The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, December 30, 1927, Page 1, Image 1

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    Today and Tomorrow Are Lie Last Days in'Wliich to Arrange for-rcpresentaiion in the 1928 New Year Edition of The Stat
Our Vp Valley Neighbors Are Beginning to Sea the Liglit Concerning, the Great Future of the Flax and Linen Industries Eei
" Weather forecast: Fair and cold; mod
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"The thief had killed the foxes before
leading them into an automobile," says
local story of Tox theft In West Salem.
We conclude that in this case the murder
preceded the kidnaping. '
t2;ty-seventu year
SALE1I, OREGON, FRIDAY HORNING, DECEMBER 30, 1D27
PRICE FIVE CENTS
URBECTIOil
111 OMSK
COM EOD
! Governor Henry S; Johnston
VVins Long Fight When
Senate Quits- -f -
ALL CHARGES DISMISSED
Close of Straggle- Conies; With
Dramatic Suddenness; Upper
House Decides It Has Xo -:
- Legal Authority r
OKLAHOMA ClTYr Okla., Dee.
29. (AP). Oklahoma's political
insurrection aimed at the removal
of Governor Henry S. Johneton
and at least two other" state offi
cers, reached an unsuccessful end
today. " ' .v- y:$'??Z:
With dramatic suddenness the
Mate senate brought impeachment
actvities to, a close today , by . the
diaihissal of charges ; voted " by
bouse members against Governor
Johnston, Chief ' Justice Fred :'-J.
Branson of the state supreme
toiirt and President Harry B. Cor
dcll, of the state board of agricul
ture. . "
Vote 20 to 10 '
Meeting in a downtown hotel, te
which, they retreated yesterday af
ter they had been dispersed at the
doors of their capitoj chamber by
national guardsmen under the di
rection of the governor, the sena
tors decided, by a vote of 26 to 16,
that the house of- representatives
had no authority to convene Itself
tnd vote the impeachment charges.'
Members of both houses, r who
Lad persisted in meeting despite a
riesot unfavorable decisions by
iecourts and the military re
finance, abandpned their activi
ties abruptly af tert the senate de
rision and began to depart for
their homes, unpaid for their ef
forts. ' -". . -'tt-: . - -' : -.
Explanations Given " ' ?"
Several senators who spoke and
voted for dismissal .of the -ira
peachment charges made it clear
they did so, not because ef friend
ship for the accused official but
torause they had become. :Con-
vinced of the illegality of the at
tempted actions. "::: 'j'-.
Senator Tom Anglin. of Holden-
ville, one of the strongest; bul
narks of defense against, the , as
sault on the office of the governor,
raid that "Johnston is no governor
at allV but argued ; against the
pursuance of a course f ' action
which he felt would result in dual
government and chaotic conditions
ia the state. . . . . ...
SNOW BLANKETS
MOST OF; N. W.
BLIZZARD HITS ALL EXCEPT
"PROTECTED SECTIONS '...'
Montana First to Feel Cold Ware;
Eastefu Oregon in Path ot - ,
Sleet Storm . "
PORTLAND, OreJ Dec. 29.
(AP). Snow, driven by high
winds late"' today 'and ' tonight
blanketed the greater part of the
northwestern states, 'In some sec
tions the ctorm assumed the pro
portions of a severe blixxard.
Sharp drops la i temperature
were recorded at a number of Ore
gon. Washington, Idaho and Mon
tana points,-heralding the adventj
from the Arctic of what Canadian'
forecasters already had predicted
would be the coldest wave experi
enced this winter. - ; '
In the far north' the icy, grasp
waa tightening. At Dawson : City,
on the Yukon, lho-thermometers
highest mark was 52 degrees be
low xcro with the minimum not
reported and probably not recordV
ed? V;-:-. 'i-l -i-h ; : ' '
Montana was first of the north
western states to feel the grip, of
the cold wave. . Many? places re
ported sub-xero temperatures dur
ing the day. Both Havre and Glas
gow; reported -20 -degrees below.
Heavy, enow fell i at Helenat; Llr
Ingston, Miles City and Missoula.
r Eastern Oregon too, felt the ef
fects of the cold weather. Pendle
ton reported a sleet storm, driven
by a high wind during the. morn-
lag, and changing to fine snow to
ward sundown,: : The thermometer
stood'at 22 degrees above zero.
Enterprise. Ore.," reported the
worst blizzard and snow storm of
the winter raging in; that section.
