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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 29, 1927)
Thursday,' bwJiuU'f 25). Local News In Brief i i - f t i, i r - ifn n - r - - I lew h-nui .Idsoph .Mrs. K. I, Ali-Cully. and son of Joseph, am mopping at tho Foley. Ili'ii' I'roiu l'nlo ' lYajik Connor, business man of . I iilon, transacted business In La Crandc today. lU i-it I rem Wftllit Walla I.. K. Kline, of Walla Walla. U registered at the l-'oh-y. Ho is owner of tho -t'uncreto 1'lpt) com pany of Island i'Hy. Ilmm I 'rom 1'orllaint Mrs. Dona hi l'tig-uc returned home this morning from a visit with re latives ami friends In Port land. ' ' Spent OirKtiniis Awny-r v Airs. I.. It. .tklns anl non. rhirlt, returned home tills morn ing from Tncpuia where -they spent rhrisitmis with relatives. TO' Visit tU'tV ' Mrs. 10. 1). Krecinnn nnd ttaugh lejHV Juno am) Anna l.oit, arrived here this morning lor a visit' wit n her sister, Mrs.l.oyd Hertbetv Itcliiriis From Pnycltc '. ' I jr; Kldi'idge, who has boon In I .a (irande. for the - past three, weeks on business, relurnod yester day after spending several days ;U home, llejfl from J'ayettn, Ida. .Mr. KldrldKeis at the Somincr. . noun- lo Vullin ' . S. Wootcl). Of ' Wllllp'lly VvllO lins' iM i rt on iin" oxW'iiK'il . iilii, l(iiKd ill llic Slimmer ycslr'nlay on his wny homo ,to "V',i)lowa. VWIhltf'llei'e .. . Tin- Mi.MS. M Jean iin.J. Jlniiiarct Wale and Cai lyle Nltd. '.. of Salt UiHe Cily, are spending the lioll- daya with- Sir. and Alts.- I'.lmo l.irt-,U VIslllllK in Trlwuwt .Mm. Ci.orBo llilyard lind rliild-ilren,- Iliilij-, CleorBe' "nil VlrKlole. went lo IVIoeam t tlil lnornlnit to spend n couple of days with lier 'motlier. Mm. I.ee YounK. . ', Here Troiii I'oilliiml l.i ta ltoljl and Charlotte Smith, who make their home In I'ort li.inl. . stopped ill Urn I 'ol.-y y. ster .liiy. They ve' on ,0 Summer ,vill.). tliio inornliiK lo visit for, a le.w .layii. , ' lEeliirns H Ilak.T ' i "straitrhten this-(hint ont'Vand ro- ; und they had tlfe fitful so that Mr. ' Miss KlizaiK-lh Rarron returned . turn at noon to.'.'tell IJiem till ahout ; MayflM.l could see lh-r It'i she' had Inline this mornluit to Maker. alter 1." ' ' ' t a spell and help lilin talie fare of spem lini; Christinas hero at the i Mrs. Stietiee had ' corresponded her. Wr. KliliKhamiiier sal.l. ; home of her lirolller, CJilhcrt liar- jWitti McClelland at the time fie was " Mr.' Kllife-hammer said In" learn lon Slip 'arrived here. Saturday.. sprvlnt; n term In K.dsonr'iirisoti ' ed- thai Mr. foe" nnd JJr. Mayflel l -on a toifrery ehnrjte. A . prl omei- liail lieen to KIrIii the nlBlit before ;n in "'I'nvctH " ' i wln.rir she had. met doiiiir i-ellKloits and tirat Con said that Miiyl'leld M r a lid M rs. T. A. I.'luninier nn.t oliil.lr.-n. Van nnd Colleen, il thin Mornlnfe.furij'svollo, t!V, "will visit wltli her sister. Ililniii lo Wallowa Miss Irene MeKlnney nnd Miss ViiKlnia I'lne, of Wallown. return ..1 hotue this tnornlntr niter visit ln here lor a few days with Mr I:. W. CuniiniiiKs. . Ylsliiiiit llrw Miss Porotliy Mcaauh. y, who Is t.achinir school In Iiownlnir. Ida., is spending the week In l.n Oiande visitillB Miss Loin. Clnsklll. Miss Until Hrown and other friends In tie city. She wns a resident of l.a'flrand'! nl.out se-veii y.