Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-09

Hickman, two other boys who the kid
naper had picked up in northern
California, were in the car.
Covered by the guns of the two Of
ficers, Gurdane said Hickman step
ped down onto the road with hands
above his head. At first he said his
name was "Peck" (the name of the
man in Los Angeles from whom the
car was stolen) and that he was from
Seattle.
There was no doubt in the minds Of
the officers, however, Gurdane said,
after search Of the automobile dis
closed a pile Of $40 bills which they
assumed was what remained of the
$500 ransom money, and several guns.
The latter included a sawed d-off Shot
gun and an automatic pistol, both
loaded. Two other pistols were found
in Hickman's bag.
While the officer was testifying, the
weapons themselves were before him,
produced by the state as part of its
exhibits. He positively stated that the
shotgun and one other weapon were
those found in the green sedan close
by the drivers seat. The others had
been taken from the bag by Lieuallen
and he could not be SO sure.
Attorney Walsh felG that the display
CT guns in the courtroom was prejudic-
ial to the interests of the motionlesS
youth at his back and voiced his be-
lief in vigorous objection. Quickly it
was oyerruled, however, and the words
of the objections themselves ordered
stricken from the record.
When Gurdanc left the stand Lieu
allen took his place and gave the
jurors additional details of the thrill
ing capture. The witness identified
the stack of $40 bills with their tell
tale serial numbers and testified that
there was $500 all told A moment
later he identified the two pistols
about which his fellow officer was a
trifle uncertain.
Twenty-one shotgun shells and sew
eral boxes of cartridges were also
identified by Lieuallen as having been
found in Hicknan's bag in the car
Walsh did not care to cross examine
the big officers from the northwest
and a police detective Of Los Angeles
took the stand further to identity the
array OF weapons on the counsel table
A few moments later jurors and
spectators, all of whom had listened
in tense stiffness to the tale of the
officers. were sitting with blanched
faces as County Autopsy Surgeon Dr.
A. F. Wagner testified. Briefly, the
white-haired physician of the coroner's
office stated that Marian Parker died
a violent and homicidal death; de-
acribed the condition of the body when
it came to him, and identified photo
graphs of the broken remains as cor
rectly representing the body as he
first viewed it.
/ The final and most dramatic ges-
, ture of the state then was made.
Quietly, and with a distinct gentleness
Keyes called to the stand Perry NJ
Parker, father of Marian For the
first time since Hickman had been en-
ployed in the same bank with him last
spring, Parker looked into the face of
the shrinking youth who confessed the
crime that stirred a nation.
Hickman apparently was not prepar-
ed to meet that gaze. He kept his
eyes averted from the fathers face
His slight body shrank perceptibly
downward and the finely cut head ap-
peared to droop Parker stern Of
countenance. looked intently at the
picture in the prisoners chair from
whom the state is demanding death
in expiation OF his confessed crime.
Between Hickman and the father
lay the four guns on the counsel table;
ever to his left sat the eight men and
four women who as jurors will decide
his fate: ahead and to his right was
the kirdly-faced but stern iurist called
from an outpost county of California
to hear the case; it was the dramatic
peak of dramatic trial.
In the hush that followed. Parker
was called upon TO answer but few