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LINDY PLANS QUIET HOLIDAY WITHMOTHER Christmas to Be Undisturbed by Official Program of Welcome. PKES TRAVEL BY AIR Only Way to Make Long Trips, Is Opinion of Mrs. Lindbergh. by g. f. fine United Press Staff Correspondent MEXICO CITY, Dec. 23.—The Lindberghs were together today and they planned a quiet Christmas together. It will be the first Christmas since Col. Charles A. Lindbergh rose to fame as the first trans-Atlantic aviator to fly from New York to Paris. He planned to spend the day with his mother, Mrs. Evangeline Lodge Lindbergh, who arrived at Valbuena flying field from Detroit Thursday. Plans for the holiday include a dinner at the American embassy with only members of the staff present. But while Christmas was to be a peaceful day undisturbed by an official program, receptions and affairs in honor of Mrs. Lindbergh and her son filled the remaining time that she planned to stay here. Cabinet to Pay Tribute The entire diplomatic corps and the Mexican cabinet will attend a luncheon today at the embassy by Ambassador Dwight Morrow in honor of Mrs. Lindbergh and her son. Last night Lindbergh and his mother were the guests of the Morrows at the embassy. When Mrs. Lindbergh in a Ford Monoplane arrived at Valbuena flying field at 3:45 p. m. Thursday, her son was not there to greet her. He was in the clouds looking for her plane. But he arrived shortly after. "Here we are,” were Mrs. Lindbergh’s first words as she stepped from the plane. And then not seeing her son, her next thought was of him as she asked, “where is Charles?” Thrilled by Scenery But Lindbergh in the Spirit of St. Louis appeared over the flying field ten minutes later. Crowds on the field, prevented him from landing and he was delayed. He met his mother at the embassy. When Lindbergh arrived at the embassy, he found his mother being interviewed while having tea with Mrs. Morrow and friends. Taking her by the arm, Lindbergh led her into another room for greetings. “The trip was indescribable,” said Mrs. Lindbergh in her interview. “I Was thrilled when we crossed the Rio Grande toward Mexico. There was nothing that did not interest us. The scenery was entirely different from any I ever saw before. Air Only Way to Travel “Mexico is a picture the like of %hich we have nothing in the United States. The mountains were particularly beautiful.” Mrs. Lindbergh • said she has planned to return to the United States immediately after Christmas, but declined to say whether it wouldbe by plane. “I looked forward to this as no other visit in my experience,” she said. “The only time I was afraid was when the crowd surrounded the sane. We had three propellers and feared someone would be injured. It has been a wonderful reception except for that shock of fear at the field. “Planes are the only way to travel,” concluded Mrs. Lindbergh. “We had everything we desired.” QUEEN TO BE SANTA Hundreds of Gifts Being Arranged for Baby Granddaughter. Zfc/ United Press LONDON, Dec. 23.—Queen Mary Is to be the royal family’s Santa Claus this Christmas when she arranges hundreds of gifts for her baby granddaughter, Princess Elizabeth, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of York and possible future queen in her own right. The King and Queen, the Duke and Duchess and Princess Elizabeth, the Prince of Wales, Prince Henry and Prince George all are to spend Christmas at Sandringham, the magnificent royal estate on the Norfolk coast. A big Christmas tree has been erected, the first real child’s tree in jnany years. .WEEK’S SAURY IS GIFT fUchnutn Brothers Employes Get Christmas Bonus. Cash gift by the company of one Greek’s salary to every employe of the local store of the Richman Brothers Company,, was announced today by Roy Johnson, local manager. All the employes of the twentyfeeven Richman stores over the country were given the same Christmas gift, Johnson said. The company also has closed its factories at Cleveland and Lorain, Ohio, giving each factory employe |t®> week* vacation with pay, _ wnF

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NEW CHEVROLET CAR OUT JAN. 1 —No. 3 Head—See Puzzle ‘Spectacular’ Model Promised by President. B<u United Press DETROIT, Dec. 23.—A new model Chevrolet will be placed on the market Jan. 1, President W. S. Kudsen of the Chevrolet Motor Company announced today. “It will be the most spectacular low priced automobile of all time,” he said. Delivery of the new models to dealers started Dec. 15, Knudson stated. Production at the various assembly plants throughout the United States is being rushed to make cars available immediately after the :st of the year. "All resources of General Motors have been employed for months to design and build the car,” Knudsen’s announcement asserted. Beauty, easier handling and smoother riding qualities were among the features of the new car, he said. On New Year’s day more than 5,500 newspapers and at least that many dealers will announce the specifications, he said.