-ars ntjo. Miss MeCauli. y's homo Is in Cor--vallls. ,cve for WaJilnutoii Jean Taylor left last night for Sialtle wli.-re he will continue hie studies at tin- I'nIVersily of Wash ington: Mr. Taylor Is In his seninr ! y.-ar nt the unii-.-rsity. He did not attend school the- first ti rfit this ' y.ar. and lias he. n employed for the past s-veral months at the Vnion 'it. am. ry. II.- Is Ihe son of Mr. and Mrs. 7L If. Taylor. S:id News Itcroliol News liii-s bei-n rece've.l here kfitim I'tah ut the death Of Mrs. ": ' V." "V "tM a ' ' 1 Clint's Greatest j JANUARY I Clearance r -1, . I Sale NOW GOING OX Our' Entire Stock of High-Gi-ade Weaving Apparel at a Great Savins:. THE STORE WITH 11)27. -T-v ly-.T Kli.nheth Hnnks, mother of W. D. flanks, yesterday morning. Mi. Flunks waM summoned to- t'lah Tuesday hut did not p rrlvo urit it after hor deal h. , ioutlaxi. ore nor. (aim ' ' 4 ' Follow Ing unnoiiheempiit fnnn FximvIccI llnme Salur.faj I Seattle that a nuitlon fr a rehear- .Mr. and Mis. J. ,T. JMuU How l(f Waihiro 'hyes ane c.xpeMeil honn- H;tlurday from flhri. convicted of killing his 22 I'm tlnnd, w liero they aru attending J year old ckuighter Sylvia, had l.een A meeting of (he Oregon Slate I n, , there, ll was learned here hist Teachers.' association. They wentjhight that tht affidavit on which 'ortland Monday.' Knvc ffr I'fntlAnjl-- - Mrs. 1 1 rare JolaiMin and son. Donald, at Portland, have bei-n vis itln- here with hef sister. Mrs. Henry Fihn. nnd other, relatives slnee t'hrislmas. .li-s. Johnson, uo eotniianii'd Jy 'Miss Viola JnhnKnri. left for their home in Portland (his morning, while Donald will remain here with his aunt until the last of.iinet Mrs. Smith In n-local resiau- tho week. Mis. Film and chlldt tfill go to Portland with him at that lime.. .Miss Viola Juhnson has been found on the lake, she said she itn ul 'the p. A. Hinham home here mediately recognised It as. that of for (lift bast vear. Sln hhins to ett-1 tcr.the. , Ntrtliwesrnn School ofj! Commcrcr) In Portland. girl safe, Cops wrr A nvn . mUiAf UlVTIfniitliiH, dumjrlhfd luv'H'1'orllniul t . ' . ' ' , jhhtel tt'ian hatl piado a similar afn- .. ' . ' a: .. "lavil uiul tltn'i (!ula(V, .c"lini-l ' 1 -.T'""-I,r?!?f . aooklnir-Fr hoartn!,- nf lil-i- a, ;ll ... . ,. frotn Iho t'onvloiinir and (Iratti sen- cr wouia-ii.il.int her. Ihe Utile (flH ,,,.,., h:,i,K, th..(i- tnnlliui on tho sal.l lh.-y .lUl drive lo ty.irtnn an,l ;,. rrilllvUs. The ,,f,ln avers she : ..I'lftia . that i MK'lelland 1h,a JtlU:1 Hmitl,: tvaji "murdrrfd at f ' -f." ' ; I (iriinnu.-in iner. .rariy morning on his, ai):i,.is.,l.ue.throiii;l.oiit iliu.j,inuM .if-j.-Mi. wsc; il.ff 'lnMiy ! ... .'. . -fidawd In all alllotncitdlp. Mirnuht ( -'IVIUor VU'nipt.il AH-aull . , k,,1o n.l ,l.,ul.l ,j, ..... .n..k. ..; .... ......i.. 'n.ii(1I..inh.i in . t .rarlv tilornln l.Vfdyn;told 11,.. llcllandH l.oll.e thai ll.CI. IIan.l Had l.UPli.lit.d to ussiuilt. hr, I li. l; l'h'-c told U- nfflwrs that.;!ll01.0.on tl enlnit of JuiTe in: ' j . cam eriiy morniiiK nm imi." j ui. yi u in .lie n.-wwpapor!. At ithat lime holh the irirl nnd MeClel- land denied Kite had heen kidnaped ind Kluek to hlH utory Hint Mhe was ini lo visit his mother, l-'ear that her kidnaper would .'curry out threats made (iurliiK the trip south ket her silent, Kvelyn told the uf- fleers. 