Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-22
Youth Passes $20-BiII, Part
of Ransom Paid by
Parker.
POLICE REACH STORE
AS SUSPECT FLEES
Merchant Identifies Purchaser
From Photograph-Custom Of
ficials Guard Border.
~ the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, Wash, December 22.-
Belief that William Edward Hickman,
accused abductor and slayer Of little
Marian Parker in Los Angeles, had
eluded the hastily drawn police net set
for him here and had headed for Can.
ada, was admitted by officers today,
after a night of search for the youth
full fugitive.
Twelve hours after a man identified
as Hickman appeared in a haberdas h-
cry here and passed one OF the $50
bills which the abductor collected from
Perry M. Parker, father of the girl,
the combined police forces of dozen
cities Of the Pacific Northwest had
been unable to lay their hands on the
suspect.
Border Is Watched.
His apparent escape from the city
despite the fact that police were put
on his trail a few minutes after he
purchased some clothing at the store
and slipped out into the night, left the
searchers with but one especially i'm.
portant place to watch-the Canadian
border.
immigration and customs officials
along the border were given instruc.
tons to leave nothing undone in their
patrol of the international line.
George ". Willoughby positively
Identified pictures of Hickman as
those of the customer. who passed the
$50 bill last night.
Downtown card rooms. apartment,
hotels and rooming houses were
searched without avail, while deputy
sheriffs and State patrolmen guarded
the highways leading from the city.
This morning the search admittedly
had been futile, and officials directing
it believed that Hickman was headed
for the North.
Chief Herman Cline of the Los An.
geles police detectives was positive,
he told Seattle officers by phone, that
the Seattle suspect was Hickman.
Best Clue As Yet.
The clue here is regarded as the
hottest that has been uncovered
lieve that IL the accused youth con-
tinues to leave a trail Of $40 bills, he
cannot evade capture. The kidnaper
had rs of the bills. the numbers of
which have been broadcast.
The "fox" entered a haberdashery
in the heart of the downtown district
at 80 last night, bought a pair of
black gloves and a suit of underwear
and gave one OF the $40 bills in pay
ment.
~he proprietor, alone in the store,
said he Immediately recognized the
stranger as the Los Angeles fugitive
from newspaper photographs.
The suspect, who appeared tired and
worn, put the gloves on while the
underwear was wrapped. Then he
pulled from pocket $50 gold GER
tificate, gave it to the proprietor. who
placed it in the cash register and
made change. The young man walked
out.
Telephones Police.
The haberdasher Immediately took
the bill and telephOned Capt. William
Kent chief of detectives.
What are the serial numbers" he
asked Capt. Kent, ION those $50 bills
that were paid to the Los Angeles
kidnaper by the father of the girl
he murdered?"
Kent gave the numbers. A mo-
ment of silence ensued.
WELL" the haberdasher replied ex-
citedly, Hickman has just left my
store"
The exact location Of the haber-
dashery store and the name Of the
proprietor were not made known.
Possible revenge upon the proprietor
was given as the reason for with.
holding his name and that Of the
store.
Several hundred copies of a news.
paper containing photographs of the
fugitive were obtained by police for
distribution to hotels and lodging
houses.
Nearly a dozen persons were arrest
ed before midnight, but all were re-
leased after questioning. Shortly
after the search started, man walk
ed into a downtown hotel and regis
tered:
IN. E. Hickman"
The startled hotel clerk notified po-
lice headquarters, and three minutes
later two detectives arrived to inter-
view the guest. In no manner, how
ever. did he resemble the Los Angeles
fugitive.