Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-23
CAPTURED IN BREAKNECK RACE With
OREGON SHERIFF, HICKMAN C0NFESSES
YOUNG MAN DENIES FIENDISH
MURDER OF BANKERS DAUGHTER
But ADMITS HE WAS KIDNAPER

PENDLETON, Ore, Dec. 20 H9--The
following confession of William Ed
ward Hickman was made to Parker
Branin, city editor Of the Pendleton
East Oregonian this afternoon:
c. Where is your partner?"
A. "Hc said for me to meet him at
the Harris hotel in San Francisco
Sunday. But he was not there, so
Tuesday morning saw they had my
name so got real scared then and I
plai.r.cd to get away myself. thought
/ would get away north, because they
we're searching in San Francisco, as
read about it in the papers and there
was nothing I could do After / saw
him in Los Angeles according to our
appointment, said where is the grip
and he just kind Of grinncd and said
where -.'
when the father met me by ap-
pointment he spoke and said: i want
to sec my daughter and I said she Is
here And I think I said she was
asleep and told him to give me the
money. / have had trouble with her.
And then he gave me the money right
there and I told him would drive up
drove out q little way"
c. Who was it cut her that Way?"
A. This fellow named Andrew
Cramer, his part was-1 ran away from
home and was in California and had
been working in the First National
Bank and forged checks and got pa
rolled and went back to Kansas City
with my mother and I wanted to go
back again so I then-so got this
coupe in Kansas City which belonged
to Dr. Mantz, / think was ~ doctor
and l got out here. AT first I didn't
come direct out here, / went to Chi
cago before came here and rented
that apartment in Los Angeles at the
Bellevue Arms, think it was on Mo-
vcnlber %, or just before ThankSgiv-
ing, and on Thanksgiving went down
to San Diego and when / came back
the next day / picked this man and
q lady up He said his name was An
drew Crarner, and the lady's name was
June Dunning, 1 think it was. / was
by myself / didn't know anyone here.
was making my living by holdups
and thought if could get acquainted
with some older man, we could work
to better advantage and it wouldn't
be as much risk and could probably
get away with holdups easier We just
held up drug stores and places like
that. That is the reason had all
these guns. That $50 belongs to An
drew. He left 1t there, so it didn't
make any difference We worked sew
eral places. He wanted me to get
some chloroform for him and ether.
didn't ask him what for. So in one
of our holdups would get out and he
would drive the car. He would SIT in
the car and I would get the money
and whatever he wanted and go out
and then he would drive away. / really
had not intended being a crook, be-
cause you find out soon enough you
will get caught, because I wanted to go
back to Kansas City and go to work
and save enough money to go to coli
lege-Park college, near Kansas City.
And I thought ii l could get enough
money to go to school and by working
some during the day, an hour or two
every day, in that way could pay the
tuition I thought il I could save a
thousand dollars I thought I could
start next September and no matter
how 1 got that I figured would go
straight from then on. And this man
asked me what I thought of kidnap-
ing, someone, and I thought / would
no. mind doing it. l happened to re-
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