1 1 1.1 N ot 1 let urn When confronted !.y newspaper nceoiinls of the kidnnidtn; yesierd:rj; mornlnir MeCMIIun.l . flew lfito rt storrn of denials an.Meft-the Hpenep honn! In his ear, ilcokkrinp; hd would ".-ii" -.i.. n.. ...m. ...luniy i.,; inter went toil-'olsoin ,u'r'T't i WinW"""" "rT: . , '.-.; ' i . ' . lKlamathMan Will - Serve Two Years ' ' ' track, . .Mr. Tutlle said he made liOSBBHlh. Ore., Dec. 9. (AP) '.'1" r' harh "maybe II . some if..,.n -vi, .m ..ll..-. , ....ii... ...i . ... '.one In his own family und the jploye at -Klamath Kails, a ' former l-eslilent ot IhlMlty, was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary by Judce Hamilton this morning fol lowing his plea of guflly to a charge of attempting to defraud an hiMiirnnC. Mh.imin- . .I t n 1 home in this city was burned Dee. - fi, the hou.e being completely de- . iroyed with imteh of the con- tents. It was stated before, tho court that prior -to ihe fire iUr- Milllcn moved out some of his fur-vto .nilures and took It to Klafnath FalPt hut included (hese artieles In his inventory preenled to the Insuiv a nee i,nnpany. liivuts (,vnxri; woitK ITtOVINfKTOWN, Mass., iW: 29 (AP IHvers continued , their t'fforts today toicoiutileti a tunnel beneath tho , hull of the sunken submarine: S-4 an weather condi tions threatened to-Interfere'. wIlU ( the work. , ' 1 A CONSCIENCE" SEEK REHEARING IN GAINES CASE Portland Woman Declares . Body Was Not That of Sylvia Gaines (h inotioh Is based was signed by Muriel Freneh, of Portland In Iho affidavit signed several months ago. Miss 'French said the hotly found on tho shore of C.roen (take In Semite v that of .liilln A. Smith, of Port laud, and not that of Sylvia fhilnen. Miss French told Portland police she-had Identified pieturi's of the body at the reuuest of a Seattle at- torney. She related that she had pjrant and had seen her hut two times. Sanwn ptciures.oi ine hotiy JiiHa Smith Portland police qupsthiiiod" Slls . I French auer a newspjiper reporter i.jtrled (o. v'l'I'V repori th:i( Mrs. Smith was missing. ' ' , ( Kit-oml Arrlilavll i - I I'm1 tulip '(llfspaii llcs, ,niiU iaiviii-,1, ,. of ,.,, h,to tl. ;t.vennK .,r June 1 ti." Kvlvla CaineK L... .......uiiv .il.. ., rvii.., i..i The rehenrlnir petllinn makes no estdiinntiun of nliat he.-.. me... Mtm (;-iijps. ! ." ' TA HOT n t'CiV IN SPITE OF JURY VERDICT (Continued from Pajre 1) that when tin- shot was fired the -llKht went out.-; When askf-d-wliy a HirliT .was -htirniig etrthnt time ' of nlitlit .Mr.- foe' (iniii that Mrs. foe was sui'ijrct to fninfiiiB spells naa oecii 'urinainB consiuerai.iy, :' .' ;' Tuttlo lVstltles . , ' C -. ' . . ' f - w r. t).'up Tuttle, of llnbler,- who was tie second p'-rson lo (estlfy told ot the two. Coo hoys comllls- to his homo.; ut . 4 :(' . o'clock Monday uiornlnB nnd u-IIIiib . him . Unit someone had been shot across the. ' ''W8 1""1r,".',,, "". ,h,"'s . ,'''"!!t 'm"a thinks Mrs. oe was bisterl- VH l wuen- .tir,'. i unit? nrrnr'1 ins teiitified and asked . "why did . It have to happen In my own house." She sald . aftyr .heard the rc- Port She calh tl III Jollll. lUlt ..lie. 'lbl .'fiot-. ttnnxr. amtv nhflfcoulletj agabl. ' V '.