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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1927)
THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM, OREGON. THURSDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 22, 1927 HEBE KxriKsur loan uay'B old classical mus ical play will be presented at the Elsinore theater for one night December 27. It is exactly two hundred .years since John Gay's "ThT Beggar's Opera" waY first produced, yet In Its present reriral which lasted more than four solid years at the Lyric theater in Loo don, it Is far fresher In tune, more sophisticated In Its fun, clearer in its, frankness, more pointed la Us satire, and far more Joyous and enlirenlng- than the newest thing from Broadway, ,;The Beggar's Opera" is packed wjlh delightful songs, and their rollicking and melodious tunes set - the stage and the audience stirring with life. The airs were alf ! taken from old folk songs, but Gay's yerses themselves are pure music, as !'The fly that Ipa treakle is lost in the sweets," "When you censure the age be captious and sage," "How happy could I be with Either, were t'oth erdear charmer away," "No pow ers on earth can e'er divide knot that sacred love hath ty'd" and "Oh ponder well, be not se vere" and so on throughout the opera. . 'FOX' SEEN IN SEATTLE. PASSES BILL FpR $20 (lontmatd from fmgt l) merchandise. ! ; The proprietor placed the cur-l rency In his j cash register ; "and made change, without examining the currency.! In somewhat of a hurry, the customer left the store terrain mat tne customer was Hickman, the proprietor tele- sibilfty that the Los Angeles sus pect might attempt to bribe water-1 front employes or steamship crews to smuggle him aboard a ressel bound for the Orient. Shipping men were requested to Instruct their employes to keep a vigilant watch for any persons resembling the kidnaper. Members of the police stolen car detail received special orders to trace promptly the ownership DbOBM rintlln William T ITnnt la charge of the police detectiTe!f erery abandoned car. with the Read the Classified Ads dirlsion; - when Kent answered the tele phone, the haberdasher asked for the numbers of the gold certifi cates which the kidnaper received last Saturday night from the mur dered , girl's father in return for her body. Kent told htm: "Well then." he exclaimed. "Hickman has just left my store. Hickman Identified A squad of police, detectives were dispatched to the haberdash ery and confirmed the proprietor's belief that the bill was one ob tained by the kidnaper. When taken to police headquar ters, the store proprietor was eald fco . have readily j Identified Hick man's photograph aa the customer the wbo bad passed the bill at the store. Chief W. H. Searing of the po lice department was roused from his bed, proceeded to headquarters and mobilized the entire force of 600 men to search for Hickman. Every man on the police force was Immediately put on the trail of the fugitive. Search was be- ,gun among hotels, apartment houses and lodging places near the haberdashery. 1 Word of the supposed reappear ance of Hickman was flashed im mediately to Los Angeles police and towns of the Pacific north west. Cities north of Seattle especial ly were asked to watch for the sus pect, who police believed, might jbe heading fpr the Canadian bor- !der. Chief Searing stressed the pos- prospect In mind that the machine used by Hickman might be 5 thus found. Nearly a dozen person suspect ed of being Hickman had been ar rested up to midnight, but all were released after questioning Chase Near Rend, Claim LOS ANGELES, Dec. 21. (AP) Chief of Detectives Her man Cllne declared tonight that he was confident that the man in Seattle who tonight passed one of the 120 gold certificates given as a part of the ransom for Marian Parker was William Edward Hick man, her accused slayer. j He pointed out that the fugitive had had time to reach Seattle since the last time he was defin itely known to have been in Los Angeles. This was Sunday morn ing, shortly after the police had raided the apartment house where the accused "fox" had "been living at the time of the kidnaping and murder. ine search in my opinion Is near the end." said Cline. "The payment of the 120 gold certifi cate Just about clinches the case, I think. We are hopeful that the search in Seattle will prove suc cessful and that the fiend will be under arrest within a few hours. Cllne believed that Hickman had Journeyed to Seattle by auto mobile or motorcycle. He said he probably used an automobile eith er stolen or rented in Los Angeles. h . m r .BBSfe. 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Mr. Wilson, with great anticipation combed the Eastern Markets for the very latest Paris Styles obtainable. SALE STARTS TODAY At One o'Clock This selection of garments we consider without question one of the finest and .most varied lines, in fact the people who have seen this . gorgeous line of Coats and Dresses will bear out this contention. You owe it to yourself to be here today at one o'clock. This higlT grade Ladies' Ready to Wear will be sold regardless of cost or former price. mm mm ill ! Coats -Brasses li li ) V $6 to $49.50 $5 to $49. 50 V J Ji lima ' S47N.nighSt. . ' Now owned by L1RS. CHESTER FRASER J MRS. HOMER FOSTER Formerly lha Billings Glrh - .' H J:yr .,. ; Fiend Has Doable KANSAS CITY, Dec. 21. (AP) Authorities here tonight asked Los Angeles police to attempt to locate a former school mate of William Edvard Hickman. The youth was described aa a "double" for the alleged kidnaper of Marian Parker. He is 22 years old. Police were told the youth left here sereral months ago for Los Angeles. He previously had been a patient at a Missouri phycho- pathlc hospital. While it was explained that no cnarge nad been placed against the youth, it was pointed out that he attended Central high school here during three of the four years Hickman was a sudent there. Hoax Flared KAAS CITY. Dec. 21 (AP) while another raced The life of the children of Dr. Herbert Mants, whose stolen mo tor .car was used by William M. fEdward Hickman, alleged slayer of Marian Parker in Los Angeles has been threatened by a man pur porting by inference to be the Los Angeles slayer, it was rerealed by nolle tonight. The threat was made to Dr. Mants aboli t 3 o'clock yesterday in a untraced long distance call which was heard by detectlres who by chance were In Dr. Mants of fice.. Dr. and Mrs. Mants were In fear for their Urea and the Ures of their three children, a 5 year old son and twin daughters, 16 months old. Dr. Mants was called to the telephone yesterday by his office girl who said it was a long dis tance call. Threat Made . "Do you recognize my voice?" the man asked Dr. Mantz who said he did not. I ... . . x m ioe leuow wno iook you for a ride. Do you recognize my voice now?" Dr. Mants signalled the detec tlres, one of whom took up the receiver of an extension telephone to another telephone In an endeavor to trace the calL "I wouldn't be In all this trou ble if it were not for you," the man told Dr. Mantz. "I'm going to get one of your girls. You know what will hap pen to her." Dr. Mants engaged fhe man In conversation for a few minutes trying to hold him on the line EYES EXAMINED GLASSES FITTED Ten Years Practice Salem Phone 625s in Dp. I R. 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