GREAT GHOlfiD
GIVES TRIBUTE
T8 LfiJDDERGH
Famous American Air Hero
Receives Acclamations
With Modesty1 :
HONORED BY PRESIDENT
Army Confers "Grand Medal of
MerU Upon Yankee Youth
Who Fleer Into Guatemala
, Ont of North
(Continued en paxa 4)
4 MARKER PLAN TRIED
SYSTEM EXPECTED TO SPEED
UP TRAFFIC
ABANDON SEARCH
;FOR LOST -PLANE;
ALL CLCES FAIL IN HUNT FOR
T . MRS.' GRAYSOX " .1". .
Dirigible; and Xavy! Destroyers
Called In bjr Anthoritiee;
- Ships Keep Lookout
ST. JOHN'S,' N. S.',- Dec' 29.--
AP) Further reports were re
fved here tonight that an air
plane believed . to have; been the
, jtui&sjng . Dawn was ? beard near
- Hearts Content - Saturday night
4aore than 24- hours after Mrs.
- - Frances Wilson Grayson and three
companions ' had taken off from
Roosevelt Field for Harbor.Grace.
Attorney General Hlggins - an
, nounced thai be had received a
telegram from Magistrate of Car
bonear stating that a Mr. and Mrs.
, Burress. keepers 'of the half way
house - between - Carbonear and
Hearts Content, had Informed him
today that .they heard the drone
of an airplane several times be-
, iweea 8 p. m. and midnight-Sat
v rday - They reported that the
ftlaae sounded as If It had been
; vlrcling around. seeking a place to
. land. , , t
A snow squall was In progress
t the tlme. They said their on
- . ana Jsa-telegraph operators also
r-,"kj"i the plane. ;,' ' ' . -'
fi 2hUt8.th be done by
4lane Dawn anJTwtaBd r0f 'the
V men and a woman.
' , eatent Comjaander Rosen:
"Bounced that farther search
would be fuUle unless new clues
f developed. ; The two navy destroy-
era and three coast guard craft
Iwhlc have been searching the
irea czrUUl the'r UsVwtth-
it resuTj enl Ccraander Btew.
s s t dlreti - j tlie'r search, re-
A try-out of the new traffic reg
ulation system of funr, markers
Instead of one Istibeinr made at
the corner of State and Commer
cial streets. CoramlsaienerTValter
3. Low effected the - change on
that Intersection yesterday. -
Fear that motorists Height take
undue advantage tr- cutting-corners
if the markers were placed on
the property line, as in other cities
the streets committee ordered the
markers placed on the curb line.
The - system will be under obser
vation for a few days. It It is found
practicable, " similar markers will
be placed at every down town in
tersection. V "". '-.'- -
v . A city ordinance requires that
automobiles turn at the middle of
the intersection but it is intended
under the sew system that motor
ists need only to go around the
two markers. 1 . v
i Red and green reflectors In the
signals make them visible ; a t
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ATTENDANCE INCREASED
Enrollment Ia ; Salem . Schools
: Jt caches Total of 4918 -
The total enrollment In - Salem
Dublle schools 'on 'December V24;
just before pupils were dismissed
for-the i . holidays, was 4 8 1 1 8, a gain
of 78 over November, according to
f ienre compiled In City Snperitt-
tendenr George llug'a office ye
terday. Superintendent ;Hug t be
lieyeast enrollment: wllii reach
seed before, the year ends.,, ;;
The firure is an increase of 229
over December for last 'year and
la well in line with the increases
which have been "shown every
year. Indicating a steady growth of
the city." .
The high school enrollment De
cember 24 vu 1058, Parrlsh
Junior high, 964, and Leslie junior
high, 481. ' . .
Enrollment In the grade schools
of the city as of that date follow:
EnglewoodrU 2 2 ; - Garfield, 34 8 :
Grant, 284; Highland, S10; Park.
319; Richmond. 2 C 0; McKlnley,
252; Lincoln, 15 7J and Washlng
ton, 201., . : V - .
SHIPLEY BUYS FRONTAGE
Now Owns Nearly Half Block at
. . Commercial and . Marion
rrt 8
TJ. Q. Shipley yesterday announ
ced the purchase of two proper
ties on Commercial ' and 'Marion
streets, adding to his already large
holdings in that part ot the city.