- ,r- Turtle lnbl of going to the. back door with the boys Bp as not 'to mnkflracns in the snow h ading the front door and of two dogs whicJv made, a lot of noise as they approached the house. He told of seeing the dead man nnd Mr. and Mr. oc sittlnrf on the- bed in tho h( droom adjoining tho front room. Mr.('Of was consoling Mrs. foe whd was practlenliy byslerical. When ftHkr-j .whtjthe.r fit: not rfr. foe had anything to say Mr! Tujtle .uai- that he merely said when Juj heard the report it took him wifno time before he could find n match and light the light again and stArt the-hoyd'out, ( jj Ur. Klrby's 'Pcfitlniouy ' lr.' K; G. Kirby, who examined (Mayfleld's. body, .identified the jl(n; ,iaviMt: t;nmvn Mm rifr ui,6ut f Venilt. 'lie described the wound In the lefCjaw, which wat ss than half an inch long itiid ftir hole nearly In the center of his i head win re the bullet caine out. of , the skull which was broken Into ; many plcre and the targe gapping wound In the brain. Ho said tnat i the man bled from both ears and !the top of the head and that d ath i was absolutely instantaneous. Ho ! sal if there was no sign of powder l but n, and that Indications wcr" ;that the gun was , fired at fairly i cltsn rnngc. ' ' Mondi y I'r. Klrby said ho wan -c:,Hi d I lmber to see Mrs. Tofl ruho w: j having a nervous and ij.intln:. ; p-11. Khc told him sh- i. liad such spells frequently. Al though he has rated for her for ElBeveral years he declared he m u r j actually saw her In one of hr hpeilS." ; ; John Alb n. I.a Grande police ; mun. who uccotupanlei Mr. Kllntf ihatumerlo the scene of the mur h r.- guve evld'ricsliullar' t-o thitt jgtV'-o by Mr. Klinghamnu r. 114- t Kill TVndrevis. federal fruit Inspec. Mtor here, who a spending Christ - i mas at to Tuttle home and an icompanbd Oklr. Tuttle lo Ibe fo' fj home, told of going- to th f oe J houjo and about the dogs harking. I He ftaJ'l ti asked the two bos If ;tbc dops would bile add lhy saJd ioo. Hn tob1 of Mrs. f'df! culling ijblui and other pretit to another ; room and wring that "Joho was erjuijg u'u V imiu't uwui'- imiu f.lglo und uM rom'-thlng about Borneouo tJirowlog a bluv Into htai jo 1 tti.A h at going to rot tbetu IhMr IIvm." fcUr talti sb believed May fie Id had reffreaco to o man. Hbc also Raid that M.tyfMd bad bfo drlnkhig wb o be fame homf, nlthourh no indlcatlohn of LA OKAftpK KVENN(v UBSKKVE'li I Ihiuor were found lifthe house, ! iMiuubtt r Mititltnis Tlitvai I ltlaticho Grahtim. of Hlghx daughter of the murdered man, testified thut her father hul been u t'ru til of Coo for some reason sbo did not know. Kho sabl that May- fkbt had told hr tluit coo had thrcatcmd to kill htm. .This oc ' en r red KmnelltiiA iturlnff .Muv of 'June. Kho tkUd that Co frequent ily mentioned the gun when he be came angry and told of one inei deiit when, she helped Mrs. Coo hide tho guti after they had been quarreling and Mr. foe hnM bft the house. Hhc said while she lufd h'-ver heard Coe threaten her fath er using' his name thut she had h ard him say he w ould kill the curb y blaoli-hcaded-and would use a name, which she knew was meant for her father. When asked whither she had evt r known thui-i to argue she told of onco When MuyfU Id went to the Coe tl;ice and '0i Ordered Jiim to buvo or ho w nit Id put him off the place, j She