CHEER IS BROUGHT TO HOSPITAL ‘SHUT-INS’ Series of Christmas Events Arranged at Methodist Institution. “Shut-ins” at the Methodist Hospital are being entertained with a series of Christmas events, a girls’ chorus under direction of Mrs. Frank Daniels having opened the week’s program by singing carols at the institution today. Saturday afternoon Mrs. James Ogden’s chorus will sing and Camp. Fire Girls will sing in the evening. Mrs. Anita Scott, hostess, will sing Christmas songs for patients Christmas morning, accompanied by Pasquale Montani on the harp. A special Christinas dinner will be served patients Sunday on decorated trays. NEW TO VISIT CITY Postmaster General to Spend Christmas Here. Postmaster-General Harry S. New was expected to arrive in Indianapolis today to remain until next Tuesday. His coming ostensibly was to be with relatives and friends over the holiday although Republican leaders expect to confer with him on the political situation. Senator James E. Watson has announced his intention of coming to Indianapolis next week for a series of conferences. New is expected to stay at the Columbia Club during his visit here. Christips probably will be spent with his stepmother, Mrs. Elizabeth R. New, 1101 N. Delaware St., and his sister, Mrs. Bernays Kennedy, 1030 N. Pennsylvania St. AWARD FIVE BRIDGES Contracts Are Entered Into by Highway Commission. Five bridge contracts were awarded by the State Highway department today. They were one bridge on Rd. 28, Randolph County, to Tharp and Tharp, Fountain City, for $23,170.62; three on Rd. 28, Randolph County, Levi Papst, Woodburn, $16,768.87; one on Rd. 37, in Lawrence County, Campbell and Hash, Sanborn, Ind., $6569.65; and one on Rd. 65, Posey County, Vincennes Bridge Company, $26,975.02. BURY SENATOR SUNDAY Rites for Jones of New Mexico Are Set WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—Funeral services for Senator Jones of New Mexico will be held at 5:30 p. m. Sunday at the Church of Epiphany. The Rev. Z. B. Phillips, chaplain of the Senate, will officiate. The casket will start for New Mexico at 10:30 that night, accompanied by a official escort of Senators and Representatives. ‘ARMY’ BASKETS READY Prepared to Give Christinas Dinners to 2,100 Persons. Seven hundred families will receive Christmas baskets from the Salvation Army here Saturday morning. Governor Ed Jackson will open festivities at the citadel, 24-26 S. Capitol Ave., at 9 a. m. with a brief speech of Christmas cheer. , The baskets are intended to serve families of five persons.

SUNKEN SUB MAY STAY ON OCEANFLOOR Naval Officials Fear Vessel Cannot Be Brought Up Before Spring. DIVER SINKS IN MUD Luck Alone Saves Rescuer From Perishing; Week Raise Craft.

