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directed.
Then, later on, as Raymond or
Lucas made the remark, he shud-
dered. 1t was working on his mind.
The two officers were relentless,
they gave him the treatment every
time a station was reached and a
crowd was gathered.
Look at that little girl! Look
at that little girl"
Hickman Cringes
Hickman cringed. His sneaky
eyes flashed and he shuddered as
the officers, his guards, kept up
their sing-song phrase!
Look at that little girl! Look
at that little girl
Finally the time was at hand
for Chief Cline to make his entry.
That was shortly before noon the
second day of the Pendleton to Los
Angeles ride. Previous to Cline's
appearance in the prison compart.
ment he. Mr.. Reyes and Chief
Davis conferred as to who would
attempt to break" Hickman. Dis.
trict Attorney Keyes stepped out
Of the picture.
I'm the prosecutor. Herman
said Keyes. You are the detective
chief and the officer. It's up to
you to start it. Go in there and
call me when you are ready"
Cline Steps In
And Cline went in and was with
Hickman but a few minutes before
1t was time to call Keyes and the
confession was on its way. Chief
Cline took a seat across the COM
partment table from Hickman.
looked him in the eye and said:
Hickman. we want your story.
We are ready to hear it now.
am sure you are not coward. We
know the story from start to finish
and we know you are the kidnaper
and murderer of Marian Parker.
But we want to hear 1t from you,
I'll give you five minutes to think
this over. You know it is the right
thing to do. Tell us ALL"
In the appointed five minutes,
Cline returned. Hickman. in the
meantime having heard another
lOOh al ludL IIttIS SlII HUN
Lucas and Raymond gulped a
couple of times and started to talk
At first he weakly attempted to
throw a they" into his story
bringing in the names Of "Cramer'
and "Dunning' which he invented
in his Pendleton cell.
District Attorney Reyes. Chief
Davis and Chief Cline all looked
Hickman in the eve.
THAT won't do" said Reyes.
I'VE want the truth"
And then. with no other sign
that he intended to confess other
than a heavy sigh Hickman began
to recite. from the beginning. the his.
tory of his crime, from the time he
first planned it, until his captura
in Pendleton.
Keyes. Cline and Davis inter.
posed no interrogations. They were
not necessary. The story was too
genuine. 1t was the truth. Hick,
man told everything.
"I1l Plead Guilty"
When he had completed his al.
most unbelievable narrative, Chief
Cline said to the prisoner:
you are the most cold-blooded
murderer in history. You will hang
by the neck in San Quentin as soon
as We can try you and get you
there"
'I'll plead guilty" said Hickman.
We'll. we will send you in writ
ing paper and pencil. and you sit
here and write out your story
just as you have given it to US. :"
Yes. SIR" said Hickman.
And the kidnaper slayer was busy
for the next five hours. Raymond
and Lucas did not talk to him, then.
their work. with the exception OF
placing him in the county Jail. was
over. Hickman wrote on and on
and on. At times his hands twitched
with writer's cramp.
10 Full Pages
In all, he wrote. 10 full pages
on the confession and an additional
five pages of what he declared
was his motive" for the murder.
the desire to secure the 81 500 and
the uncomfortable impulse to slay.
Judging by newspaper scale, at
the rate of 200 words a page, Hick-
mans confession was a document
o. 1000 words. He wrote at least
rat, and it constitutes the COM
plete, uncontradictable and (AW ming
which District Attorney
keyes now has locked up in his
PERSONAL safe. The prosecutor Is
ready to produce it in court If neces.
sary.
Hickman seemed relieved when
his confession was made. He joked
and laughed with his guards, and
Raymond ard Lucas, still doing
their act. but through with the
+ hrase, Look at that little girl"
Joined in his jokes and laughed
with him when they would rather
.ave thrown him out the window.
A little while later Chief of Po-
ice Davis entered the Hickman
compartment and heard Hickman
tell of all his other crimes, hold
ups and bank forgeries.
Hickman's criminal career lasted
eight months. Last May he began
by forging more than 80 checks
while employed as errand boy in the
bank in which Perry M. Parker,
father of his victim, is personnel
officer. He confessed, was admitted
TO parole and returned to the home
Of his mother in Kansas City,.
Picking up the story of his career
IF crime from that point on, here
It Is, in substance and effect, as he
told it to Chief Davis:
MY first holdup job was early
asst October in Kansas City. It
was at Thirty-fourth and Euclid
Streets. I had an automatic which
had purchased on Main Street,
Los Angeles. At home / had two
more auton1atics which 1 bought
after July of this year.
con this first job 1 used a .3S
automatic and held UP man from