testified that the two. men ! W wre at the homo of her sister, Mrs. Ike Garret, at Klgln oh Sun day evning before the killing, that Mayfbld came to her sister's borne first and he appeared to bo drinking. She also saw them to gether on the Ntrcct earlier in the day. nnd said she Itellcved they ' were drinking becau.se they tlbl not seem (o agree- on t.ninffs.'' ' j , Hhe. testified they, loft the- hoiu' ot ner sister-.anout; .p;ya', Niinuuy I night and she walked, behind fhctu j down the stairs oii ber'.way home, j which was the last Umtt.sht'; say I them together. J, . ".' ' ' ' Anna Mayfleld, widow of John Muyli. hi. leHtlfitd. that :.fho knew of - no' oiarrels, between .ItaylTeld ; -ftiut Coi-I' although , Mayfb hi had lold .lier thut Coe hud threatened film, find that If he kilted him he - would havo to do If by slipping up on him. That was the lust part of July she said. Slu? told of hu'lng beou separated from Mayfleld for more than a year, although sl.ie and May field were friendly and lalkt-d together frequently. The last? time she saw him was l-'rlday before nlie h it for t.eWiston. Ida. Hhc was at the homo of her ' daughter at Klgln and he came. tin re. Sin told of returning to J.u t Grande Sunday evening" and re i malnlng nt the I'otey hotel hero 'ail night Sunday flight it nd going to Klgln Monday morning, lifter (she hail lcnfhe.1 of Mr. Murflehl'd dath. . Vaughn Mayflehl. mti of (he (hnd mun. testified that Coe bud j threatened to kill his father and I had trh'd to ilo It once. He tnM of on time, last April otf Nlay when Coe waited cm tho point of the hl! with his rifle, apparently waiting to shoot Mayfleld as It was 1 on his way home, am) nf his father, who hud passed tho point' before Coe arrived, watching Mm wait fnr about an hour. " Young . Mayflehl was unable lo give any reason why 'coe should take such uh attitude towftrd his fiuher. Hi: also told of other little nuurrelv. and' when asked how they happened he re sponded they wer only ''Jawing Mutches", nnd: that "If you ever took a tlrlnk you know how' "they' 'mppened." .. '''. A.l.' Wlsdoiri. of J-;igitv hither ln.law;of Mayfleld. said-he didn't know of any trouble, the tw:o men ; bad' ever hud except hearsay. Ho 'told of Heelhg lhe n;e;i together at .Klgln Sunday before the shooting .Monday morning and-siiid - he was .of the opinion that: '"'there. was whiskey between the two. and he lleVed there was a little 'Unpleas antness in the conversa-lion us he passed tht'ln on the street." Asked why be bilbVed the nun had whiskey be said he smelkd It as ; he passed. II told of seeing May field nlnne a lltlli jater find trying . to slnrl a conversation With blm. but thai-he did not seem Inclined to lalk so he dropped It. ' f ' Khorlff Tel f TvsK Sheriff Jesse llresh'ears who made several tests at the 'place of the killing the following day, testi fied th:(t If the light went out whctl the aliot was fired, that It was fired within the room. He also stated Iba'l n rifle firod close to a glass pane would shatter it Into many pieces and not leave a mnall hole, To hare' a mark of this kind In Ihe glass It would be necessary to be some distance from, the win dow, nnd to lilt on object in tho rpom -from a distance it would bo n cessa ry to stand on something, I Mr. Br shears