Bn United Press PROVINCETOWN, Mass., Dec. 23. —Belief was becoming increasingly prevalent today that the sunken submarine S-4, with the bodies of forty officers and men entombed in it, cannot be raised until spring. Navy officers held to that belief, but at the same time directed salvage operations to proceed as long as the weather would permit. In a terse statement today, Rear Admiral Brumby and his rescue advisers admitted the forty men on the S-4 were all dead. Week to Raise Sub "Inasmuch as the men and officers of the S-4 are dead, it would be foolhardy to risk life for dead bodies,” it read. "The wreck might be raised before spring if we were willing to kill several divers.” But they said the divers will work as long as the weather is favorable. It would take at least a week to raise the submarine, and favorable weather for that length of time during this time of the year would be a miracle, officers said. Lieutenant Commander Edward Ellsberg, hero of the rescue of the S-51 which sank two years ago and directing the present rescue, nearly lost his life late Thursday when he sank into mud near the submarine. Diver Is Rescued While exploring the submarine’s deck for the hole made by the destroyer Paulding, Ellsberg slipped and fell into the gaping hole. Only good fortune kept .him from cutting his air line on The jagged edges of the opening. Then while walking away from the hole, Ellsberg fell off the port side of the rounded submarine into the mud which enveloped part of his body. By means of the telephone he used to communicate with the ship, he told deck officers how they should pull him out of the mud. They did as he directed, but the water was flowing into his suit from a cut. Slowly he started to the surface and was hauled onto the deck of the Falcon. Although almost exhausted he told officers that he was “Okeh.” Wilbur Is Cautious Bn United Press L WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—Women, listed as next of kin by thirty of the forty men aboard the stricken submarine S-4 can not know until after a navy board of inquiry meets Jan. 4 at Boston why the disaster occurred. Till then they can only ask in anguish, as did yesterday Mrs. Roy Kehlor Jones of Halethorpe, Md, wife of the S-4’s commander: “Why operate submarines off the stormy New England coast in winter? Why did the coast guard destroyer ram the S-4 at a spot where It was known a submarine was being tested? Why does the navy call the accident unavoidable?” Such queries, Secretary of Navy Wilbur says must await the inquiry board’s findings. Wilbur showed similar caution today in discussing whether all hope war ended for the men trapped in the submarine. He said he had left to Admiral Brumby at the scene to decide whether continuance of rescue or salvage operations was feasible now. Wilbur also disclosed a hitherto unknown fact: “That most of the safety devices suggested since the S-4 sank had been tested by the Navy’s bureau of construction and repair, and had been found useless or unwieldy for such craft in war time. And submarines, he pointed out, were designed for war. ‘No War On Now’ Bn United Press BALTIMORE, Md., Dec. 23.—Secretary of the Navy Wilbur’s statement, In reference to the tragedy of the S-4, that submarines were “built for warfare,” was termed "somewhat flippant" today by Mrs. Roy K. Jones, wife of the commander of the sunken submarine. “This was not warfare,” Mrs. Jones said. “If they knew that the men on the submarine could not be rescued, why did not they wait until summer before operating In the waters where the S-4 sunk?” TALK 4 FOR STATE JOB State Education Board Meets to Name Inspector. Choice of four applicants was before the state education board in a special session today and pick a successor to Eugene Butler as State high school inspector. Virgil Steinbaugh, superintendent of Delphi High School, was considered the leading candidate. Others are Ray Kuhn, Princeton; W. F. Collins, Advance High School superintendent, and Albert C. Talley, superintendent of Bartholomew County schools.

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, DEC. 23,1927

They Might Be Twins — Hickman, Loeh

Here, in the pictures of Edward Hickman, left, and Richard Loeb, right, you have the faces of two murderers who might be twin brothers. Both faces, according to psychiatrists, are the most frequent criminal type. The sleek hair and general dapper appearance are characteristic, says science, of the defective person who seeks, by crime, to prove himself superior to his fellows.

TIME EXTENDED ON TAX CLAIMS No. 3 Head—See Puzzle Rebate Applications May Be Filed Until July 1. County commissioners today announced taxpayers will be given until July 1 to file claims for rebate under the horizontal tax law declared invalid by the State Supreme Court. This was decided when Louis Ewbank, attorney for E. C. Atkins Company, which brought a Federal injunction suit to prevent refund of the taxes collected in 1919, 1920 and 1921, told commissioners he will appeal '*t>m the ruling of Federal Judge 7 obert C. Baltzell, who dismissed the suit for lack of Jurisdiction. Ewbank informed County Attorney Clinton H. Givan that the case will be taken to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals at Chicago and if necessary to the United States Supreme Court. Givan advised commissioners to extend the claim filing time. If attempts of the Atkins Company are unsuccessful in higher Federal Courts, County Auditor Harry Dunn said suits will be instituted in county courts to make payments to individuals possible. The county has no money to pay for clerical aid in assisting taxpayers to check money owed them under the horizontal law,” Dunn said. “Claims must be filed by taxpayers on their own initiative.” Thousands of these claims were filed several months ago when Supreme Court held the horizontal increase invalid. These claims still are good, commissioner.! said. “ * G. 0. P. TO HAVE PARTY Santa Claus Will Be In Charge of First Ward Tree Tonight. Santa Claus, with a flrepelace and a big Christmas tree, will entertain children, and perhaps the adults, at the First Ward Republican Christmas party tonight in Compton Hall, 2001 Winter Ave. There will be yuletide tableaus and playlets by club members and refreshments. Each child will receive a Christmas stocking. SET TAX BILL HEARING Senate Committee Will Open Matter Jan. 7; to End by March. Bn United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—The Senate Finance Committee will meet about Jan. 7 to begin hearings on the $289,000,000 tax reduction - bill, Chairman Smoot announced today. Smoot said he is unable to estimate how long the hearings would last, but denied there is any intention of holding the bill beyond March 15, the date for paying first installments on next years’ levies.

