Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-02
WOMAN SOUGHT
IN HICKMAN CASE
Said to Have Been in SIayer'S
Apartment Day Girl
Was Murdered.

By the Assnrtated Press.
LOS ANGELES. January 2.-Fros'
ecut!cg officers, believing they must
combat a plea OF insanity In their
efforts TO convict William +. ii'ck'
man. kidnap0 and murderer OF
Marian Parker. today began laying
new plans for The trial.
Meanwhile. they continued TO dsg
into the unexplained phases OF the
case. one of which they say IL Inc
discovery that Hickman entertained
a woman in his apartment on the daF
the little girl was killed.
The mystery OF the visit to llick
mans eell yesterday Of three strang
ers. accompan anied by his counsel
Jerome Walsh OF Kansas Ciiy. was
regarded by the prosecutors az snow
ing that further moves were h"ihE
made toward constructing oetrnse
basis of insanity. Although "a'Sh
declared the three men we're HiahihS
a private investigation OF icNinah
activities and the three o.ne' h'""
insisted on conceaiing their Identities.
IL was learned that one was Ph!S'
clan. Walsh insisted they were not
alienists.
Confer for Hour.
The strangers and Walsh. with
Joseph Ryan, resigned mehnet o Wv
ais,rict attornev's office, who admitted
he was considering aiding In he de
fense OF the youthful criminal. we're
c,oseted for nearly an hour In jaiier
newar's office. They conferred WIN
Hickman there. ,
Ryan left the district attorney oI'
Ace after hurting II series OF chat Ses
against the methods pursued IN 'he
conduct of the office, Walsh decmreo
that RYAN had been chosen TO h'-
ouain, him with California procedure.
Further investigation into the dea u
hast Nav of A. r. Driskelt. grand
father of Welby Hunt. confessed aide
Of Hickman In several hold'ups, one
of which ended fatally for the victim
e. Thoms, was continued ny deputy
sherlffs. and George tnntrerns' ch'ri
Of detectives OF the diStrici attorney
office. Five asserted suicide notes o'
the elderly Alhambra business man
we're given handwriting expert '"
Investigation Officers assert IN"
notes appeared to I've written ny per
sons other han DtiSke'i,
llHnu~tUInE H''
,hring reports on the signatures "t
checks drawn against Driskell's hank
,cconnt hefor. his death last MAY
rbe officers suspect the checks we're
fo,eeries they were drawn on the
hank employius Hickman and HUNT
.s messengers and which discharged
the former for forgery OF checks.
Report due Tomorrow.
The report of the ponmanshlr eN'
merits was expected To he ready Tor
nresantation tomorrow To the srahu
Jury which viii consider evidence t"r
the possible Indictlng "t itn" 'o'
murder In the Thoms ease
The suicide notes were found s,oneu
IN "A single envelope on htisheHs p'''
snn and Indicated financial t'oub'es
and i'll health as his reasons
inyestigators declared litrshell hhd
several thousand dollars IN hank lie
posits and was declared tn lie In sn"d
health shortly before his drath is
body was found beneath a htides' wv"
If the notes wtitten on d"i"si' s''hN
of the bank where the y"uthfus 'f'h9h
nails worked told who the tnah "aS,
where To telephone his survivors an"
that his body would ho found "h""'
htiuEes
TIE woman IN the ease. desetlheu
by the police aa older than hickman
IA ashionubiy dreaSed aud heavily mad'
M, Waa declared tn have hren "NTt'
heard talking To- the kidnapei apart
ment nees.nher II. on Whtth "a'"
they now he..@Ve Maria" Mas h'''e"'
search tor Waman hegt"s,
"t.diie, we've got to set out "f mere
aud get ont quick" the womah "an
heard In say
A search was launched ~ woniah
who lived Ia the apartment h"nse
until "A few days ago,
A wax dummy af Hickman, us
played hanging from "a aalinws o at
verilse motion picture news reels AZ
a theater In helVedei~. "A suburb. last
nisht neoessitated the ealilns OF
sheriff's deputiaa to disnetaa mon
uf several hundred The officers SAID
that the crowd heiiesed the slayer was
heins hung IN eiiias and that several
clashes occurred la arguments over
the ease,
a