said. Heshbs he I declared it would Imj very difficult ' fo aim a gun In the dark, and al ' most impossible to jee tin Object Inside the ho kmc from n, distance. Mr. Urcnhears went to the scene of the murder Monday und obtained all measurement and made ex perimental shots. Tho h-nd of the. bullet, which was found In the kitchen, and the copper jacket, v hleh was found between the double walls were nlso obtained. . Iiurlal at I lulu Tho Inquest last night wn held nt the Hnndgrnss und Zimmerman I chapel. It u rial of the murdered iman wuh made thltf afternoon at 2::i'i at the Ktgln cemetery with , SnodgrusM and Zimmerman In ichnrge. . Mr. Mayfleld wan born July 31, 11, at H-pptier, Oregon. He I spent a good urt of bis life fo feud around Klgln. Ue is survived by bis wife. Mrs. AJioa MuyfMd, uud 'by four children: Mrs. IMauche jfrahijm, Mrs. Ike Garrett. Vuugb- an nnd Wayne Mayfi-)d, oil of Klicln. He la also nurvid by -bis mother, Mrs. Sol Mayfleld: cue ulster. Mrs. Lulu JUiwllns. of Clark' Creek; uiid by Out brother, Amos Mayfleld. of Kugle Vulley. .VM.l;;;l MIKN AJ'I its Aitm sti.ii ItosCnritO, lr. 2J (API HIiTlff I'. rry W. bh u uollllf-l jtu-lHy thut William Krlarjr iio-l u j (If .1, wvrv urr.-itf. thin morolDv r.t jXlj-nl.- f-r.-f-k lipoq tltrraiiU 111- Imnj.tUinn rr.im ln.p'tJ0o.'e. f'al.. wli'-r. ti... mun l f:liari(YJ rtb l 1 U - i .unpin, lvtalls of the fuf U'.t rwlvJ lijr local fiftlors. Tlifl roiir.w- rluliu lo mun bn-l wl( a o-l wrrft i") rKtTi nt (ti; MT' (ll fr-.( ho(.-i. r'ulirorgl MIL; !$ li:-. - Itrn nolirlH-1 of tln ur-' r. Wallowa Begins Preparing For ; Rodent Control ' WALLOWA. Ore., !cc. 2ft (Spe cial) With the Hcimou only a few : weeks away when farmca w 111 jtgaln face the inutfer of combat !ting the ground wpdrrela wbhdi : have been rejipon.-illile ftr the bs tif thousands of dollars woith of orojis In 't)iis county, farmers In s mie of Ihe badly iufcbied anas an eviuc-smtf a desire to make the (uinpaign against rodents more ef f ctivc this season than ever before, lupous state Hal an effort will be made lo (-re:ile allot her largw to, lent control dlslrht In the Trout creek and adjonlng country north nnd noti hwcvt of Knte. -prise. A control dlslriel covering se e. a) square miles north of the Wallowa river n ud east of W h ink y creek ( wax formed early last year, and Is :considered by farnieis In that wec !t1ou to have be' n of considerable ihetp In enlisting belter coopernt'on niiiong land owners In poisouin.1! I l;p (-quiri els. t . . . Li Chai Sum id ! Control Of Citv j . Of Canton Today J; (rANTf)X, Hee. 2JI. (AIM 'hC troops of General Li Cirri Sum mi - , rlvel in Canton this nfornHij dml fook over control of the city front General Ll J-'uk Lam without In cident. ' . i- The troops of Gemini Ll ('Ital Sum who was In control of i'uiiton tin til a coup d'etat on 'Nov; 17. be gun patrolling the entire city. Gen-j oral Li Kuk Uim's troops withdrew . to 1 lona in Inland in the river op - poslte Canton. I The return of the troops of Gen eral Li Chai Sum to control in Can ton represents the fourth-change In the control of the Important ftourti ern city within trie lat few months which have been marked by much Oghtlng and bloodshed, I . , Dam in Wvomina: . Bursts. Floods Six-Mile Area "HOOK SPKINGS, W0.. 