The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-21

Today's pursuit Of the Hick-
man suspect here started when
j. Krister, house detective OF
the Rosslyn hotel, saw a man
resembling the alleged kid
naper and slayer walking to-
ward a public telephone booth
in the hotel.
"That looks like Hickman, y
he said aloud.
The man started, turned up his
coat collar and ran out of the main
entrance of the hotel
Krister turned in a police
emergency call and then ran after
the man. Four carloads of police,
armed with sawed off shotguns,
arrived in time to join him in the
chase, but the suspect disappeared
in a downtown park.
Denies Hickman Capture
Reports that Hickman had been
captured were definitely denied by
Chief of Detectives Herman Cline.
I'VE are still looking for our man, y
he said. 1--WE hope the next few
hours will bring important results. -
Peace officers all along the Pa
cific Coast were on the lookout for
Hickman, as were police at Kansas
City, his former home, and in Chi
cago.
Roads leading to the Imperial
Valley were heavily guarded.
The guards were posted when a
car that had been stolen at Red
lands was wrecked. The occupants
jumped from the wrecked car and
drove away toward the valley in an
other machine that had been parked
at the curb.
Sidney Sarkas, arrested at Bever-
ly Hills, was freed today. Sarkas
was arrested on suspicion when he
failed to give satisfactory explain
alton of his actions, but it was found
that he had no connection with the
Parker case.
Father Identifies Hickman
Perry Parker, father Of the slain
girl has identified Hickman as the
man who returned her body.
Parker said the lower part Of the
kidnaper's face was concealed by a
handkerchief, but that the features
exposed were those of Hickman.
The accused youth had been en-
ployed in the bank of which Parker
is assistant cashier until his dis
charge last June, but when Parker
met the kidnaper he did not
recognize the former bank clerk.
A formal charge of murder and
kidnapping was sworn out against
Hickman following the Identification
by Marion's father.
Smarting under the public's belief
that they had "bungled" the in
vestigation and let the suspect slip
through their fingers, police grew
secretive about their work.
This belief was based on state
ment of the janitor of the Bellevue
apartment house that the man
known as Evans" the name Hick-
man used there, was seen leaving
late Friday with several bundles.
The bundles, the janitor said, re-
sembled packages in which dismem-
bered parts of the girls body were
found Sunday.
Identified by Druggist
In the room Hickman occupied
in the apartments detectives founc
two home made n1ittens of oil cloth
The thread with which the oil CLOTH
was sewed was identical with thai
used to sew Marion's eyelids oper
before her body was returned to hel
father.
These mittens, detectives believed
were made by the kidnaper to put
on the child's hands SO she woulc
not scratch him while she was be.
ing mistreated and tortured.
A half of the shell OF a Brazi
nut was discovered in the apart.
rnent. The half exactly matched 8
piece Of shell found in the pocke'
of a coat thrown about the body
Of the child when it was thrown
to Parker.
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