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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-23

the 1nutilatsd form OF the little Riri
the captive said:
II let cut n yell Of surprise n
wanted to know why he did a thin#
like that. II was quite a shock r.
me. He was not supposed to bring
her up to the apartment"
His story OF meeting Parker and
delivering the torso, the child in ex-
change for the sheaf Of bills was the
same as that Of the Los Angeles po-
lice when they reconstructed the
crime.
Hisekman declared he did not have
the diamembered parts Of the body
which we're found scattered tAEough
d park in another section Of tie city.
BE believed Cramer had dropped
them rs he drove along In nm auto
mobile.
Talked to Officers
The youths story of his flight to
escape the police was striking In Its
revelation Of brazenness. The morn
ing after the body was delivered to
Parker policemen swarmed into the
apartment where Hickman was stay
ing on finding q clue in the wrap
pings around the torso. Four OF them
entered the room and questioned hiE.
"About 200 detectives came up
Sunday morning and looked over the
apartment and started searching it,"
the confession read. "They searched
every place and when they came into
my apartment ID was interesting, the
way / was singing and playing the
| photograph. The detectives came
in and looked around and did not
press any suspicion OF me ut al,
and then / went cut in the hall and
talked to seven or eight Of the best
detectives in Los Angeles.
~ asked them IL there was any
thing | could do. OF course there
was nothing / could do and they
searched the apartment"
stopped Several Times
Then began his race for freedom.
That night. says the confession, he
took the green automobile from its
owner, II. b. Beck, at the point Of
a gun and started toward San Fran
cisco. where he vas supposed to meet
Cramer and divide the $500.
II was stopped three times before
I got through and / was questioned
by policemen and there wasn't n
Of them suspected me at ALL" The
identity of the man wanted for the
kidnapping then was not known U
the police were stopping suspicious
characters everywhere. Several times
Hickman discussed the case with
those who stopped him but he finally
reached San Francisco. He was I'M
able to find Cramer there. he said.
Brazen In Escape
Tuesday morning Hickman awoke
to see his name blazed across the
pages Of the morning papers as the
man wanted. Frightened, he made
for the north with all possible speed.
Once in northern California, he
stopped and took In two boys who
aided him in driving to Portland.
From there he continued TO Seattle,
where the passing Of one of the $50
bills put the police on his trail and
soon run him down.
He had passed five of the bills, had
boldly faced dozens of police, looked
unflinchingly into the eyes OK many
who had stared az him suspiciously
and had driven through more than
1000 miles Of territory while all the
forces Of the law sought him.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-23
Lucia Paulido Will
Be Buried Friday

Lucia Paulido. 80 years old, who
died early Thursday evening at his
home, Seventeenth and Polk streets,
will be buried Friday afternoon in
the old city cemetery, It was said
Friday morning, at the Norris and
kilcher mortuary. Plans for burial
in a cemetery outside the city had
70 be discontinued when It was found
the. roads were impossible because
of the recent rains.
The victim had been Ill only a
short time.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-23
ASSERTS GIRL

Continued from page ene)
posts Of the old west, in which man-
hunts were ccmmrnpiace-was In
deed over ne soon as the words fell
from Hickman's lips. He was hand
cuffed.
The wide search spurTad onward
by widespread indignation and Of
fers Of rewards totaiing almost
100000 came to an and within an
hour Of exactly seven days from the
time the ~ young man appear
ed at Marian's school in Les Angeles
and tricked her teachers into letting
her 20 away with him on the pre-
tense that Der father had been in
jurd.
Rushed into Pendleton. Hickman
was taken 60 a cell, where, in the
presence nf Parker Branin. cores
pendent Of The Assoelatsa Press,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-23

