The border vidette., 1927-12-24
CHILD KILLER CAPTURED
Ransom Money Received by Confess
ed Kidnaper Found on Boy

Ransom Money Received by Confess
ed kidnaper Found on Boy
Pendleton, Ore, Dec. 22.-
William Edward Hickman of Los
Angeles, fugitive from justice,
was arrested this afternoon at
Echo, Oregon, by State Officer
Buck Lieu Wallen and Tom
Gurdane, chief of police of Pen.
dleton. The money found on
bis person corresponded to that
received by Hickman from Per.
ry Parker at Los Angeles.
HISTORY OF CRIME OF FIEND
Los Angeles. Dec. 22.-Here
are the events in the kidnapping
and Staying of twelve-year old
Marian Parker. for which crime
William Edward Hickman, nine,
teen year old youth was arrested
today after nation wide hunt
of five days.
Two years ago-Hickman oh.
tanned employment in the bank
in which Perry M. Parker, the
father of Mafian, was an assist.
ant cashier in charge of person.
mel.
June IA, 1927-Hickman ar.
rested on charge of forging
checks entrusted to him as a
bank messenger boy. He plead.
ed guilty, swore he was under
eighteen and he was admitted to
probation for 26 months. Parker
| protested the probation. Hick-
man was discharged from the
| bank.
Later-Hickman was refused
reinstatement at the bank after
| being admitted to probation.
This refusal was due to the fact
that bonding companies could
not bond him as provided for
bank employees.
Hickman returned to Kansas
City November Z where be was
believed to have stolen the auto
mobile used by him in the kid.
naping.
December 15-A we'll dressed,
educated. suave young man ap
| peared at the Mt. Vernon Junior
high school during the noon
hour, telling Mrs. Mary Holt.
teacher in charge. that be had
come for the Parker girl. He
declared the girls father, Perry
Parker, assistant bank cashier,
had met with a serious accident
! and wanted his daughter. The
| youth explained he was employ.
ed in Parker's bank, and .sug.
| gested that Mrs. Holt confirm
his statement by telephone. His
appearance and apparent relias
bility, led the teacher to release
the child to him. He left with
her in a coupe.
December Is might The po-
lice we're notified by Parker
when the circumstances of her
absence were learned. Then two
kilograms, one sent from Pasa.
dena, the other from Alhambra,
! we're received by Parker. They
were signed George Fox" in.
structed him to do nothing until
further orders; warned him not
to interfere with the kidnaper's
| plans. The first alarm was
sounded among the police that q
dangerous kidnapershad the lit.
tie girl in his power.
| December 16-Ransom was de.
manded in the first letter receiv
ed by the father. It was signed
the fox" contained threats of
death to Marian if instructions
we're not pursued; and ordered
Parker to obtain $500 in gold
treasury notes. "A second letter
was burdened with a pitiful plea
by Marian to her father.
| December 16 (night)-The kid.
naper telephoned the father, in.
structing him to proceed to a
rendezvous with the ransom.
Parker complied, but police were
staked out in the vicinity and
the kidnaper failed to appear.
| December II Saturday. "A
third ransom letter was received
by Parker. It contained another
and more fearful appeal from
Marion. The kidnaper chided
Parker for setting the police
trap the night before. On the
fathers insistence the police
withdrew from all further plans
| for a ransom rendezvous.
| Night-At. 7:15 o'clock the kid
naper telephoned Parker, again
| instructing him for a final rem