Imperial Valley press., 1927-12-29

toure which / had rented. We took
the ear to a garage and left it there
for a week before we left Kansas
City.
when we left Kansas City we
went through Lawrence, Ottaway,
kauSas, on down into oklahoma,
through McAlester and Tulsa, into
Texas, through Fort Worth and Dai-
}sS. We started to 90 through Abi-
enc, but man stopped as and
questioned Us about ownership cf
tLp car and we were afraid to con
tHuc that way 50 we returned to
Dallas and drove south in Texas to
san Antonio.
"Thcn we started west and drove
J'arroSs the southern part of Texas
light near the border. through FL
raso on through Phoenix, Arizona
and Yuma and on to SAN Diego ami
thru to Los Angeles.
Had No Woman
Hickman said they committed a
number Of robbcrics cnroutc to Cal
ifornia and admitted that they had
staged at least three holdups in
Dallas.
lie declared however, that he
never discussed kidnapping I'll g
Parker girl with Hunt and said that
his accomplice in the drug store
murder had nothing to do with the
shaving of Marion Parker.
Detectives also questioned Hunt
in connection with the death of his
grand father who was reported to
have committed suicide by jumping
of the Colorado street bridge last
fan.
DO YOU think there is any pos
sibility that your grandfather met
with foul play instead of suicide!"
Hunt was asked.
.'Wen, my grand mother had
such a thought but it doesn't seem
possible to me- Hunt answered.
Hunt said that his grandfather
had no enemies that he knew of,
but that Hickman had remarked at
one time that Driskell was the
stubbornest man. he had ever
seen.
+" Did Edward ever have any ar
gument with Mr.. Driskell to your
knowledge -
No but my grandfather would
get awful disgusted with him on
account of his getting sarcastic
and moody. Edward always seemed
dissatisfied, Hunt said.
Both boys denied that they had
ever been associated with bandit
queen in their holdup activities.
Hunt said that he once heard
Hickman remark that he "always
wanted to cut somebody up and
throw them along the highway.'
~ can't remember what brought
the subject up-it was just in the
course of conversation, Hunt said.
- just took It as a silly notion.
He would get moody-at other
times just silly, or sick or insane.
l lust laughed it off and made some
remark. >
DO YOU believe that Hickman
committed any other murders be
sides the Parker murder and the
Thoms murder'' detectives asked.
- am quite sure he didn t. un-
less it was. since sam him last in
Kansas City or since he started on
this SPREE he replied.
Mrs. Martha c. Driskell, step
grandmother of the Hunt boy also
made a detailed statement to police.
She said that Young Hunt came
to her home last January from Kan
SIS City and secured employment in
the First National Bank. Later ac-
cordiug to her statement she secured
a leave of absence for him to 90
back on a business trip with her to
Oklahoma.
Mrs. Driskcll said that H7nt'r
mother. Mrs. GLADYS Wehring. lived
at 4417 Woodland avenue, Kansas
CITY.
Mrs. Driskell denied that she had
any knowledge that Young Hunt had
been shot in attempting holdnp.
''Isn't il fact that thev told
vou they had both held up people
and Won said We'll that's too bad,
but IN keep you Just the same if
YOU 90 straight detectives asked.
"No. l knew they had both run
away from home and knew Edward
had forged some checks, but he was
not at my home after he forged
the checks,'' Mrs. Driskell said.