VOLUME XXII, NUMBER 285
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1927
PRICE TEN CENTS
Hickman Confesses
Slew Little Marian
Parker, Apartment
ENROUTE TO LOS ANGELES 19-YEAR-OLD BRUTE
KILLER CONFESSES HE ALONE KILLED 12
YEAR-OLD GIRL—MAKES TWO ATTEMPTS TO
COMMIT SUICIDE—IS UNDER HEAVY GUARD
—CRIME MORE GRUESOME THAN GENERAL
LY SUPPOSED—PLANNED KIDNAPPING SIX
MONTHS AGO.
IKES SECOND CONFESSION ON SPEEDING TRNIN
Family of murderer send young attorney defend son and
will “stand by him to the end”—afraid girl would!
identify him if he released her so strangled her and
cut body up in bath tub.
OAKLAND, Dec. 27. (/P)--Hiekman confessed that
he alone killed 12 year old Marian Parker, the day after
he had kidnapped her, single handed.
In his confession, which was amazing for the unriv
aled details of the brutality of the 19 year old youth, he
said he strangled the child with a piano wire and cut her
body into pieces in the bath tub of his Bellevue apart
ment in Los Angeles. After strangling the little girl
Hickman said he realized he must have a bodv to produce
to the girl’s father or he could not collect the ransom so
devised the scheme of rigging her eyelids with wire and
to prop her head to make it appear she was alive..
ACCOMPLICE ELIMINATED
The confession completely elimi
nated the mythical accomplice Cram
er for whom police have been search
ing for since the youth made his first
confession in Pendleton, Ore. He had
f no aid in the single handed piece of
work. His latest confession revealed
it removes from Hickman his last
shield upon which he relied to save
him from the gallows.
When he goes before the Superior
Court in Los Angeles he will go thru
the formality of entering a plea of
murder nnd kidnapping based oil his
signed confessions to both.
GIVES REASON KILLING
The mass of mystery which Hick
man sought to throw over the killing
of the little girl wms torn away in
I 'the course of the grilling he under
went as a special car, upon which he
4
was being taken to Los Angeles, was
nearing San Franc iisco. Hickman
gave his reasons for killing the girl
slaying “I wa3 afraid she would make
a noise”.
Behind locked and closely guarded
doors in the compartment the ques
tioning by Los Angeles officers pro
ceeded.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE TWICE
Cascade Limited at KALAMATH
FALLS, Dec. 27. (JP)—Hickman, un
der a heavy guard on a special car is
on the very doorstep of California. He
j twice attempted suicide before taken
| from the Pendleton jail to the train;
jonce he tried to strangle himself
i then by diving from the bunk to the
| concrete floor.
TELEGRAM SCORES SCOOP
PORTLAND, Dec. 27. (JP)—1The
Telegram says it has learned on good
authorities that Hickman confessed
to the Los Angeles authorities that he
alone was responsible for the brutal
*
murder, but said the officers will
not divulge the confession until Hick
man is safely jailed for fear of lynch
ing.
It is reported the crime was com
mitted in a more gruesome manner
than is generally supposed.
PLANNED SIX MONTHS AGO
About six months ago Hickman
conceived the kidnapping as a means
of securing money. He took the au
tomobile he drove, at gunpoint, driv
ing to Los Angeles.
He decided, a few weeks later upon
Parker’s daughter as his victim and
secured her from school on Decem
ber 14. He then bound and gaged her.
GIRL BEGGED HICKMAN
The girl begged that her bonds be
removed so Hickman untied her aft
er driving to Pasadena and sending
a telegram saying Marian was safe
and instructions to follow. They spent
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NORTH POLE RESIDENTS INVIT
ED BRING FIVE STRONG MEN
AND TWO WOMEN
NEW YORK, Dec. 27. (#>)—A radio
message sped thru the air to within
600 miles of the North Pole inviting
Noo Ka Ping Wa to leave the Arctic
to accompany Lieut. Byrd on his Ant
Arctic expedition.
He was invited to bring five other
good strong men and good dog teams
and two women who are good drivers
from Ellesmereland. -
Lieut. Byrd may have to wait until
his reply by the first mail next Aug
ust. Noo Ka Ping Wa accompanied
Byrd on the North Pole trip.
FUED BETWEEN COUNTY AND
CITY OFFICIALS .GREW OUT
OF LOCAL STRIKE
SOUTH PITTSBURGH, Tenn., Dec.
27. (/P)—State militia patrolled this
small town to guard against possible
echoes to a brief but withering flare
of gunfire which resulted in the death
of six police officers and the serious
wounding of three others.
