Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-23

| ton she was In. that he would rather
have her and 40 I went ahead and
called him up and planned the meeting
place. He was there oil right and az
1t happened the night before. / was
there before he came
| And if there had not been any de.
tectives he would have gotten her
back. And II this fellow had not killed
her Il would have come out all right
an we had pla nned. because am sure
she didn't want tn die because when
| she was with me she said.
II wonder what the school Kids will
say when I 60 back to school? They
will want to know what / did and
everything"
Hickman Breaks Down.
am terribly sorry she was killed,
myself, because ] sure liked her. dick.
man w"pt hereJ
| q. Give Use the description OF this
fellow that you say killed her.
| A. He was about + feet z or 2 inches
tall and had almost black hair, and
| don't remember the color of his eyes
As far as | remember | think he had
been leading an impure life. lie had
| a sore upon his chin. but that might
| have been from the way he had been
eating. The times ! saw him, when ]
picked him up he had on kind OF
gray overcoat and he just had the one
suita kind Of tan suit. or brown.
He had kind Of rough face.
Stayed by Himself.
q. How old was he?
A. lie looked to be not much over
| 2S--but he looked older because, |
think he had been leading a kind
of hard life.
q. Where was he staying?
A. He would not tell me that be-
cause he was to have his part In the
plan aud ] my part. Crooks some
times will go back on each other II
any one knew what the other one did
| less dangerous than IL we knew
where each other stayed and l don't
know where he kept himself.
q. He didn't stay in the same
| apartment with you? ~
! A: No: was in that apartment
| all by myself
! q. Did this woman have anything
| to do with It?
4. | never saw her again Her
| first rame was June. think her
name was D,nning .
| q. How much did she weigh?
A. About 1as or 1870 pounds. |
/ Eu'sS' sNIlt was sd Dout - W -" SNHi :
7 old guess. know they appeard
to he well-ma tched couple.
/ q. You don't know what address
they had?;
| \. No: I never did know. You
| can see the condition | was in with
| being n crook anyway when l picked
| them up. ! had been alone quite a
| time. anyway. l had been to good
MANY places--to Chicago. and !
went to New York and Pittsburgh
and Philadelphia and Washington,
| D. c.. before I came ont To the Coast.
No Meeting Place.
| Q. Do YOU know where YOU were
to meet him or where In call him?
a. No; we always planned to meet
at places.
Q. You planned where you would
meet again. You didn't have any
address for any one Of you?
| A. No. sir.
| Q. when was the last time you
saw him?
| a. The last time I saw him was
when he brought the suit case ny 10
| the apartment and he told me when
| got the money--if got the money
/ to 60 up tn San Francisco az soon as
| | could safely get away. as the police.
men were awfuily suspicious here
| anyway.
Well. one thing that did happen
| Sunday morning. was there were
about 200 detectives came up to the
| apartment and looked over the apart
mert and started searching 1t. One
Of the fellows had the name OF the
npa rtment written on paper and
they searched every place.
When they came to my apartment
| II IL interesting the way / was singing
/ and playing the photograph. The
| detectives came In and looked around
a. nd did not express any suspicion OF
me at all.
went out In the hallway and
talked to seven or eight OF them. best
| detectives In Los Angeles. asked
them II there was anything could
do and. Of course. there was nothing
| could do and they searched the apart
ment.
Took Parts of Body.
! Q. He had the girl or part OF the
effects Of the girl when he came up
to the apartment?
! A. Yes. sir. guess he threw the
other parts away where they said
they were thrown away.
| =. What parts did he have up there
/ IN tne suit case.
A. lie just had--she was cut right
across the middle Of the body and her
arms~-he had them fixed up and he
| had her dress put on her. he had her
dress and n little sweater thrown on
her face and. of course. she was dead.
| hut the way he had fixed the mouth
II did not look very deathlike. He had
| some little threads fixed through her
eyebrows which seemed To hold her
| eyes open.
Q. lie opened the suit case so YOU
might see what he had there:
4. Yes. sir.
Q. Where were you when he did
| that?
A.. That wac In the apartment.
O. What did YOU say TO him when
you saw that"
A. l let out a yell Of surprise and
| wanted 10 know why he did thing
like that. II was quite a shock to me.
lie was not supposed 10 bring her up
tn the apartment. We were supposed
10 meet Thursday when got her and
turned her over To him.
q. That In the last time YOU saw
her living"
A. No. that was the same day l 20,
her from the school~~that is. after we
had gone In the show.
lie told me tn hold her until tonight.
so when he did take her Il would not
b" suspicious and no one would see
us, We met and he took her. He
had ear Ford car. I don't remem.
Der the license number.
|. =. What Kind of ear was Il,
4 Ford coupe 1t was kind of
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