Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-27

day by District Attorney Asa Reyes
of Los Angeles County as follows;
This boy made full and complete
statement of practically all phases OF
| his crime.
| about six months ago he first
thought of kidnapping a child to get
money TO take a course in college. lie
! stole a car in Kansas City and drove
| to Los Angeles There he rented an
/ apartment on November %. He look
| ed around and first had in mind kid
mapping another child.
Visits Parker Home.
..This one proved too young, and
then he thought Of the child of Perry
/ NJ Parker. on December L., after
! thinking of Parker. he went out to
! parker's house to see him come home
on December Ia he went again. early
! in the morning. and saw the two Par
kor children leave home for school
Hickman then related the wen known
details Of the kidnapping After put
ting the girl in his car he drove out,
headed for Glendale and stopped at
side street He told the girl she was
being kidnapped.
He bound and gagged her. She
begged him not 10 and he refrained,
but he showed her a pistol, He then
went to Pasadena. and sent the first
telegram to the father. He took the
child to Medusa and assured her he
would not harm her. They came back
and went to the Rialto Theater, where
they saw a picture: Figures Don
Lie They were out of the show at
/ 10 O'Clock and drove 10 the Bellevue
Arms Apartments. They sat under n
tree for 80 minutes.
She Sleeps on Couch.
''Then he told her to follow him ln
| which she did. He asked her whether
she wanted TO sleep in bed or on
couch and she decided to sleep on the
couch. He put blanket over her head
and they went to sleep. awakening
about am. He wrote letter to
Parker on Friday morning.
THE girl also wrote a letter. He
left the child in an apartment and
went down and mailed the letters. He
tied her hands and feet to chair
Friday morning he prepared breakfast,
but Marian did not eat. After break
fast he talked TO her and said she
could write letter to her father. She
was crying, but stopped when he told
her she could write the letter. He
went down town to get papers and
mailed a special delivery letter. When
he returned with the papers. she saw
her pictures and enjoyed seeing th"m.
He took her for a ride on FRIDAY for
about 10 miles and returned about
dark.
Before returning to the apartment
he bought several papers for Marian
to read. He then related waiting for
r. stt+EN I'm
cars and driving away without de-
livering the girl. Then they went to
Hickman's apartment.
Writes Father Again.
THE girl sobbed a little. because
she couai not go home that night,
That night she slept the same as the
previous night and woke up at $50
M He told her TO write TO her father
and she wrote q letter in her own
words very willingly. He told her that
she would have To make her condition
appear really worse than it was.
"He promised her that IL her father
did not pay the money he would let
her go home He then wrote the third
note He put her note In the same
envelope. went down town TO get
some papers, saying he would he back
in half an hour. He tied her. blind
folding. her. She told him TO hurry
back.
"At this time an intention TO murder
her grIpped him.
"He got rolling pin. but did not
strike her with IL. Then he took the
dish towel and strancled her with H.
The district attorneys statement
then referred to details Of Hickman 3
story as announced at San Jose, Cant
Knots Towel About Throat.
He knotted the towel about h"r
throat. and pulled tightly for two min
utes before she was Unconscious. Then
| he took pocket knife and cut a hole
| I'm her throat.
Then he cut off each arm Mt the
elbow Then he cut her legs of at
| the knees He put the limbs In cab
| met.
He cut up the body in his room at
| the Bellevue Arm Apartments. Then
| he removed the clothing and cut the
| body through at the waist.
| lie put IL on n shelf In the dressing
room. He placed n towel in the body
TO drain the blood.
He wrapped up the exposed ends
( Of the arms and waist with paper. He
! c0Tnbed back her hair powdered her
!
eyelids
, lie did this BECAUSE he realized that
/ he would lose the reward IL he did not
have the body To produce to her
/ father"
/ Hickman said he wrote the last
! chance" note ~ Parker He went To
! Loew's State Theater In the afternoon
after staying the girl.
Hickman returned about 3 80 O'Clock
pm. the statement continued took
all parts Of the body down 10 the car,
which was parked by side entrance.
hurried out Sunset boulevard and
turned into Elysian Park, where he
disposed Of the limbs.
| Looks for Police.
! Then he took the torso In suit
ease, parked his car on Fifth street
drove around to see that there were
no police In sight.
! He stopped between Fifth and Sixth
| on Marshall. ana iook the suit case
out. Next he turned the ends of his
license plates, 80 that the numbers
! would not be easily distinguished
| lie put handkerchief over his
face and waited for Mr. Parker, whom
he had teiephoncd 10 meet him with
81 500.
When he saw Parker he showed
his sawed,nff shotgun and told Parker
| 10 keep quiet lie raised the head III
the girl and asked for the money.
"lInknlHn said he drove ahead and
left the body. He then drove To I'afk
as1d Grand avenue. where he parked
the car. He then went 10 I.eighton's
cafe and had IA meal and cashed the
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