1 c. L'fl. ,p The New KotkMake dam 1 ITi miles north of here , and 25 .miles nifi-th of Pineda le, broke .to .day and water from the dam Is flooding an jirna six miles wide. 'About 70011 head of enttlo-nre In ihe path of ihe flood waters. The ranch of Stato Senator P. W. PenkliiM al so Is In the ptilli of ihe water. " Only hay am) cattle ;ire expected tji be lost as the water Is covering . sxif.'h a whle area. Loss of life Is XS considered probable. All cow hoys in ihe tii-tieii Klver area have been called to ride into water covr ered! trilL iiihik); mil Die i-at t lo, GIRb SLAYER , CON FK8SES . NEW aiURDEIl j , OVmllnued from Pnue flnoi .body was found. ,. The second murder was confess ed by Hickmah on tho eve of his schi duled appearnnce today tit su--pcrlor court for arraiKtiinenl on his indictment for kidnaping and mur der In the Marian Parker case. The arraignment was postponed when he waa first brought Into j court on th day of -his arrival bete front Pendleton, tire., where he had been captured. OHirh-t At torney Asa Keycs moved for the poMpom nu nt to await (lie arrival of n Kmifcas'Clty attnrut y retained by Hickman's mot In r to defend the youlh. ' Wrliev for New-simper I In a confession to Hte siayiitg of Marian Park-r. wrilt.-n yestenlay i for a newspaper by Htckinati. sup pli tiienlal to his previous confes tioii ma ile on the t rain which brought blm from Oregon, Hfck tnan gav a graphic pb-ture of the nitidler and elaborated on his mo- Only Two Days More Business Left Of Our 18 Anniversary SALE Tliis Is Our Last Call! Selling merchandise at the most sacrificing prices we have ever made most wonderful bar gains in Suits and Overcoats at One-Half Prices Men's Suits up to $18.50 Choice Men's Suits up to $22.00 Choice Men's Overcoats, values Choice Choice in the house NIewYdrk5t5re Destroyers of tivos for ffnkinjr (bo Kiri's Mr-. . His principal muttvt, Htekiu:ui ituld, wuk lo pVo'trict his own M.tCoty. "In tho first place 1 fcurd thai my iipurlment might ho searched on AdurdnJ- and the ulrl wuulil ho 1'uiiml," tin: con fens Jon ran. "The march was sprwadiin,' over ihe city unil I expected that tin- Hollevtte apartments would he s ate ho I any time. I -.v;ih afrul.l to have, her there or take, her out. "HiiH'i my hif?h schools th.yH I have stiff eivd from u peculiar complex. Ah h diversion from my School Ntlldlcs, a llisllV ti ffiiiHllll crimn enied to overcome and control mo Knuhta'l. I n-nsoiK d with religion unil drew the conclu sion that ll wart not bused on ,iIiao lute reason. . . . I ilo not believe I am crmty or insane hut 1 belicVR this complex borders rlosi-ly on On mi und cannot hi considered too llxhtly as my motive In this crime" HICKMAN'S COMPANION KANSAS CITY. Hen. 29 AP Wclby- Hunt, implicated by Wil liam Kdward Hickman In the slay ing of Ivy Thorns, lEosrhill, Ca.. druggist In lit '!. was a gradunte or Northeast High school here In I al'i;, ami wps a companion of Hickman. Hunt went to California wllh Hickman lust December, Hunl' mother.. Mrs. W. ll. Wehrlng tf Kansas City, wild "today. She said her son, and Ttfcknian lived at tho home of her step-mother, In Al hainlira, , until Hlckmau'n ramlly went 'to California,- alter he bc 'camo Involved in - Iorg0';. -frs. Wehrlng said sno was di vorced from Hunt's father, Geoivre Hunt, In lii1.'