perfectly all right. and ~ . o ~
I got il over with, the better IL
would be for me. anyway.
$50 / called up her father and he
said he had the money and we plan
ned meeting. We we're TO meet at
a certain street"
Hickman then related how he had
discovered that the police were on
the trail and failed to keep the first
appointment with Parker; how he
then had written again to Parker
making dire threats because the Of
ficers had been allowed to take a
hand and how he resolved to get out
Of hin ~prdicament al quickly M pos
sible.
That night. he said. he had sur
rendered the little girl again 70 me
Andrew Cramer Of the confession,
with the understanding that she
would be returned to him the next
day and then delivered to her IA
Their.
Girl IL Dead
Saturday the mysterious Cramer
came to Hickman's apartment lug
ging a suitcase, the confession con-
tinued. "Cramer opened il and re-
vealed the dissected body Of the lit
tie girl. upon seeing that Hickman
was sure surprised
"He said the police are already
suspicious Of this place. and he
said she was crying and he tried to
stop her Of something like that, and
he figured the safest way would
be to 20 ahead and fix il that way,
and for me to keep the suitcase
in my car and 20 20 this place (the
scene Of the final rendezvous with
Parker) and IL the police sto--ed me
before l could get rid Of II. they
might look at the suitcase and never
stop to open it, and / thought that
might be all right"
The abductor here explained that
since he already had written Parker
that IL he were given the money
before 6 o'clock that night, Marian
would be returned alive and that
since IL was after that hour when
he peered into the suitcase and saw
the mutilated body. he determined to
make the best Of it.
Says Girl Thrilled
"Eyen had I written this letter af-
ter we called, wen If she had not
been alive. l thought he wanted his
daughter anyway, no matter what
condition she was in; that he
would rather have her, and so ]
went ahead and called him up and
planned the meeting place.
"And IL this fellow had not killed
her, it would have come out all
right as we had planned, because /
was sure she didn't want to die"
The only sign Of emotion tha7
Hickman showed was when he
spoke then Of Marian being killed.
According to his confession. the girl
had played the game" with him and
even had been thrilled at the pro-
ject Of returning 10 home ace
school with an exciting tale Of hav-
ing been kidnapped.
When she was with me she said:
i wonder what the school kids will
say when ! get back to school? They
will wan to know what / did and
everything and | am terrib'v sorT'
she was killed myself, because I sure
liked her." Here Hickman wept.
Did Not Have Body Parts
Asked what he did when Cramer
opened the suitcase and displayea
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-23
CHARITY

Continued from page one)
Is In the hands Of Brownsville citi-
zens.
Plans for the Christmas tree.
which Is 70 make glad the more than
two dozen children being cared for
there, are making good progress al
though there still 10 need for zone
larger toys, according 20 Mrs. Starck.
Parents who have wagons, dolls. tri-
cycles or other large toys of which
their children have tired are asked
70 take them 20 the home today.
Many old people az the home are
clothing, old coats and wraps Of all
kinds are needed. Bed cover also
would he appreciated.
The following firms and individu-
ais have donated TO a fund for a
Christmas tree nc the home:
John g. Fernan4sz, sc.
John Gregg. $50.
Mrs. VI. Gimble. clothing.
Brownsville Bakery 81, and daily
gifts OF bread.
Mrs. Robert Dalreil, IS.
Mrs. r. b. Creager, IS.
Mrs. Francisco Canalos, eicthing.
Mrs. Isabel Sterling. clothing.
kiwanis club, clothing.
+. VI. Woolworth company, an In
dividual gift for each Of the a.
inmates.
The best Christmas present for the
ushnla fnmffw A. rw~mNmw D~At.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-23
WRIT DENIED

A motion for a writ OF habeas
corpus in the case Of Alberto Yanez,
being held here in connection with
the Billings murder, has been over
ruled by District Judge A. W. Cum
ningham, and the defendant contin-
uss 10 be held without bond, accord
Ing TO s. NJ. Jester, district investi-
Rator.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-23
JyFsT0C

KANSAS CITY. No, Dee. 2s.-F)
Hogs 5000; active; packing scws
6.5O67.50; stock pigs 7.500Gs25.
Cattle 400: calves 80; fairly &C
tive; short fed steers 0.l0Gi2.00i
v~ealers 1000.
Sheep $500; strong; fed western
lambs 1890; n q tives l-50Gl2.0O.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-23
RITTER Ann EGGS

CHICAGO, IL, Dec. 23.-RE
Butter higher; creamery extras
IS 81; standards AZ; extra firsts
47G4s; firsts az; second 80.
Eggs unchanged.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-23

70 wheat held near the initial
range. Corn, oats and provisions
were also ~easier, corr opening un-
changed TO 3-6 cents off and subse-
quently showing q moderate general
setback.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-23

