New Britain herald., 1927-12-23

with the understanding that she would be returned to him the next day and then delivered to her father.
 Saturday the mysterious Cramer came to Hickmdn's apartment lug ging a suitcase, the confession con- tinued. Cramer opened it and re- yealed the dissected body of the little girl, upon seeing which lick man was sure surprised" He said the police are already suspicious of this place. and he said she was crying and he tried to stop her. or something like that, and he figured that the safest way would be to go ahead and fix it that way. and for me to keep the suitcase in scene of the final rendezvous with
 Parker) and if the police stopped me before I could get rid of 1t, they might look at the suitcase and never stop 10 open it, and l thought that might be all right"
 l lie dDhuCltI Htft tN bldllltN that since he already had written Parker that it he were given the money be- fore 6 o'clock that night, Marian would be returned alive, and that since 1t was after that hour when he pocrcd into the suitcase and saw the mutilated body. he determined to make the best of it.
 And if this fellow had not killed her, it would have come out all right as we had planned, because ] The only sign of emotion that Hickman showed was when he spoke
 then of Marian being killed. Ac- cording to his confession. the girl
 had .'playcd the game with him and even had been thrilled at the
 prospect of returning home and school with an exciting tale of hay
 ing been kidnapped.
 "Whon she vas with me she said:
 T wonder what the school kids will say when l get back to school? They will want 10 know what l did and everything.' And am terribly sorry she was killed myself, because sure liked her Here Hickman wept. Cried With Surprise. Asked what he did when Cramer
 opcued the suitcase and displayed the mutilated form of the little girl, | the captive said:
 "I let out q yell of surprise and wan. cd to know why he did thing 1 like that. IL was quite a shock 10 { me. II" was not supposed to bring | her up to the apartment. ! His story Of meeting Parker and l delivering the torso of the child in ! exchange for the shcaf Of bills was
 the samc as that Of the Los Angeles
 police when they reconstructed the i crime.
 Hickman declared he did not l have tn" dismemhercd parts Of the
 body which wcrr found scattered through q park in another section ! of the city. He believed Tramer | had dropped them as he drove along i in an automobile.
 , The youths story Of his fight 10 escape the police was striking in it's revelation of brazcnncss. The morn- ing after the body was delivered 10 Parker policeme1 Swarmed into inc apartment where Hickman was stay ing on finding q clue in the wrap pings around tho torso. Four or them entered his room and question cd him.
 "About cn detectives came up Sunday morning and looked over the
 apartment and started searching it, ! the confession read. They searched , every place. and when they came 1 into my apartment ii was interest ! ing. the way l WIS singing and play ! ing tho photograph. Tn" detectives ! came in and looked around and dld i not express any suspicion of me at i all. and then I went out In the hall and talked to seven or eight or the ! Lest detectives in Los Angelcs.s