The Washington times., 1929-07-25
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couple in the twilight Of life--Mr.
and Mrs. Melvin T. HiZ.
Again today they sat side by
side in crowded court room
listening to the tedious task of
Jury selection and hearing lawyers
say things about the daughter they
idolized that must be like knife
thrusts to the heart.
Many Girls Attend
But, strangely enough. as this un.
usual trial with its college back
ground" unfolds itself it is not
Shook, the SNUG looking defendant.
who is drawing the attention of the
spectators who, by the way. are
mostly young girls-possibly some
Of them goods themselves. 1t is the
old couple. They are tugging at
the heart strings Of all.
There Mr.. and Mrs. Hix sit, in the
front row, just outside the prisoners
|dock-20 PAGES from Shook, the man
who caused the cataclysm to break
over the quiet cycle of their de-
cHning years.
He glares at Shook, but Shook
does not seem to notice him. Mrs.
Hix sits with bowed head. tears In
her dimning eyes.
Winces At Tale
At times old man Hix, himself a
retired public school principal OF
New York City, also leaps from his
chair when one Of the attorneys
that his daughter and DR.. Shook
IA @A al, ttn AAn nSo.Sp
used drugs. His Theora!
Theora! What an unusual name
Mr.. Hix, in quivering voice, will
"Theora." He gave his child that
name himself. That was Is years
ago when he was teaching Greek
and Latin. He wanted to give his
baby q name that would be dis.
tinct1y individual. So he chose
"Theora" which in Greek means
"God-given."
All, this couldn't be his girl that
they are talking about this way.
They had reared their child so care.
fully-sent her through high school,
to e. seminary, and finally to Ohio
State, place they felt sure she
would be free from temptation and
where she could obtain the medical
education she cherished.
Can Do Nothing
The Hikes deplore all the pub
licity their dead daughter is receiy.
ing. But what can they do? Here
they are, people who never had
their names in the papers before,
pushed into the limelight-their
pictures in all the papers and the
past OF their child dug up and re.
vealed in It's most sordid details
through the medium Of a murder
trial.
For no murder case in the history
Of this college town has ever caused
such q sensation. The Columbus
newspapers are publishing verbatim
accounts Of the court proceedings,
devating page after page to the
trial.
Thirty three correspondents sit at
three long press tables sending out
to the world all essential details Of
the case.
The State Of Ohio has four prose
cutors engaged in the task OF seeing
to It that justice IL done. Three
attorneys, the best obtainabIe, have
been employed in the defense OF
Shook. The town ls on its ears, so
to speak. and over at the univer.
sity reverberations can be heard.
The Shook case Is the scandal Of
years.
How the Hikes wish they had
never allowed their daughter out Of
their sight-t0 leave home in the
quest OF higher education: Over and
over again they ask themselves the
question: "Could It be possible, as
careful az we were, that we failed
somehow in rearing our child? Or
was fate killingly unldnd to US in
our declining years?"
Mrs. Clara Rhcdea. kha nrek pRea.