CHICAGO. ILL.,, Dee. 23.-CP1-
Selling on the part of houses with
connections northwest tended to
Ease wheat values down today N
the early dealings here. Starting
unchanged TO 2-S cent lower, Chica-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-23

NEW YORK. N. Y, Dec. 2s.-LP-
Bar silver 81 SIS; Mexican dollars
- Ia.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-23

FORT WORTH. Tex. Dec. 23.-lR1
Hogs 800; steady; top $40; pigs
6.50@7.25.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-23
POTATOES
SILVER

CHICAGO, Ill. Dec. 23.-lP-Po
tatoes unchanged.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-23

The best Christmas present for the
whole family ~ q Grosley Radio.
Radicla Parlor. Adv. "a.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-23

The hest Christmas present for the
whole family il a Grosley Radio.
Radioia Parior. Adv. "a.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-23
RARY R0RN

MERCEDES, Dee. 23--Mr. and
Mrs. Al ]. Bigelback of near La
Feria are the parents Of an eight
General Hospital early Wednesday,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-02
With the Authors

nation at his feet. While heads are being blown
of IN the trenches, the AustroIalian front, and
uniforms, rifles and torn bodies mixed UP IN
internal stew on the battlehelds, the great gem
eral delivers himself thus on the glories and Joys
OF war:
"Just looki should like to show this picture to
our pacihsts, who always act as though war was
nothing but hideous carnage. You should have
this hole in peace times. 1t was enough TO put
you to sleep Why the porter at the corner Is earn
ing mora today than the biggest merchant used TO
earn before the war. And have you noticed tho
young fellows who come back from the front? Sum
burnt. healthy and happy Most OF them before the
war employed in ofncea. They held themselves
badly and were dissipated and looked cheeay.
assure you the world has never been so healthy a.
II Il now. But you look at your newspapers. ycA
read about world catastrophe, about blood
drained Europe, and whole lot Of other stun"
Like what the Chicago Tribune would turn ouu
This IL a GREAT book. You wiz read and DANA
the system that breeds wars inevitably as
swamp will breed mosquitoes.
Those who were unable to wade thru James
Joyce's Ulysses, despite the verbal aupetizers
sprinkled thru its pages and tho advertising valus
Of Bookkeeping, may hesitate 20 diminish their imam
cal resources in the acquisition Of Joyce book
DubiIners which s collection Of short stories OF
Dublin life written In 1905 makes delightful reading
Joyce is a good story teller. He winds up when
he has painted his picture and lets It 90 at that
He does not have to walk the door at night wonder
ing what he is going to do with characters that
have outlived their usefulness.
There fifteen stories In the book with an intro
6uction by Padraic Colum who In q general favor-
tie with American publishers and literary reviews.
tho Colum is chiefly interested in fairies tnkers.
priests and nuns, and modern Irish writer's have
little good to say Of those types with the possible
exception Of the thinkers.
The gods have been kind to Joyce in the matter
Of publicity For some unknown reason his pub
fisher refused bring out Dubliners for
The moralists pinned the verboten sign Ulysses
So Joyce can afford to I've In Paris while the moral
hts cannot
A book you win enjoy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-02
Portrait of a Corrade.
A book you win enjoy.
CONTINUED from page y


age he would have been too early rotten with Its
cowardice. Watched all night7 More women than
/ have watched all night Glad and proud am that
I do not watch for those who come ashamed, be-
cause they come too soon."
She faced my father, blazing. "You spoke
word OF blame for this nights work! You? Then
I shall tell him. II he had done anything else at
all he would not have been his fathers SON And
all ever asked for my life was to bear his father
a son."
My father and had been held dumb. But as she
fell silent the excitement Of the last few days boil
ed in my veins.
"Mother!" stammered, "Mother!" Then mem
DRY of night long ago swept across me-
Contradict" 1 cried.
She turned and for flash a veil lifted think
it given to see that once, the girl my father
found in prison.
Then the shyness of her unusual outburst engulf-
ed her, and the embarrassment between mother and
son. We should both have sought refuge in the com
monplace, but that my father spoke gravely.
If that is your word then you have come into
your own, For because it is refused to the least
1t Is title for the greatest. Because 1t Ia given
you freely you shall spend your life earning it, Co
my SON. was wrong. Do what you must do and
to know what that is, look nowhere but into your
own soul" =
My mother and father talked late together that
night | never knew what they said. But the day
before yesterday, in the street fighting, my own
young son was wounded. Now can guess what nv
father and mother talked OF that night
Years later went one night alone to say good
bye to my mother lying covered with white flowers
My father came out of the ROOM his face carved
with sorrow and passed me, without seeing / must
have known in any case that he had just gone from
her. For only the hand she loved best in the world
would have laid among the white flowers over her
heart one boodred rose.
Her sons voice went to silence He looked of
thru the dark as tho he again the grave which
the people that day had laureled
Down the street came the sound OF men singing
together.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-02
The City That Shouted