All were members of the warring
law and enforcement factions and
the fatal interchange of shots was
described as the culmination of a
fued between county and city officers
growing out of a strike of a local
manufacturing plant. County officers
favored the strike and the city offi
cers opposed. The shooting started
with a minor conflict Friday night.
ILL-SOUTH FOOTBSLL
SQUAD BEITS ILL-WEST
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 27. <£>)—
Playing in pools of water the All
South football team defeated the All
West by the score of 8 to 0. The
South scored a touchdown in the first
period and a safety in the fourth per
iod. Many fumbles were made be
cause of the slippery football.
SERVES SUMMONS
NEW YORK, Dec. 27. (£>)—The
city of -Hoboken has served summons
directly on President Coolidge in an
attempt to collect oicr and dock
taxes from the government. It was
said to toe the first case of its kind.
MANY THANKS A. PA
NEW YORK, Dec. 27’ (/P)—Christ
mas Greetings to the Seward Gateway
and our heartfelt appreciation for the
part you have plaiyed during the last
year in our far north news organiza
tion.
MEASURE APPROVED
BOND CITY SEWARD
ERECTION SCHOOL
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. (JF)—The
bill to establish permanently Mount
McKinley National Park in Alaska
' was reported favorably on by the
House and Territorie’s committee. It
also approved the measure to author
ize Seward to issue $50,000 in public
school bonds.
WORST STORM IN 20
TERRS SRROTES INTERIOR
_
CIRCLE, Dec. 27. <£>)—After batt
ling the hardest storm in 20 years the
Chatanika-Circle mail sta^e arrived,
the thermometer registered 58 below
zero and driver Jewell is suffering
from a severe freezing of his hands
and face. He made a vailant effort
to bring the Xmas mail on schedule.
QUITE A RECORD
LONDON, Dec. 27. (ff)—The P'ioce
of Wales was thrown headlong 'ram
his horse during a hunt. He ap
peared uninjured and resumed after
catching his mount.
FORMER PRESIDENT
U. OF 1.. IS MADE
MEMBER CARNEGIE
TO INTERPRET AMERICAN SYS
TEM OF EDUCATION TO OTH
ER LANDS
I
NEW YORK, Dec. 27. (/P)—The
appointment of Dr. Henry Suzzallo,
former president of the University
of Washington, as visiting Carnegie
professor on international relations
in Europe, was announced by the
Carnegie endowment for internation
al peace mission in Europe. The ap
pointment was made for interpreta
tion of American ssystems of educa
tion of American systems of educa
understanding.
800 KILLED ONE TOWN
SHANGHAI, Dec. 27. (/P)— Refuges
from Haifug and Lukfung districts in
Southeastern Kwangfung told of the
wholesale massacres by invading
Red troops. They said that more
than 800 persons were put to death
in one town.
Plane
Lost
“SOMETHING GONE WRONG”
| TRAGIC PHRASE FLASHED TO
CANADIAN RADIO
NEW YORK, Dec. 27. (£>)—.Mrs.
Gralyson’s iplane “Dawn” flash»ed
“something gone wrong” to the Cana
dian government radio station at
Sable Island at 9:45 Friday night.
The broken message, with the sin
gle tragic phrase intelligible and
signed W M U, was the slender
thread upon which hope hung that the
four occupants of the plane might
live.
The navy is preparing to send the
dirigible Los Angeles and cruisers in
search.
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TO CONDUCT SEARCH
BOSTON, Dec. 27. (£>)^-The dirigi
ble Los Angeles and two cruisers are
hunting for the plane “Dawn.”
SEATTLE BALL CLUB
IS PURCHASED W
III, A. KLEPPER
FORMER MANAGER OF “INDIANS”
AGAIN AT THE HELM; THIS
TIME OWNER
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 27. ■(/?)—Wil- ,
liam W. Klepper, of Seattle, an
nounced the purchase from Charles
Lockard and Wade Killefer, of the
Seattle baseball club. Klepper made
the announcement following a meet
ing with Lockard and Killefer at
which he said he concluded negotia
tions for purchase of the “Indians".
FREIGHTER DEIIILI
REPLACING LU
SEATTLE, Dec. 27. (£>)—'The S. S.
Lakina which was stranded at Porter
Pass, B. C., returned to Seatte to
transfer her cargo to the freighter
Denali. The Denali will complete the
unfinished run leaving in about three
days.
BODIES FOUND
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 27. (£>)-—
After a search of three days, the
bodies of E. R. Emory and WilMam
Voliman, army aviators, were found
in the Pennsylvania woods where
their plane crashed.
Alaska College -vs- S. A. C. Jan. 1 - Jan .2