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Spirit of Christmas Is Indicted t as ‘Satisfactory’

COUNTY grand Jurors today “investigated” Yuletide spirit and returned an Indictment of “satisfactory.” Gaibed in Santa Claus whiskers, and all rotund and Jolly, Juror Harry Wangelin, loaded with boxes and packages, called on his fellow jurors at 11 a. m. and began handing out gifts. First, was the grand opening of a box of extremely large apples. The jurors pounced on them and then settled back to nibble and watch proceedings. Shaving soap, talcum powder, cartons of cigarets, boxes of cigars, powder and rouge and sev-

HICKMAN IS PROUD OF HIS PUBLICITY

Worried Lest Press Slight Him; Doesn’t Want Religion Now. BY RICHARD RUMMEL United Press Special Correspondent PENDLETON, Ore., Dec. 23.—Edward Hickman, held in jail here as the confessed kidnaper of Marion Parker, would like to meet Marlon's father. Perry Parker, Los Angeles banker, and tell him he did not kill Parker’s daughter. L. R. Connor, appointed to guard 'The Fox” In his jail cell here, told the United Press today that young Hickman had expressed that desire to him last night. Worries Over Publicity Hickman has two worries, Connor slid the youth told him. One is that he is afraid he is not getting as much publicity as did Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, convicted murderers of little Bobbie Franks in Chicago, and the other is that someone will “try to force religion on him.” “Hickman became very friendly and we had quite a chat,” Connor said. “He wanted to know how much publicity he was getting.” Connor said Hickman told him Parker was his best friend. Doesn’t Want Religion “He seemed worried because he was not getting as much newspaper publicity as Leopold and Loeb,” Connor said. “He asked me how many extra editions papers in Los Angeles got out when he was arrested. The Rev. W. H. Robbins, pastor of the Baptist Church here, brought a Bible to him. "‘I don’t want a preacher now. I needed that before. I would feel like a hypocrite if I used religion before I die’,” Connor said Hickman told the minister. 10 BID ON NEW SCHOOL Contracts for Constrncting No. 84 to Be Ijet Tuesday Night. Bids for construction of School 84 were submitted by ten Indianapolis firms at the meeting of the school board today noon. The lowest base bid on the general contract submitted was that of Brown & Mick, $141,000, although several others were close. All bids were referred to the buildings and grounds committee, contracts to be awarded Tuesday night. Brick for the two new wings at Arsenal Technical High School was selected, bid of The Western Brick Company, Brazil, $22.50 a thousand, being accepted. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 26 10 a. m 26 7 a. m 27 11 a. m 28 8 a. m 26 12 (N00n).... 29 9 a. m 26 1 p. m...... 29

eral miniature celluloid animals and Indians were distributed. When Wangelin stepped aside, the Christmas tree, standing on the table around which many hours of consultations have been spent, became the second attraction of the day. It was decorated in due style, and just a little bit more. There was a toy fish labeled "The Remus Jury;” a ship entitled “The Ship of State;” an Indian paddling a canoe was marked "Some bad Indians are good Indians noW,” and a duck was marked with “Quash-quash-quash.”