The foundations stir
A broad fist shoots through ballroom noo<.
That schoolgirl complexion
Flakes from the enamelled ugliness
OF the frightened -Four Hundred.
Smoke ceases in chimneys.
Smoke issues through gateways.
Smoke surges into the streets,
Strengthens, and shapes itself,
Shouts-and is marching machinery.
Shouts-and is marching men,
Marching Tomorrows.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-02

ball clubs. are now being given an airing after be-
ing given the air. 1t develops their resignation"
was by request-of the VIGOROUSLY labor-hating
Judge lands. They just raised this old birds
salary to S65,0OO year do the disnfecting There
Is hardly any need for this bug to be lifting the lid
any more The Odor of it all pervades the country.
As local sports writer snapp1y put it: What was
haseball's breath of scandal in 1919 becomes de-
v&ststdng halitosis in 1926"
You tell EN-! And knowing pro ball for what II
ts we know the old Judge is going to be kept busy
enough to earn his salary in the future Do we need
workers sports? Like egg needs salt and pepper!
This Is a special Scotch item. PROVING again that
golf Is great Scotch game (goIf--not auIpD. We
bring to your attention the fact that Charles Chunq
Chinese, has been made the golf professional at the
Rediands (caI) Club, after winning many golf
honors thruout the state Our Scotch comrades will
note that there two Scotch items assuming
international interest.
After the last Olympic games, "F1ying Films"
s@ught the sporting worlds attention Nurmi and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-02

Men In War, by Andreas Latzko, Boni and Liver
right, New York. sos.
DubIlners, by James Joyce, Bon and Llveright.
New York $.95.
Men In War will never be recommended to the
young manhood Of America by the American Legion
the offcaldom Of the American Federation Of
Labor. 1t is blasting. damning picture Of the hor
Of II Is Of the most powerful pictures
of war ever painted in words. Gibbering human
wrecks drag themselves thru It's pages. Fractured
legs in plaster casts while their worry that
the limbs will hitch up too soon. The great Pooh
Bah, the military genius who big battle. this
military genius who spent the previous SO years
in a state Of chronic semi-bankruptcy. Here he
was now far away from the bursting shells with q
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-02
The City That Sang.

Skyscrapers turn somersaults.
Tenements tumble
And disappear in tho dust
Where street meets street and dances
Forever out Of the cellars,
Forever out Of the subways,
The forgers of the future
Gather, and gaily
Sing at the common task,
The love and the learning.
All, TO be one OF the chorus,
Saiuting the coming creation!
But ah, still more, TO contribute
Ny all to its realization
-. O. Wailass
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-02
The City That Sobbed.

BY and By your ear becomes
Accustomed to confusion,
Immune to all the mutter,
To the grumble and the thunder
OF the torrent flowing traffic
Roaring through the sluicelike streets.
Uproar blends again to silence
Through the sum OF all its sounds.
Silence that in turn is shaken
By a subterranean sobbing
Rising from the root Of things.
City Of aspiring steeples,
City of sky seeking buildings,
Broadly based and remembering,
Can it be that all you weight
Rests upon the stricken shoulders
or the workers, whose reward
For the blood and sweat they spent
In your planning and erection,
In your dreaming and perfection,
Is to squirm beneath your feet?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-02

really splendid distance man, speaks some sound
sense on the matter: All the talk of eating fried
ash or any other Finnish dish is foolish We Firms
eat what we like, but eat sensibly. That coupled
With the fact that conscientious and con-
sistent with training, makes us good distance
sunneEs-" Ritola is carpenter, and after days
word makes Ma point to run six miles to his home"
Workers sports organizations might be develop
mc many fine athletes. We hear they are. This
Bug, however, Is convinced that among them there
are none that can wrestIe with little English or
throw couple paragraphs far enough for our read
ers to see them We know they exist. But don't keep
n . seoret, eomradesI
Mickey Walkers manager only wants 100000
A~ q championship bout for a championship he won
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-02
SPOR T S

