The Washington times., 1927-12-23

Street, which is just one block north
and these two cars storped. When
/ saw them I was absolutely certain
they were detectives and they were
going to try and trap as, ana !
concluded 70 take the girl back and
turn her over to the man again.
I wrote them another letter then
and this man suggested was get
ting the time too near, hut that would
make Il much safer. so made 1t for
the appointed day anyway. They
were making such a Zig search he
was afraid they would eind the girl.
So on Saturday when he came
to the apartment with this suitcase
and showed mo who Il was was
sure surprised. He said the police
were already suspicious Of the place
and he said she YVES crying and he
tried to stop her or something Ike
that and he figured that the safest
way would be to 70 ahead and fix 1t
that way and for me to keep my
suitcase In the ear and to 20 to this
place and IL the police stopped me
before ! could get rid Of Il they
might look at the suitcase and
never stop TO open it. thought
that way might be all right. He had
already gone ahead and opened Il,
anyway, so in this letter / told the
girls father u i were paid before 6
o'clock that night that his daughter
would stlll be alive, and I didn't find
out until after 8 o'clock, when my
partner came up to the apartment,
that she wasn't.
Even after / had written this
letter, no matter whether she was
alive or not, thought he wanted
his daughter anyway, no matter
what condition she was in, 30 II
went ahead and called him up and
planned the meeting place. He was
there all right. If he had not
brought the detectives with him the
night before he would have gotten
her back.
And il this fellow had not
killed her IT. would have come out
all right. an we had planned. I'm
sure she didn't want to die because
when she was with me she said,
II wonder what the school kids will
say when ! 20 back to school. They
will want to know what 1 did and
everything"
l am terribly sorry she was killed
because sure liked her. CTears
interrupted the confessed kidnaper
here.)
CWhen the chief of police asked
Hickman for a description Of the
man who is supposed to have
killed her, "the fox'' answeredD
He was about feet 8 or 9 inches
tall and had almost black hair.
don't remember the color of his
eyes. but as far as I remember /
think he had been leading an i'm.
pure life. He had a sore upon his
chin, but that might have been from
the way he had been eating. The
times l saw him when I picked him
up ne had a kind of gray overcoat
and he just had the one suit. 1t
was kind Of tan or brown. He had
a kind Of rough face
Led Hard Life
He looked not to be more than
over 20, but he looked older because
I think he had been leading a hard
life
He wouldn't tell me where he was
staying though he was to have his
part in the plan and I my part.
Crooks sometimes will go back on
each other if another one knew that
the other one did it: makes every.
thing safer and less dangerous il
we didn't know where each other
stayed, he told me, so I don't know
where he kept himself.
He didn't stay in the same apart
ment did. I was there all by my
self. / don't know whether the
woman had anything to do with it
or not. Her first name was June
and think her other name was
Dunning. She weighed about 125
or 1S0 pounds, guess, and was
about % or Is years old. l knew
they appeared to be well matched
couple.
never did know what address
they had. You see, in the condition
I was, a crook, I hadn't been used
to friends when 1 picked them up.
I had been alone quite q time
anyway. / had been to . good
many places, Chicago, New York,
Pittsburgh, Philadelphia. Washing.
ton, ID. c., and other places before
i came out to the Coast.
I didn't know where to meet
him or how to call him. We al
ways planned to meet at places. u
didn't have any address of either
OF them. And the last time saw
him was when he brought the suit
case up to the apartment and he
told me when I got the money
that II l got 1t to go up to San
francisco as soon as / could safely
get away, as the police were awfully
suspicious here anyway.
One thing that happened Sunday
morning was that about 200 detec.
tives came up to the apartment
and looked over the place and
started searching it. One of the
fellows had the name of the apart.
ment written on a paper and they
searched every place. When they
came to my apartment was sing.
ing and playing the phonograph.
The detectives came in and looked
around, but didn't express any sus.
picion OF me at all and / went out
IN the hallway and talked to seven
or eight of the best detectives in
Los Angeles. I asked them il
there was anything ! could do, but
OF course there was nothing. They
searched my apartment and then
lett. 1t was quite interesting.
Held Eyes Open
Cramor had the girl or part Of
the effects Of the girl. when he
came up to the apartment. I
guess he threw the other parts
away where they said they were
thrown away. The only part he
had were - well - she
was cut right across the middle
Of the body and her arms were
fixed up and he had put her
dress on her. He had her dress
and little sweater thrown on
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