Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-20
SUSPECTED SLAYER
OF MARIAN PARKER
ESCAPES ORAGNET

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were unleashed today and set upon
the trail OF Hickman.
The intensive search, given. inn
pctus by the fact that a price of
500, 900 has been placed on his head,
got under way this morning.
The motive for the kidnapping. STAY
ing and dissection of Marian was sup
piled in the police hypothesis. HlCk-
man two years ago was given a job
in the bank. He worked as q clerk
until six months ago. when arrest ed
for forgery.
Admitting having traced signatures
from checks intruSted in his care. the
youth confessed and was paroled 10
his mother. Police believe Hickman
got the erroneous impression that
Parker had opposed his application
for parole and had urged a prison
sentence.
Last Thursday came the sequel to
the forgery case, as constructed by
Chief Cline. A young man called at
the Junior high school which Marian
attended and said her father had been
injured and was calling for her. The
unsuspecting school officials released
her from class, and the stranger
drove away with her.
When Marian failed 10 return home
The search was begun Next day
Parker received telegram revea ling
that she was in the hands OF a kid.
naper. who threatened desperate
measures unless he was given 81 500
and allowed to make getaway
without fear of police intervention.
Parker. distracted. appealed to the
law. and started TO keep a rendezvous
with the kidnaptr while the police
watched from distance. The willy
kidnaper failed to appear, having dis.
| covered that he would have to deal
with the law If he kept the APP
| pOintment.
Police Withdraw.
| Three or four letters threatened
| death 10 Marian, and two plaintive
notes signed by the girl herself then
came 10 the distracted parents. In
desperation, Parker asked the police
| to withdraw, because of fears for the
| life of the child
The banker last Saturday night
| drove to place near the Parker
| home. on instructions from the kid
-
| mysterious automobile approached
and a masked man leaned out and
| inquired about the money. Parker
asked to see his little girl.
The masked man pointed to a
wrapped form in the seat beside him
She's asleep" he said, and then or
| dered the banker to hand over the
money. saying he would leave the girl
a short distance ahead.
The stranger drove away with the
money. A few feet ahead of Parker 5
car he hurled the wrapped form OF
! Marian to the ground. With cry
| Parker gathered it in his arms. The
little girl had been killed and cut Il
| pieces.
The motive. Cline says, was revenge.
/ After having chased thousands of
! false clues, the police satisfied them
selves this morning that Hickman
was the man wanted. Finger print"
! taken from the ransom notes and from
J the wheel OF the killers abandoned
automobile we're found to correspond
with those taken by the police six
months ago when he was "mugsed
for the forgery charges.
Hickman's photograph in the police
gallery was shown to Parker and Il
Miss Neona Britten. a teacher al
Marian's school Miss Britten said
the photo was that OF the man who
came and tricl,ed the school authors
IS into del.tel!ng the lIltIe ST. into
AIS .aa>nds.
AS a further connecting link, 30
lice discovered That the killers auto
mobile was one which mad been stolen
from Dr. Herbert l.. MantZ In Kansas
City last Fall. The ear later turned
up in San Diego with Il license taken
from a stolen California ear. Then
ii developed that DIR. Nantes Kansas
City home is near that of the lIick
mans.
On the strength of that Information
police abandoned all other leads and
today centered their entire effort on
the possibility OF laying their hands
on young Hickman.
! Press associations and newspapers
were taken into the confidence of 20
lice. told that the killer of Marian had
been identified and were asked to re
frain from hroadcasting the news unit
ii was found whether or not the fuGi
tive from justice was in Los Angelo;
or vicinity.
Lid Is Lifted.
! When it was discovered that Hicl<
man apparently had gone. the lid wa
lifted and the man hunt starte'
afresh. but this time it had a definite
objective.
Court records reveal led that al
though Hickman pleaded guilty Il
the forgery charge in Superior Court
the case went into juvenile cour
when his mother swore he was onl.
IL years OF age, The youth had tol'
the officers he was older.
He made application for prOba
ton and the application went Il
Parker for approval Parker wa
busy at the time and sent one Of hi
assistants TO talk To the boy and pro
baton officials. The application o
young Hickman then WAS signed b.
| Parker's assistant. n
Police believe thar iE0man. know
~ Mo Gin ta1