MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 282. SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22- 1927.
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Caught Following
Spectacular Chase
^ Columbia River
STATES NCL ANAESTHETIC WAS USED DURING
DISSECTION BUT THAT GIRL WAS FIRST
STRANGLED TO DEATH—IN HIS CONFESSION
* DECLARES MURDER WAS WORK OF FIEND
WHOSE IDENTITY WAS NOT DISCLOSED—
ECHO, OREGON, SCENE OF ARREST OF “DR.
JEKYL—MR. HYDE”
PENDLETON, Ore., Dec. 22. (/P)—Flash: William
Edward Hickman, sought as the kidnapper and slayer of
Marion Parker, 12 year old Los Angeles girl, was captur
I ed at Echo, Oreg., after a spectacular automobile chase
•along the Columbia River.
In his confession to the police Hickman stated the
girl was killed on Friday and the terrible deed was the
work of a fiend whom his confession did not identify. He
stated that no anaesthetic was used during the dissection
of her body but that she was strangled by wire in the
hands of the murderer.
He declared the murder was not committed in the
Bellevue apartments in Los Angeles.
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PROVINCETOWN, Mass., Dec. 22.
(/P)—Diving operations at the sunken
submarine S-4 werfa resumed. Div
ers were instructed to survey the po
sition of the wreck. Preparatory to
an attempt to raise it.
No sounds have been heard from
the torpedo room since Saturday.
MANY INDICTMENTS
TOLEDO, Dec. 22. (£>)—Seventy
two secret indictments were voted
by the Grand Jury here yesterday.
The ndietments were in connection
withe the recent election irregular
ities.
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WIDOW TO MARRY
NEW YORK, Dec. 22, (/P)—Eleanor
Ambrose Maurice Mouvet, widow of
Maurice the dancer, will marry her
dancing partner, Charles Sabin, it
was announced here yesterday.
BODIES ARE RECOVERED
JOHNSON CITY, 111. |>ec. 22. (£>)—
^ Seven bodies have been recovered
from the Stiriz mine here yesterday
following an explosion Tuesday night.
TWO OFFICERS MAKE ARREST
PENDLETON, Dec. 22. (/P)—Hick
man declared he wanted money to go
| to college on and thought kidnapping
' was an easy way out.
i Officers, following thg news report
j on Hickman’s flight in Associated
j Press dispatches, set out from here
and at a sharp turn in the highway,
east of Echo, stopped to light their
pipes when Chief Tom Gurdane no
! ticed a green car approaching with
switched plates.
Gurdane and State Officer Buck
Lieuallen hailed the driver and then
gave chase halting the car. When
they drew alongside a gun was on the
seat between Hickman’s legs; when!
he alighted from the car a sawed off
shotgun dropped to the floor.
MONEY IS FOUND
He was 'brought to Pendleton where
he was searched and the money found
w'hich Perry Parker, father of the
murder victim, paid him. *
A- large crowd was* milling around,
the police station moved by curiosity
rather than malice.
LAUGHS HYSTERICALLY
PENDLETON, Dec. 22. (JP)—When
lodged in jail Hickman laughed hys-,
terically at the accusations that he
was the hunted murderer but later
broke down and confessed Shis iden
tity. A crowd filled the streets solid-,
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E10UTE SEATTLE
ID TEXAS HOME
ARRIVED IN SEWARD LAST NIGHT
WENT SOUTH ON THE S. S.
ALAMEDA
ANCHORAGE, Dec. 22. :{£>)—Bessie
Howe, Ninilchick school teacher who
was accidently shot in the abdoman
and taken via dog team and plane to
the government hospital li-ere, was
placed on the ~S. S. Alameda. She
will be met at Seattle by Dr. Rex F.
Swartz who will operate.
She was a:eompanb J i y Miss Nar
ene Elliott, Anchorage nurse. After
the Seattle oferation Miss Howe ex
pects to go to her home in Seymour,
Texas.
Editors note: Miss Howe and
nurse arrived in Seward last evening
and boarded the Alameda. Apparently,
she is well on the road to recovery.
Aside from being tired by the rail
journey Miss Howe appeared to be
resting 'nicely.
WHEELS CONGRESS
HALT,- WILL CONVENE
AGAIN JANUARY 4
PRACTICALLY ALL BUSINESS SUS
PENDED AS MARK RESPECT
SENATOR JONES
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22. (/?)—-Und
er the shadow of death of one of its
most beloved members, Senator Jones
of New Mexico, the 70th Congress ad
journed for its Christmas recess and
final meetings of the twk> Houses
until January 4.
