Evening star., 1927-12-19

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this morning definitely to point to
any Of them as the machine in which
the killer brought the torn remains
or the child to the rendezvous of
death in the northwest section of the
night.
Meanwhile no downward thrust in
the curve of popular indignation
which began in a tremendous wave
saturday night. was apparent today.
The sentence of death had been
passed in the mind of every resident
as the drive for the slayer went on.
"A reward that was expected to
reach the 100000 mark, raised by
popular subscription, was on the head
OF the fiend. County Coroner Nance
announced that an inquest would be
held over the remains today. The
father and police who rushed to the
tragic spot where the body was re-
covered were summoned to testify.
Notes Show Cunning.
The cunning and cold -bloodedness
Of The Fox pseudonym which the
kidnaper OF Marian chose for himself
was revealed in the letters sent by
him and his confederates to the father
of the girl.
The first was a crisp warning to
Parker to get $1.5u0 in bills, keep the
police out of the case and make no
search.
Accompanying the first of two
notes which were received from Mar
ian was one from her captor, which
said in part:
FOX is my name, very sly, you
Know. Set no traps; TIL watch for
them. Get this straight; your daugh-
ter's life hangs by thread and 1
have a Gillette ready and able to
handle the situation.
This is business. Do you want the
girl or the rs $40 gold certificates,
United States currency? You can't
have both. .. / am doing a solo,
so figure on meeting the terms of Mr.
Fox or else"
Saturday afternoon came a long one.
in which the kidnaper spoke sharply
because the police had been allowed to
take a hand.
"You are insane to betray your love
for your daughter, to ignore my terms,
to tamper with DEATH" said the letter.
You remain reckless. with death fast
trays his love for his own daughter
IS second Judas Iscariot.
Prepare for Funeral.
ssIf by pm. today you have not
received my telephone call, then-hold
a quiet funeral service at your ceme.
terry without the body-on Sunday. the
18th. Only God knows where the
body of Marian Parker would rest in
this event. Not much effort is needed
to take her life. She may pass out
before PM. so would not afford to
call you and ask for $500 for life.
less mass of flesh.
Il am base and low, but I would not
stoop to that depth"
This missive was signed ''Fate-
Fox" and was followed by a summary
of instructions which Parker was to
follow. Briefly, he was to bring 81 500
IN $50 gold certificates. come alone and
unarmed and stay in his car
It was hours after the girls death
that her father received the last note
in her handwriting.
Thousands Join Hunt.
The greatest man hunt in the his.
tory of the Pacific Southwest-search
for the fiend who kidnapped, murdered
and mutilated Marian-gripped Los
Angeles and all neighboring cities to.
day.
While 1000 trained men of the DO.
lice, district attorneys and sheriff's
offices continued the hunt, there came
a nockfng, defiant letter, purporting to
come from the kidnaper-slayer. The
nnissive promised fate similar to
larfan's 12-year-old sister Marjorie.
White police guarded the letter, which
had been posted on a fire alarm box
end delivered by means of a false
alarm, many officers believed it the
work of a crank.
Nearly a half-hundred suspects had
been taken into custody since Satur.
dav night, when Marian's dismem.
bered body was bartered to her father
Perry M. Parker, an assistant bank
cashier. for $1,500-paid on the as
sumption of the parent that the girl
still was alive. Virtually all of them
were released after questioning.
Planes Are Used.
Airplanes were pressed into service
TO pursue a suspect to Las Vegas
New. where they overlook an east
bound motor stage, resulting in the
arrest of Lewis D. Wyatt. The arrest
ing officers after questioning him ex
pressed the opinion that he was not
the man wanted, but he was finger
printed and photographed. He told Of
ficers he was en- route to Terre Haute
Ind. his former home, and investiga,
ton in Los Angeles tended to corrob-
crate his story.
The officers placed slightly more
weight on the arrest of an unnamed
suspect in Los Angeles. The suspect
said to be a member of the family of