Phoebe! What
an odoriferous
business this
profe s sio nal
baseball. Two Of
the games great
est pl lay RS,
Cobb and Speak
er, managers OF
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-02

other white guard athletes OF
Finland COPIED all running
honors. Other good Finnish
runners who were Reds would
not participate or the sport
ing world would have been
even more startled. Nurmi's
trip to this country, like
Queen Marie's, helped draw
attention to Finland for the
purpose of a loan. At that
time, sports writers-no jok-
imprinted a lot OF fish
stories for suckers showing
why Firms made good run.
ners.
Now Willie Ritola, another
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-02

or, managers OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-02
FRENCH BREAD CHEAPER
AS WHEAT CROPS GAIN
Bumper Harvest Relieves Price In
creases Due to Ravages Of
Fields in War.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
PARIS.-Bread, beloved in France
as no where else in hungry world,
is getting cheaper and may soon be
better in quality.
A return to the real white bread of
the good old days before the war is
promised for the coming Winter.
Since the armistice, rye and other
grains have been mixed with the
postwar wheat by the bakers. They
were ordered to do this in order to re-
duce importations until the northern
provinces-the granary OF France
ravaged for four years OF fighting
should return to normal.
This years wheat crop has been a
bumper one, although the rainy Sum-
mer hurt the quality of the grain. The
price of bread has been gradually
sliding downward. This la always page
I news in France, just as the price
OF gasoline is in America, or q sunny
day in England.
Sugar and butter and wine are also
coming down in price This is very
pleasing to the housewife who does her
own shopping, but it is none too pleas
ing to the family cooks. In households
where the servants do the buying for
the kitchen they receive from the
shopkeepers per cent of the amount
they spend. The higher the cost Of
eating, the more they make.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-02
HEALTH BRANCH OPENED.
$500, 900 Rockefeller Institute In
Budapest Starts Work.

BUDAPESTH, Hungary, October /
R).-The Budapesth branch Of the
Rockefeller Institute for Public
Health, costing $500 900, was opened
yesterday. Regent Horthy Of Hun
gary, the American Minister, repre-.
sentatives Of the Hungarian govern.
ment, the Rockefeller Institute and
the diplomatic corps were present. r,
Gratitude and admiration for Amer.
lean generosity were expressed on
behalf of the government. Prof
Gum, representing the institute. in
response said that America did not
come to Americanize, but the help
Europe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-02
SCIENTIST INSISTS
THAT DOGS THINK
Horses Also Easily Make
Their Desires Known, He
Tells Conference.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, October 1.-The assertion
that dogs and horses also are thinking
animals and man need not lay sole
claim to such popularity admitted def
milton. was discussed by the Third
International Congress for Psyshical
Research yesterday.
DIR. Karl krall, Munich. Germany.
argued that all animals, especially
dogs and horses, have powers of COM
prehension and Interpretation rarely
appreciated at their full value by their
brother thinking animals-men.
Reads Dog Message.
DIR. Wilhelm Neumann read COM
munication on his thinking dog
Rolf" intended to prove telepthic
mails, and emphasizing the thinking
possibilities of the so-called lower ami
mails.
Gifts of sweets and carrots with
few kind words or one pat on the head
are worth more than a hundred gruff
words in bringing out what is best in
the mind Of dogs and horses, DR.. Krall
said. The speaker told of one or his
horses Hans. which, after q few
months friendship and training, could
count up to 54.
animals do not begin to exercise
logical thought Immediately, but they
soon respond to thoughts transmitted
them by humans" DR.. Krall said.
Don't expect an animal to converse
with you, but he will understand you
and will make himself understood"
Dog Signals, He Says.
DR.. Neumann said that his dog Rolf
understands and signals with q series
of banks so that something resembling
a reasoned conversation can be carried
on with his master.
kindness and mildness must rule"
DIR. Neumann said. You must pene-
trate the very soul Of the animal. Once
he realizes that you are his friend he
will manifest it in many remarkable
ways. Horses and dogs will under
stand and translate your instructions
and with almost unbelievable &C.
curacy."