Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-20
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tectives termed the fiend's watch
tower" a vantage point where he was
able to spy upon the movements of the
slain child's family, anG upon detec-
tiveS Staked out about the house OF
tragedy, was announced as bit of
| evidence amounting to a definite con-
nection with the kidnapper- -Slayers
movements. The watch tower" was
an unused Greek letter fraternity
room on the second floor of a private
garage, vantage point which afford
ed complete sweep of the vicinity
about the Parker home. The owner
declared the fraternity members had
! let the rent go two months in arrears,
that the place had not been used,
that he himself was in it last Friday
to close the blinds, and that Saturday
morning the blind of one window was
found open again. This, and tracks
showing someone had entered the sec
ond floor rooms, led the detectives to
believe the fiend had been there Fri
day night when Perry M. Parker, the
child's father, was to have met the
kidnapper to pay a $1,500 ransom and
receive his daughter.
tectives decllred, was the finding OF
Greek symbols and paraphernalla,
which they connected with the word
! death" written in Greek letters, on
two of the fiend's letters to the father
of his victim Neighbors reported that
| an automobile had been driven into
the garage on Friday night.
The police declared it certain the
fiend had hidden somewhere in the
vicinity on Friday night to watch the
conlings of detectives in the vicinity.
They pointed out that his next letter,
/ received Saturday by Parker, describ-
ed in the detail the movements OF de-
tectives and police cars that night.
The new clue on which sheriff's
deputies started an investigation to-
night came from Santa Monica, ad-
Joining beach city. Information was
given Chief of Police G. 4. Webb there
of O Wing man answering the kid
napper's description, by man, name
withheld, who said he had been the
caretaker of the youth. The latter told
the beach city police the suspect re-.
Gently escaped from sanltarlum,
! where he had been lodged on account
of degenerate acts, and last was heard
/ from. in San Diego eight days ago.
| The caretaker reported the suspect
had telephoned his parents at santa
Monica for money, but refused to give
his San Diego address. He was re-
| ported to have left the southern city
| in stolen Ford coupe. visit to
! the home of the suspects parents was
reported by the police to have borne
TIL 50 ctn
| have assisted in locating the man.
In connection with the fiend's as
serted watch tower" revelations de-
tectives declared that three of the 80
members of the Greek letter fraternity
were absent from the city. A wide
spread search was put underway Tor
them, while the questioning of all the
other members also was started
Two fingerprints, found on the wind
shield of the kidnapper's stolen
Chrysler car, tailed positively with two
discovered on his crudely printed death
threat letters. The machines steering
wheel was removed for discovery OF
more fingerprints The car was found
in a parking space a few blocks from
the street where the killer dumped
the girls body after receiving his
ST 800 ransom from the father on Sat-
urday night. 1t had been left there
by man answering the fiend's de-
scription, and it's license number was
that noted by Parker. The car was
iden, flied as having been stolen from
DR.. Herbert MantZ in Kansas City on
November 7, and as bearing license
plates stolen in San Diego, December
13.
Three suspects continued in custody,
although officers expressed the opin-
ion they were not connected with the
crime They were held for further in
vestigation. Lillian Padley, %, tele-
phone operator, was arrested when she
was reported to have screamed hysteri-
cally, II didn't kill her." as she fled
from a house on Manhattan street,
near where Marian Parker's body was
surrendered The others held were
Earl Smith, 49, and Gaylord Barna-
man.
The Padley house was reported to
have revealed footprints, supposedly