The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-24
Youth CIings to His First
Tale, Despite GriIIing
at PendIeton.
OFFICERS ARE ON WAY
Oregon Officials Baked in
Every Effort to Change
Boys Confession.

E1U CH1IGU Press
PENDLETON, Ore, Dec. "a
Tenaciously clinging to his story
that Andrew Kramer slew Marion
Parker, William Edward Hickman
today resisted all efforts of Pendle-
ton police to obtain a confession of
the murder before he was returned
to California.
Proximity of Los Angeles officials,
en- route here to take custody of
Hickman, had goaded local authori-
ties to clear up the one remaining
battling point since Hickman's cap
ture and arrest Thursday afternoon.
Even the information that an
ANDREW Kramer" who admitted
knowing him and resembled some
what his description of the alleged
accomplice, had been in Jail in Los
Angeles since August, failed even
momentarily to shake the story of
1.-THE Fox" He Immediately
launched into an even more detailed
recital of Kramer's part in the kid
naping and murder plot.
Slips Up in Talk
Pendleton police, however, were
encouraged in. their belief that
Hickman had murdered the girl by
a Slip-up the talkative Fox" made
yesterday while conversing with one
of his jailers. Hickman said he told
Marion he once had worked in her
fathers bank.
"It is an entirely probable theory
that Hickman killed the girl, be-
cause he had told her too much
about himself and feared detection
if he returned her to her parents
alive" Buck Lieuallen, State motor
cycle officer, who aided Police Chief
Tom Gurdane in arresting Hick-
man, said, in admitting police were
making strenuous effort to obtain
details Of the actual murder.
The fact that California officers
were nearing Pendleton and that
probably before nightfall Hickman
would start the long journey back
to Los Angeles to stand trial for first
degree murder did not seem to
effect him. He maintained the same
indifferent attitude.
Detectives Due Today
Headed by Asa Keyes, district at.
torney of rs Angeles County, de-
tectives of LOS Angeles were sched-
uled to arrive here about 4 o'clock
this afternoon.
The visit of the southern Cali
fornia officials probably will be very
brief. They have advised Gurdane
that they plan to start the return
trip with their notorious prisoner
shortly before midnight.
If these plans are carried out,
Monday or early Tuesday probably
will see Hickman back in Los An
geles. The exact time of arrival will
be kept secret, to prevent mob Vio-
lence.
Gurdane and Lieuallen have re-
iterated their intention of accom-
panying to Los Angeles the young
man who made them nationally
famous.
Is Model Prisoner
Gurdane said today that Hickman
had been model prisoner. He took
his arrest and confinement philos-
ophically, receiving a multitude of
interrogators without once losing his
temper. Even when officers have
examined him at length on all de-
tails of the dreadful crime, Hick-
man remained calm.
The black rings under Hickman's
eyes, so noticeable when he was
brought here Thursday, have grown
fainter. The "Fox," who had driven
more than 1000 miles in four days in
his attempt to escape the far
reaching hand of the law, has been
sleeping nine hours a night since his
capture.