing officers in his own lalr, becams a matter of controversy between | sheriff's officers and police, a police {ofticer returned and declared that Hickman was not in the apartment at the time of the raid. Mrs. Ethel Broderick the apartments, proi last person to see Hickman | building. “Well, what's all the excitement |about?” she quoted him as saying as [he strolled through the lobby in {lcaving the apartment house soon jafter the raid manager of y was the in the *I looked in when the door | “Fox" suspect hers was eeen by a downtown taxicab nd by drivers. The man r automobile and was 1 ly headed tor Seattle On to Canada Seattls, Wash., Dec. 22 () — B ief that William Edward Hickman, accused abductor and elayer of lit- tle Marian Parker in Los Angeles, an 1pparen has eluded ths hastily drawn police | man walked into a downtown hotel | In Seattle, Wash. jand registgred | Seattle, Wash., Dec. 22 P—New | “W. E. Hickman" {impetus to the quest for William The atartled hotel cierk notified { Edward Hickman, sought as slay- | police headquarters and thres min-|er of Marian Parker of Los Angeles | utes later two dotectives arrived to |was given today by the report from Interview the guest. In no manner, ,‘.he Valley Garage at Kent, 15 miles | however, did he resemble tha Los | Sou here, that another of th | Angeles fugitive. 1320 bilis tnclnded in the Man Was Parker |money had been recetved there, Chtef of Detectives Herman Cline| Garage emploves satd the bill had ransom | net set for him hers and has head- clared that he s confident that #d for Canada, ~as admitted by o he man In Seattle who last night fAcers hers after a night of search passed one of the $20 gold certifi- ‘or Hickman cates glven as a part of the ransom Captain. Kent of the dete [for Mirlam Parker, was Hickman. bureau Amnnounced he was cert He pointed out that the fugitive that Hickman would be in jail had had time to reach Scattle since n 24 hours. fthe I me he was definitely known o ... |to have been in Los Angeles. This 3 e Glenione Convels HOR A | sl il ayimonnly “hiet of Detectives Her 1@ I wTh gearch in my opinion is nsar Los Angeles Kent was in i that L an end,” said Clin Cline and other Los Angeles offic of gold certificate j would leave by alrplane at daylig! ot e Coase T A for 8eattls. hopeful that the search in His epparent escaps from the|will prove successiul and city despite the fact that the polic: fien d | about We are Seattle t the ithin & 4 will be under arrest were put on his trail a few minutes [few hours.” after he bought some clothing at| Residents of Bellevus Arms apart- the store and slipped out into nts, where the police have deter- night left the searchers with b mined Hickman mads his home dur- one espectally important o to|iNg the days of the kidnaping and ratoh ineCan ALY bhidar [murder, today disclosed how close to > i capture the fugitive came last Sun- 5 s €415 | house was raided by one hundred along the border were given in- | il officers, structions to leave nothing undone | jonn Henry, owner of the apart- i" their patrol of the international |ment house, said he was accompany- line. CEeE, ing four policemen when they reach- George V. Willoughby, 4 apartment 315, that occupied by dasher, positivaly fdentified pic: Donald Ev " since ldentified as of Hickman as those of the ci | man. r who passed the $20 bill last res Downtown card rooms, ments, hotels and rooming h were gearched without avail while @eputy sheriffs and stare patrol men guarded the highways leading from | X the city. This morning the search admit tedly had been futile and the ofi cials directing it belleved that Hick- man was headed for the north. apart- N2 Took Hollywood Sedan Los Angeles, Dec. 22 (P—William E. Hickman, accused kidnaper- slayer, held up F. R. Peck in Holly- wood Sunday night, taking Deck's green Hudeon sedan, which was seen yestérday by two Portland, Ore., ! youths, who identfficd Hickman as the driver. The California lcense of the car is 1330391 and motor number 450 970. Peck was alone In the car at Hol- ywood and Western avenus when a man whom he afte; rds {dentified rositively as Hickman, approached | him and took the car away at the | point of a pistol. This informetion | was revealed by D. L. Larkin, busi- | nees aasociate of Peck, who was en routs to San Diego today. ! Associated Press dicpatches fr Portland early today revealed t} two Portland youths reported hav ing travelled from Lamoine, Cal, northward with a man in & green | Hudson sedan, who they thought was Hickman. They sald the 4 appeared very nervous and behind constantly as if fearing suit The youths reporter that the li- cense card on the car indicated it to be owned by a man named Peck of Los Angeles. Check by the Associated Prees «with the theft bureau of the Auto- moblle Club of Southern California | today disclosed tho fact that this Mudson sedan was Peck's and had | been stolen Sunday night. | Chiet Woods of the Automobile | club bureau fmmediately sent tele. | gramas porthward seeking to have authoritles wateh for the stolen Hudson car. Seattle, Wash, Dee. 22 (P—A ht trail believed to be that of William kman was followed by ficors today after a vouth bling the suspected kid- aper and slayer of little Marian Parker left one of the gold notes re ce As ransom from he 2 ctore here The eearch mutilated tt Perry M. P officlal, and ¢ almost, at tie father after switched from of Washingtor ionness | t Th sary line or a ship hou The clue was reg test that La ¢ the accusad 3 eave a trall of 32 vada eapture per had TX of the hille have heen which Tha “fox™ entered a halerdas A the heart of the ‘rict t 8:30 nafe of b inderweoar. bill in payme The proprietor. : 1ght #oves and one ar the b P a suit of 20 “The payment | been presented by a motorist be- |tween 11:30 p. m., and midnight last {night. Sheriff Bannick dispatched jdeputies to Kent. | The garage attendants sald the | motorist was driving a green Hudson |sedan bearing California license No. |1-350-391. This was the license num {ber of the car reported stolen b |Hickman in Los Angeles last Sun- | |day night | Clue Tn Oregon | A youth resembling William Hi {man, sought for the slaying of Ma ‘1an Parker at Los Angeles, purchas- ied gasoline for a green Hudson se. ldan on ths outskirts of Portland 8:80 o'clock last night. The statio {attendant said the youth drove east {toward Pendleton. | i CORONER BELIEVES (Continued from First Page) Waterbury. The latter suspect while Laurito bott street, lis held as The Gift of Music For Christr_nas and for Always The New Orthophonic Victrola is walting to play for you. Here is a lifetime compan- ion for only $95 $5 Down —$§1 Weekly Beautiful New Design Orthophonic Will reproduce musie in all its glorious beauty. TERMS $10 Down — $2 Weekly BUY NOW for Immediate or nristmas Delivery - KILLING JUSTIFIED |awaits the identification of a wom- an before being formally charged lwith aggravatc assault upon Di Nicola. Uncontradicted testimony before Coronsr Mix ) last night purported |the dead man and others of s had threatened to Di Nicola before Christmas. Di Nicola made tatument to Coroner Mix and upported it Kept Loaded Gun told the coroner that re had kept a loaded shotgun in his room for that express reason. “T wanted to protect myself for T know that they would come and got me soms day." He said Lanrito is said to be a member of !the gang in which both Andriaccio |and Jisustor were identified. An. member of the gang is being at by Waterbury police to Information glven to 16 wom- dter at the given ~oroner yesterday . Vincent Hurban, ph Frazeatora ) an . all of whom, tion of the woman, have heen leased; Andriaccio with another man me to Stoffe {nn at 3 onsed Furb; the waite for the proprictor and after being told that he was not in {thelr way fnto the p The « |turbance arousad the Dirtlet wormnan who was asleep in a room on the cond fleor. came to the of stairs leadinz from ‘floor and inquired concerning intrusion Pushed Past Woman “They told me not to he 2s they were not going to hurt mr The woman told the coroner. “Ther they pushed past m landing on tha erc | At this point Nocola onenad t and Andriaccio, who was with a deuble barreled sawed of shot run, fire at him. The dischargs failed to find its mark and D Nicola | reached for hls sun. Andriaccio had | | sought refuge with his companion in Oriental Rugs S. V. 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