Evening star., 1927-12-19

| l EIcdSe uduuy, Il WdHi u COtic |
| home this morning. This is your
| last chance and come by your
| self or you won't see me again.
| MARIAN"
Los Angeles physician and former
student at a military school and
college in Los Angeles. had some
| knowledge of the Parker family ac-
| tivities, police intimated.
| Meanwhile the nerves of citizens,
who have offered reward money ag-
gregating more than $50,000 for the
capture Of little murderer,
received another shock last night
when Miss Ethel Swapp, IA, daughter
of a chauffeur. was kidnapped at Pasa |
| dena.
Kidnaper Is Caught.
| The second kidnaper failed to elude
| The law and he was cornered by a
| posse in the hills section east of Pasa
dena. Police said his description did
not tally with that of the slayer of
| Marian Parker.
The Pasadena suspect gave his
| name as Jesse Cobb, %. His finger
prints were taken and hurried to Los
Angeles for checking as a pre-
cautionary measure. He was return
| ing to Pasadena when cornered by
| the officers.
The Swapp girl told authorities that
he had attacked her. The car driven
| by Cobb was said by the officers to
| have been stolen and the police said
| he faced a charge of grand larceny,
| in addition to other possible accusa
| tions.
| Every tick of the clock, officers
said, meant a lessened chance for the
| capture of Marian's slayer, who is
| believed to have been assisted by a
man and woman.
The kidnaper struck last Thursday
morning while Marian and Marjorie
were on their way to school. They
noticed stranger watching them
| from a coupe about block from their
nome. He attempted to speak to them.
Apears at School.
During the noon hour, a stranger
appeared at the junior high school
and told Mrs. Mary Ward Holt. at
| tendance officer. that Marian's father
had been hurt and was calling for
her. 1t was a perfect piece of trick
cry and Marian was unwittingly re-
leased to a fiend, who took her to
a horrible death.
When Marian failed to return from
school at the regular hour her twin
sister told of the stranger, and the |
search was begun. Shortly afterward |
two telegrams-one from Pasadena |
and the other from Alhambra, both |
nearby cities-warned the father not |
to attempt to interfere with the kid |
napers' plans.
The next morning the frantic father |
received a special delivery letter
which instructed him to obtain $1,000 |
-. ~ or, fs,rfhoys fnctrIlr.
tions.
Early in the afternoon there came |
second letter-a pitiful handwritten
appeal from the girl herself, asking
her father to do as her captor desired
and to come and get her.
Connection Broken.
! Three times that afternoon the
| Parker telephone rang, but as Parker
answered he spoke only to an open
wire. The caller broke the connection
each time.
| The first telephone message came
| from the kidnaper at o'clock that
night. Another, 80 minutes later, in.
structed the father to proceed by au-
| tomobile to designated spot with
| the $780, This he did, but police
in their zeal to catch the kidnaper
sent detectives to surround the scene
and the willy one sidestepped the trap.
A night and morning of agony for
the Parker family elapsed before
| further word came. Then early Sat-
urday afternoon came another letter.
| 1t contained another appeal in the
girls handwriting and two notes from
| the kidnaper voieing his anger at the
| father for permitting police TO set
| the trap. They threatened death to
| the girl If instructions were not fol-
| lowed. The kidnaper's notes showed
| he had an accurate check on police
operations.
| Police Withdraw.
| The distracted father finally asked
police to withdraw. That evening he
was instructed to drive to a spot not
| far from his home for final rem
| deZvous.'
Parker followed instructions and
was met by a masked man in small
automobile. Beside the kidnaper was
| little Marian. The father asked for
glimpse of the girl.
| With terse "She's asleep" the kid
naper allowed Parker to peep into the
| car, then ordered him to hand over
| the $1,500. Parker surrendered the
roll of $40 bills and the kidnaper in
| formed him he would drive ahead and
deposit Marian on lawn short dis
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mysterious car. In moment the
kidnaper cast the heavily wrapped
girl from his machine and sped away.
Parker hurried to the side of the
object and clutched it in his arms.
| Marian was dead.
He opened the bundle. The body
Of the little girl had been dismembered
and horribly mutilated. The arms were
cut off at the elbows. The legs were
| off ut In xuhinh had hQan
disemboweled.
| Parts of Body Found.
The dismembered parts of the body
were found yesterday scattered along
the roadway in well wrapped pack.
ages. Apparently they had been tossed
| from the kidnaper's automobile as he
sped away from the place where he
had met Parker and later thrown the
| torso from his car.
While police kept on the alert hand
writing experts drew picture of the
kidnaper from what they saw in his
| handwriting. They described him as
| a cool-headed desperado-a man who
had done little manual labor-of sound
mentality and considerably above the
average in intelligence. The belief
that he is an educated man was de-
duced from his careless use Of Greek
letters in the missives. His chirog
raphy showed artistic inclinations and
not the slightest nervousness.
A handwriting expert, after a
lengthy examination of the letters.
said they were written by two per-
sons, one Of them a woman.
The handwriting experts descrip
ton of the character of the man who
did the writing only bore out what
police already knew too well. The
criminal was Of more than average
intellect, cool nerve and of the cum
ningness which has baff1ed pursuing
officers.