! and she belh-ved he Is now living jn-Okluhmua. Mrs, Weh ring expressed the be lief that her son wnk llinocent, nnd (hat IHekmati had Implicated him In retaliation for Information Hunt glfvn polh'O when they Were search. Ing for tlo slayur of Marian Pur ker; O-v, -1 ti ' M:w ctff; si Ki'Kcn;i M 1 1 AV A ( "K K H, Wis.. I tec. !l AP) Thv. possibility that Wll 1 la in Kdward Hlekman confessed slayer of Marian Parker in Los Angeps, may have been involved In tin; somewhat similar slnyin neai1 bcre lust October 11 of 17-ytar-old Lillian Grnef was rec.elv- ARCADE TOMCatT L0N CHANEY .',-rItw' , "LONDON AVf EH MIDNIGHT" And On The Stage , llarold Ay. Seplp ; . Presents "Frisco Follies" . A snappy song and dance revue FRIDAY SATURDAY Two Comedians and Twice as Many Laughs W. C. FIELDS '' : and CHESTER . . CON KLIN In Two Flaming Youths $13.80 up to .$18.,r)0 $8.80 ...L 91-1.80 nigh Prices lug police consideration today. The Gmef girl was strangled to death after Mhe had accepted a "blind date" with a man known Iti her only a ".lack." , t Police have asked Los Angeles' uuthortttes to cheek with Hickman his movements on that date, which was about the time he was living In 'hlt'tu o. The raisin:; of Angora rabbits for the wool, which brings as much as eight dollars u pound, Is an tin portant iiem of industry In Krutice. ! "Ainln'w 4!!!'!' rnnf-hrs ' SACKAMK.NTii. Cab. Dec. 'Jft. iAP "Andrew Cramer" named by William Kdward 1 1 h-kman after his capture at Pendleton as the mur derer of liitle Marian Parker, 1-om yXngelen school girl, has -.confessed the crime to (io'ernor C. C Young. This loaves California ofticers In , jHi.se.ssion of two I'oiifcsslons fur itbe crime. Hlekman now having .assumed all rejqtonsiblir.y. Tho governor reeelvcd the "con fes.sioti" today In a. jotter, mailed at Portland, ll f "How's: i "Tills Is to chin William Kdward 'llli kmati. lie told tile truth, lie did not know I intended to kill tho girl until I showed him tho dead .body. I killed her aittt cut her up. 'Tell Hlekman I wish him good luck In his trial. ' I won't ltd) what my real name in. .' This letter- miglit imikt lliekimiu feel good If yoii show it to htm. ' l , . "Andrew -VMliier' ; "P. S. T broke the appointiucnt ,to iup-'I li'ni 'In San Krdnelscri. I 'knew they um-m looking-, I'm only .T&g&GBmm: Vie by Dodge Brothers To lie introduced in one of the greatest radio chain hook-ups - in history . , -. with one of llie greatest radio programs . . . Wednesday January 4th, ' 7o t0 p. M. Pacific Time , T U II I. I C S It O W I N C J A N V A H Y . I T . ' ' j ' ' ni 'in .i'i nil, in w.. "'I,,-.' . ' j. . ' Lj '-.-i. i.:. J STAR I A Wonder Spectacle of Splendid Hero- iem Fenr!pR Firp- Fighters Searing Flames Colossal Sacrifice Majestic Human Drama! AND ON THE SAME PROGRAM A surging drunia of the man's greed for . in Twt wr ItB fhMiitlt, Or Misses' Sport Hose .' ' 49c ' 'An array of ne:.v patterns in uiisse.- cotton and rayon! Spoit Hose. . .' - Uh knian so I thbiight ebuhl get . a.way better tllouo." '- ; , . .. . . A, lobster frequently -.chnnge not only dts Hhelli but .nlso its bones, ' tet h itnd 'ii -porttop of Its stom-tuMi,- which Is platcl with a bony Slibstn uce'. i' ' - ; . TODAY AND FRIDAY North whirling around glittering- gold! 71
