Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-27
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ing-the day Of her death-at 1880
a. m.
Again Hickman told her to write
a note TO her father. This time she
was allowed to use her own words
except that she was instructed to
make il an1ear she was being treated
badly. Hickman then promised TO
allow her to return home If her
father did not pay the money de-
manded. he wrote another note
Gliding the father for allowing the
police TO interfere and threatened
death 70 Marian.
Once more Marian was bound and
a blindfold was added. As he left
the apartment she pleaded with him
to hurry back. The confession here
declares Hickman then got the idea
OF killing Marian. He had told the
girl Ito much" about himself-that
he formerly was employed at the
bank and that her father knew him.
lie realized IL she returned alive,
she would tell this and he would be
a marked man.
He took a dish towel and twisted
it around her neck, holding it tight
ly for two minutes before she be-
came unconscious. With his pocket
knife he dismembered the body. The
arms and legs he wrapped in pa
pers. Then he combed the girls
hair, powdered her face and threaded
wire through the eyelids in an effort
to keep the eyes open.
Delivers Body
After finishing the grues0me
work he wrote the final letter 70
Parker giving him his last chance
to have his daughter returned alive.
That done, he went to a theatre.
When the hour for the rendezvous
with Parker neared Hickman took the
torso in a suitcase and drove to the
meeting place. Ascertaining there
we're no police near, he met Parker,
took the $500 at the point of a
gun and then dropped the body -
few feet ahead Of the fathers auto
mobile. Immediately he drove 10 a
cafe and passed the first Of the S2U
for a dinner. He returned home and
slept. The next morning the police
swarmed into his apartment. having
traced a piece Of toweiing which had
been put with the body.
Starts Flight
He blandly watched them search
the apartment for possible clues, and
inquired II he could help them. He
expressed the hope that they would
catch the guilty person. Then he
casually Strolled out and went to a
theatre. Afterward he went TO Holly
wood Boulevard and took a big green
automobile from its owner at pistol
point.
With the green automobile he head
ed for San Francisco. lie remained
at a hotel until the next morning
his name appeared as the man want
ed. Then he headed for the north
where the trail Of $50 gold certifi.
Gates finally led to his capture.
Hickman declared an uncont-ol,
liable desire TO kill had surged hin,
since childhood. On the day of the
killing, Marian became fretful. hi
said. and he concluded that the time
had come to put her 70 death.
"Cramer" Disposed Of
Hickman vas said to have told
keyes that he would be willing u
plead guilty TO murder and kidnaping
and would accept imposition Of TIT
death penalty without delay. Seem
ingly he had adopted an attitude o.
indifference after unburdeninr him
self under the whitening fire Of ques
tioning OF Keves. Chief az Detective!
Herman Cline and others.
The young desperate showed n,
spirit rs he was led out 10 fac,
crowds and cameras. Shaekled 70 /,
biz detective. he was almost 50 brok
en- as the journey neared rs en-,
that he could not hold I'D his head
The confession disposed finally o
the mythical "Andrcw Cramer" whom
Re named in his first admissions N
The person who actually killed IN
rirl. In his new story Of the Grim,
he admitted that Cramer had exist
ed only In his mind.
just how the prison coach wouis
30 taken 10 los Orreles could no
he learned. TIE train WIS due 10 ar
rive az a:A0 y. ~. but there was /,
report that the car would be de
tachcd somewhere along tire las.
stages Of the trip ard would be pull
ed into the city BY a special engine