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‘ Fox’ Capture Easy; ‘Got Me, ’ He Tells Cap BY THOMAS GURDANE Chief of Police of Pendleton, Ore. (Written for the United Presz) PENDLETON, Ore., Dec. 23.—At 12 o’clock Thursday I received infbrmation that William E. Hickman, known as “The Fox,” and wanted in Los Angeles for the murder of Marion Parker, had been seen near Portland and reported on his way east along the Columbia River highway. I immediately got .n touch with C. L. Lieuallen. State traffic officer, and started west on the old Oregon trail to apprehend and capture him if possible. We stopped by the side of the road about twenty-thlee miles west of Pendleton and a short distance of the town of Echo. We had been waiting but a short time when we saw a green Hudson sedan coming at a high rate of speed. As soon as this car passed we turned around and overtook it in a short distance. I pointed my gun at him and Lieuallen blew his siren. He slowed up and finally came to a stop. I kept him covered and Buck Lieuallen climbed out and opened the door to the car and covered him also. Hickman dropped a .45 automatic onto the floor of the car and within reach of his hand was a sawed-off shotgun. Riding with him were a couple of bums which he had picked up down the road. They will be held for investigation. At this time a car came along and we stopped It, and then brought him into Pendleton. Hickman surrendered without resistance. “I’m Hickman,” he said. “It’s no use. You’ve got me.” SNOW CHANCE IS SLIGHT White Christmas Not Likely; Drop in Temperature Forecast. Although there may be traces of snow here Christmas, there is little possibility of a snow storm bringing a real white Christmas to Indianapolis, according to J. H. Armington, United States Weather Bureau head. According to present indications the normal winter weather of the last week will continue over Sunday, Armington said. It probably will be cloudy for the next thirty-six hours and the cloudiness may continue making local snow flurries possible over Indiana he said. It will be slightly colder tonight, with the lowest temperature of 15 to 20 degrees, some 8 or 10 degrees lower than Thursday night’s low mark.

Two squeaky rubber dolls, that jurors said rightfully belonged to newspaper reporters, leaned dizzily against the tree base. On the table top artificial snow had fallen and more toys with Inscriptions. Some were: A swan bearing the words, “Thank goodness, the Jury’s ready to sing its Swang song”; a frog, bearing the inscription, “Leaping from one faction to another.” When the party closed Special Prosecutor Emsley W. Johnson announced he and Mrs. Johnson will give a dinner for grand jurors, prosecutors and newspaper reporters at their home Tuesday eyeing.

POLICE GUARD JAIL AGAINST VIOLENCE OF MOB; HICKMAN FIRM IN DENIAL OF KILLING ‘Andrew Cramer/ an Accomplice, Aided by' a Woman, Blamed for Murder of Kidnaped California Girl. GRAND JURY RETURNS INDICTMENT Los Angeles Department Speeds Plans for Return of Youth; Prepares to Protect Him Against Infuriated Populace.

BY DAN CAMPBELL United Press Staff Correspondent LOS ANGELES, Dec. 23.—The State of California moved swiftly and secretly today to save the life of Edward Hickman, confessed kidnaper of Marion Parker, for the hangman. Shortly after the Los Angeles County Grand Jury indicted Hickman last night, on charges of kidnaping and murdering the girl. Detective Lietuenants Harris and Taylor left by airplane for Pendleton, Ore., where the youth is in jail. Police, scarcely rested from their friutless search for Hickman, turned today to a widespread hunt for “Andrew Cramer,” named by the confessed kidnaper as the man who actually killed Marion. Also Seek “June Dunning 1 * “June Dunning,” who Hickman said was with Cramer when they first met, also Was sought. A possible clew to her identity was a reference to “Jenny V, Dunning” in the records of the city identification bureau. Asa Keyes, district attorney; Herman Cline, detective chief, and James Davis, police chief, left last night for Sacramento to get extradition papers from Governor Young. Recognizing the grave danger from an incensed public that will surround Hickman’s return, authorities tried to keep plans secret. It was reported without confirmation that Hickman would be brought to the northern border of California by train or motor and would be transported south from there by airplane. Police Chief Tom Gurdane and Policeman Buck Lieuallen of Pendleton, will share the huge reward offered for the capture of Hickman, it was believed here today. The committee in charge of the money, said to be the largest sum ever placed upon the head of a criminal, has made no announcement as to the exact amount or its disposal. It was said to total between $65,000 and SIOO,OOO. The committee appointed by Mayor Cryer, includes seven newspaper publishers, a representative of Warner Brothers’ radio station, Carrie Jacobs Bond and Rufus B. Von Kleinsmi, president of the University of Southern California. Thousands Breathe Easier News that Hickman had been arrested and had confessed the abduction brought relief to thousands who had feared for the safety of their children as long as he was at liberty. The word came in a telegram to Chief of Detectives Herman Cline, who for a week has worked tirelessly directing the activities of hundreds of Investigators in the great man hunt. “They’ve got him,” Cline shouted as he dashed into the assembly room at central police station, the telegram in his hands. “I’m glad, very glad,” Marlon’s father said when he heard the news. ‘This strain hqs been terrible and I only hope there Is no mistake.” A detective told Parker of the capture. The arrest ended one of the greatest man hunts in history. Six thousand officers, it was estimated, had participated. Los Angeles had thought of nothing else. Literally hundreds of persons on the Pacific coast had been questioned in the week since Marion was kidnaped. Merchants in the city had reported that the Christmas business had fallen off heavily, so great was the concentration of the people on the “Marion Parker case.” TRAIN STRIKES COUPE Driver in Hospital After Crash; Car Is Demolished. James R. Green, 21, R. R. P, Box 144 B, drove his coupe around a team of horses and in front of a Belt line switch engine at Bethel Ave. today, police said. The coupe was demolished and Green was thrown out. He was taken to city hospital with severe cuts on his head and hands. RUINS ‘BORROWED 7 * CAR Owner Causes Arrest on Vehicle Taking Charge. George A. Wright, 116 McLean PI., caused the arrest of George Marley, alias Worley, 25, of 114 S. Gladstone St., Thursday night on vehicle taking charges. Wright said he told Marley to take his automobile to a garage, and three hours later Marley went back to the garage, took the car out and wrecked it near Cicero, Ind.

