New Britain herald., 1928-02-09
FATE OF HICKMAN
 RESTS WITH JURY
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tContinued from First Page) killed the little girl and dismem- bered her body.
 The verdict of the jury~uill be on the one question of llickman's san. ity or insanity.
 Has Admitted Crime
 The former Kansas City high school pupil has admitted commits sion Of the crime through his plea of not guilty on the ground of in- sanity.
 Cantillon in his plea that Hick- man be sent to an insane asylum in- stead of the gallows at the San Quentin state prison turned to the family history of Hickman and his early life in the backwoods of Ar kansas.
 "We have established that one of this boys immediate forebears was q neuropath. two were positively in- sane and d fourth was the village half wit--an epilcptic." Cantillon said.
 He referred frequently to the tcs- tinony of Hickmans parents, Thomas Hickman of Fl Paso. and Mrs. Eva Hickman of Kansas City.
 The mother and father. now sep arated. both barred their family rec ord in an effort to save Edward.
 Quotes De1NDstttons
 Cantillon quoted frequently from the depositions the defense gather ed from persons who knew the Hick- nuns in Arkansas and later in Kan sas City.
 These depositions brought out mental abnormalities among mem bers Of the Hickman family. Several Of them expressed the opinion that Edward was ''queer."
 Cantillon likewise drew quotations from the testimony of Dr. Paul Bow CTS, q state alienist.
 The testimony of Dr. Bowers. Can tillon argued, was more favorable to the defense than to the state.
 Frequent reference also vas made to the testimony of the two alienista who testified for the defense. Roth asserted that in their opinion Hick- man was insane and incapable of distinguishing between right and wrong.
 Wednesday fad Day.
 Wednesday was a bad day for the young confessed murderer. The worst of the ordeal was when Perry Parker. father of Hickman's victim. took the stand and told of events leading up to the return of his daughters dismembered body. He had told of the search for his daughter, of the sneering letters and telephone calls from "The Fox" de- manding ti,50o. He told how he Tad arranged one meeting and the man did rot appear. Then. in q breaking voice. he told of the night of December IT.
 "A man drove up beside me. He asked me if had the money. I said did and asked him for Marion. The man pointed 10 a form in the car and said she was asleep. l gave him the money and asked him if he was going to give Marion to me. He said he was and for me to wait while he drove ahead and let her out of the machine. He apparently placed her on the curb about a block away. After he left l drove to the spot.
 Found Girls Body. "In the gutter I found what ap- peared to be a bundle of trash. That was--my daughter" He pointed to Hickman as the man who had driven the car and demanded the ransom money. Three womoa and one man on the jury were crying as the banker told his story.
 Hickman shifted his eyes uneAsily about the court room as Parker fes- tified. He dMn't attempt 10 gaze it the witness. Color sufrused his' face occasionally.
 Shortly afterward the state rested and closing arguments started. Forrest Murray. deputy district attorney. made the first summation for the state and after going over the case concluded with: "If horrible1css Is an excuse for crime, then let us know that We may flash it to the nation that murder is not punishable If it is done in as bloody a method as possible"
 Jerome Walsh of Kansas City made the first of the defense clos ing arguments and insisted the evil dence had shown that Hickman was insane.
 TO indict William Edward lick man, to find him aane, is to indict every high school youth in the coun- try. If hs is . normal American boy, then God help America" he concluded.
 l Hickman Writes Vcrrc Los Angeles, Feh. : (UP)-In a verse directed to Jailer Frank Dewar and labelled My Last Confessions ' William Edward Hickman Wedncs. day night wrote: 1 "To my dear frienA: February s, 1928 When Day 1s Done Last written confessions. When days begun and death cells i light
 With morning on. ! When warden talks and death fear