The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-19
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trickery and Marian was unwilling
~ released to a fiend who took hel
to a horrible death.
When Marian failed to retur,
from school at the regular hour
her twin sister told of the stranger
and the search was begun. Shortl,
afterwards, two telegrams-on.
from Pasadena and the other from
Alhambra, both nearby cities
warned the father not to attempt tt
interfere with the kidnaper's plans
The next morning the frantic
father received a special delivery
letter. which instructed him to OBJ,
tain $500 in $50 bills and await
further instructions.
Girl Writes Appeal
Early in the afternoon there came
second letter-a pitiful handwrit.
ten appeal from the girl-askine
her father to do as the captor de.
sired.
Three times that afternoon tho
Parker telephone rang, but, as
Parker arrived, he spoke only to an
open wire. The caller had broken
tho connection each time.
The first telephone message came
from the kidnaper at s o'clock that
night. Another, 80 minutes later
instructed the father to proceed by
automobile to q designated spot
with the $1,000. This he did, but
the police, in their zeal to catch
the kidnaper, sent detectives tc
surround the scene and the willy
one sidestepped the trap. He failed
to appear. !.
A night and morning Of agony
elapsed before further word came.
Then early Sunday afternoon
came another letter. It contained
another appeal in the girls hand
writing and two notes from the
kidnaper voicing his anger at the
+ .ther for permitting the police to
set the trap. They threatened death
to the girl if his instructions were
not followed. The kidnaper's notes
showed he had an accurate check
on the police operations.
Asks Police to Withdraw
The distracted father finally
asked the police to withdraw. That
evening he was instructed to drive
to spot not far from his home for
a final rendezvous.
Parker followed instructions and
was met by a masked man in q
small automobile. Beside the kid.
naper was little Marian. The father
asked for glimpse of the girl.
With a terse "she's asleep" the
kidnaper allowed Parker to peer
into the car, then ordered him ia
hand over the $500. Parker sur.
rendered the roll Of $40 bills and
the kidnaper informed him he
would drive ahead and deposit Mar.
ian on a lawn a short distance
ahead. The father followed. In 8
moment the kidnaper cast the
heavily wrapped girl from his ma.
chine and sped away.
Parker hurried to the side of the
object and clutched it in his arms
Marian was dead.
Body Horribly Mutilated
He opened the bundle. The body
of the little girl had been dismem.
bered and horribly mutilated. Tht
arms were cut off at the elbows
The legs were cut off at the torso
which had been disembowled.
The dismembered parts Of tn,
body were found yesterday scat
tered along the roadway in vel
wrapped packages. Apparent,
they had been tossed OUT thu
kidnaper's automobile as he spec
away from the place where he hat
met Parker and later thrown tn,
torso from his car.
! While police kept op the alert
handwriting experts drew q picture
Of the kidnaper from what the!
saw in his handwriting. The!
described him as a cool headed des
perado-a man who had done littl,
manual labor-of sound lnentalit!
and considerably above the averag'
in intelligence. The belief that h.
is an educated man was deduce'
from his careless use Of Greek let
tiers in the missives. His c11irog
raphy showed artistic inclination
and not the slightest nervousness.
A. Handwriting expert said tn
letters were written by two person
lone Of them q woman.
Mrs. Parker has been told onl,
that her child was dead and ha
been spared from the knowledge o
the horrors Of that death. She at
tempted to lose herself in worl
about the house.