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Hickman’s Confession on Page S. Bn United P. PENDLETON, Ore., Dec. 23.—Edward Hickman, guarded from possible mob attacks while police awaited extradition papers to permls his return to California, stuck doggedly today to his denial that he murdered Marion Parker, 12. Hickman, arrested late yesterday, retold today, almost with indifference, how he kidnaped the girl to obtain money to go to college, but he insisted an accomplice, Andnew Cramer, killed the girl. Hickman appeared greatly refreshed this morning after a long night’s sleep. He talked cheerfully to visitors. Keeps Blaming Cramer Again and again he said Cramer —whose name Tiad not before figured in the case—had killed the girl without his knowledge. Police here were frankly doubtful of the existence of Cramer or of his alleged companion, who, Hickman said, he knew as Miss June Dunning. All members of the Pendleton police force, a squad of depfty sheriffs, and a detail of traffic <jffleers remained on duty through the night to protect the prisoner. During the evening Dr. W. D. McNary, superintendent of the Eastern Oregon State Hospital and a noted alienist, talked to Hickman, and later pronounced him sane. Alienist Believes Story "In my opinion, Hickman told a straight story,” McNary said after the interview. "I believe he is entirely sane. It is my belief undoubtedly that an accomplice or accomplices did work with him.” The area around the jail was roped off. Officers walked up and down Inside the lines and passed among Jhe crowd, keeping close in touch with its temper. A rumor spread through Pendleton today that Hickman had been taken away secretly in an airplane. But Jail officials said he still was there and the crowds lingered in the hope of seeing him. Definite plans for taking Hickman back will not be made until Los Angeles police arrive here, Police Chief Guhdane said. He gave assurance, however, that both while Hickman is held here and when he is taken back to California, “ample precautions” will be taken to meet “any emergency that may arise.” It was apparent that police were concerned over possibility of attempts by mobs to administer summary “justice” to the youthful kidnaper. Although crowds surrounded the Jail here until far into last night, and gathered again early this morning, no unruly demonstration had been made and little fear of mob activity here was felt. In Los Angeles, however, feeling was reported very strong against Hickman. Thinks He’ll Be Executed “I’ll get the chair,” Hickman said time and again while making his confession. He seemed much Interested when informed that in California criminals are executed by hanging and not in the electric chafr. While the crowd stood quietly outside, Hickman made his amazing confession. He told in detail of his movements since last Thursday, when Marion was kidnaped. He revealed that after the killing he agreed with Cramer that they would go their respective ways alone. He stole the green Hudson sedan he was driving when caught, and in this car left Los Angeles for San Francisco. At three points on the road he was stopped and questioned by officers, but always he told them a story they believed. He spent Monday night In San Francisco at the Hotel Herald, he said, find then pressed northward. The next night he crossed into Oregon. Then he went through Portland to Seattle and turned back. Seattle His Downfall It was Seattle that proved his undoing. A clothing dealer became suspicious of him, found that a S2O bill he had given in payment for some underwear was of the same number as one of those listed as having been given Hickman by Parker as Marion’s ransom, and the trail grew warm. At Kent, Wash., he gave a garageman another of the bills. Someone decided he was heading east and the best road open to him was that up the Columbia river and through Pendleton—a broad fast highway. So Police Chief Gurdane and Traffic Officer Lieuallan took up their positions in a bend of the road at Echo, and there made the capture.