Practically all business is. being
suspended as a mark of respect to the
member whose period of service cov
ered more than a decade. The Sen
ate was in session less than 10 min
utes and the House about half an
hour.
OLD TRYSTING PLACE
TOPEKA, Kas., Dec. 22. (/P)—The
tokens of many a 19th century ro
mance are graven in stone at the crest
of Burnett’s Mound, tallest hiill in
the vicinity of Topeka. Initials, al
ways in pairs and accompanied by
figures representing dates, are carved
by the score in the big boulders, until
room scarcely remains for mofe in-1
?criptions. • i
NEW BALKLINE CHAMP
NEW YORK, Dec. 22. </P)—Schaef-;
fer w^on the world’s 18-2 Balkline
crown defeating champion Welker
Conchran 1,500 to 1,304.
STORE.KEEPER REPORTS PUR
CHASE MADE AND $20 GOLD
CERTIFICATE
SEATTLE, Dec. 22. (/P)—After
eluding all agencies of the law for
nearly a week Hickman appeared in
Seattle long enough to purchase
clothing, police are certain, as re
j doubled efforts to effect his capture
| were made.
| A pair of gloves, and a suit of un
j derwear were purchased in a Seattle
j store last night with one of the $20
! certificates paid to the abductor by
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the father of the Los Angeles slain
girl, Marian Parker.
George Willoughby, proprietor of
; the store, is positive the purchaser
was Hickman. This morning, 12
hours after Hickman’s supposed ap
pearance, combined police forces of
; a dozen Pacific -Northwest cities w%re
unable to lay thejr hands on the
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fiend altho there was underway a
man-hunt almost unparalled in this;
j region.
There appeared to probabllty that j
| “The-Fox” again had outwitted the
law. In the belief the fugitive has !
slipped through the police cordon;
efforts to apprehend him concentrat
ed at all points north of the city to
the Canadan boundary and the im
migation and customs officers along
j the border are under explicit in
sti uctions to leave nothing undone in
patrol their areas.
MU LENS COMPANY
WILL EXTEND TUNNEL
RICO, Colo., Dec. 22. (£>)—'The Fal
con Lead Mining Co., has installed a
new compressor plant at the Noraj
Li Hey funnel on the West side of Nig
ger Baby Hill. This tunnel, which is
already in 800 feet, will be extended
probably 1,000 feet and will cut the
formation about 500 feet lower than
the present Yellow Jacket workings.
While this work is in progress a
small force of hand miners will con
tinue at the Yellow JaJcket mine,
when a constant, but limited, ore pro
luction wiU be maintained.
ECHOES KLONDIKE
RUSH IS HEARD IN
SEATTLE COURT
PINNELL SEEKS TO RECOVER
MONTHLY SUM PAID WIFE OF
ABSENT ALASKAN
SEATTLE, Dec. 22. (>P)—Echoes of
the Klondike rush were heard in court
when Sherman A. Pinnell, oldest As
toria mail carrier, opened suit to re
cover $6,140 from the estate of his
stepfather Dennis Curran who died
here a year ago leaving $3,000 pro
perty in his own name and $5,000 in
his wife’s name.
Curran left Astoria 30 years ago
for the Alaska gold fields. After years
when letters were returned undeliv
ered and no word had been received
from him, Mrs. Elizabeth Curran look
ed to Pennell for support. Pennell
paid her $25 monthly for 20 years.
Curran finally rejoined his wife at
Astoria where they were liviing to
gether until her death. A year later
Curran than moved to Seattle dying
a year later. 'Pinnell is suing in King
county to recover the amounts paid.
MRS. LINDBERGH WILL
ARRIVES NEW MEXICO
THIS AFTERNOON
MOTHER OF “LONE EAGLE” TO
JOIN SON; PLANE HOPPED ;
715 MILES
BROWNSVILLE, Tex., Dec. 22. (JP)
—Mrs. Lindbergh arrived here at 5:02
yesterday afternoon in her flight to
Mexico City.
The big plane covered approximate
ly 715 milesi after taking off from Tul
®o in the morning, the third day of
the flight. Two stops were made
one at Dallas and the other at San
Antonio.
She has covered approximately
three-quarters of the distance to Mex
ico City and is expected to arrive
there late today.
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LONGER LIFE SOUGHT
NEW YORK, Dec. 22. (£>)—How the
domain of life may be still further ex
tended and the frontier of death push
ed back will be discussed in the light
of statistics from 30 nations when the
Association of Life Insurance Phesi
ients meets in New York.