The 'lots purchased Included what
was once known aa the Fawk
property , obtained from Cx:ldora
104 f3efcxhvs a. frontage of
V f at on CorauJTCf-.neeCaod-"S2
V AGjoming this tract; nrZlZp
ley has purchased. jrc;erty frora
Edward llancijig of Portland with
a frontage of 62 feot on Zlzil-n
treet and a de-th r I2's f-.
half; block on Ccn rclal street
with tha exception of cr.9 let. Jla
has not announced er.y j"; rs for
develcpnent.
: GUATEMALA CITT, Dec 29.
Time is too fleeting for ' the be
stowal of - all the : honors which
Guatemala desires- to ahower on
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh.'
1 Now that he is here in the flesh
the' bearer of the good-will mes
sage, from the United 'i States is
even a greater figure in the eyes
of Guatemalans than they had pic
tured him, reading of his exploits.
Only after he had landed at the
flying field, and -moved and lived
among them for a brief few hours,
did the people of Guatemala City
begin to realize the full measure
of his achievement in winging his
way from distant Mexico. City
across mountain ranges, ' between
the menacing tops of volcanoes
and over inngle country, where the
foot of civilised man has never
been. - , , , ,
, - a ' . Hero Still Modest
And, amid all the acclamations.
the cheers and the enthusiasm.
Lindbergh was his own . modest
self. .--
His ' official day began at . 1 0
o'clock thla morning when he paid
a rislt to the presidential palace
to pay his respects to the presi
dent,' General Chacon.' ; Festivities
and 'fetes 1 in abundance followed.
At the municipal palace Lindbergh j
- . ; V iL-r h "
receiyea a scrou appraising una in
terms of deepest' cordiality that he
was the guest of honor of the city.
Then the chamber of commerce
EXPERT SCORES
SCHOOL ENGLISH
EDITOR ATTACKS PRESENT
.... EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM '
WET.1ME CHARITY
TRUST RETAINED
Graduates of Secondary Instltu-
' tions. Fall to Deliver Goods,
Assertion
PORTLAND, Dec. 29. (AP)
"High school graduates are poor
English students;' they are not
able to write what they mean in
good English sentences or to take
a theme and develop it through to
its conclusion; generally they fol
low no consistent line of reading
This - condemnation . of :s high
school English was made, today at
the department meeting for Eng
lish teachers, attending . the .Ore
gon " State Teachers .association
convention, by Joy Elmer Morgan,
editor of the Journal of the N
tlonal Education association.
Adventure in the realm of Eng
lish is particularly desirable, " the
editor Indicated. Of i course, -If
we derote s third, ot all high
school time- to : English we will
hare j to eliminate, something. I
would start by leaving, out Latin.
The best etndy of English Is Eng
llsh.V , . . -.
r Teachers may do much to hasten
the day of peace through a careful
presentation of the subjects ot his
tory and geography. Miss Myra L.
Snow, classroom teacher of Seattle
said today. A contribution toward
peace may be made, she believes
br "teaching history" and geogra
phy in such a way as to strip war
of its romantic glamour, to show
the accomplishments of peace, to
encourage appreciation of the part
played by all nations and races in
the ; progress of civilization ; and
by using our Influence ae far as it
goes definitely to combat propa
ganda which encourages race ha-
(Gentianed n page 4)
GASOLINE FIGHT ENDED
County Signs Contract With Oont-
, . paniee mt 20 Cent Rate -
(Continue a par 9)
STEAL GOLDEN CHALICES
Valuable Property Taken From St.
Mary's Catholic Church .
:-MT.. ANGEL; Ded.' 2--(Spec-ial.)
Property of inestimable
value was stolen from the sacristy
of the St. Mary's Catholic church
here last night: five golden chal
ices and a golden platen of ezcep
tlonally.fine jrorkmanshlp.
- One of the chalices belonged to
the ML-Angelr-pariah and the oth
ers were the personal property of
some of the Benedictine monks. .
W No clues to the identity ot the
thieves have been obtained.
4 The long drawn out fight over
the price of gasoline to-. Marlon
county came to an "end yeste r day
when the county.' court annonnced
that they, had agreed on a price ol
not to. exceed .20 cents a gallon
for all the gasoline they purchase
In 1928. If the current retail
price' should drop below that fig
ure the county Is to get 4he bene
fit. If it goes up the-county, will
still pay only 20 cents.- More
than 40.000 gallons are used by
the county each year, mostly for
trucks on road -work.
j The court signed a contract yes
terday with the Standard OH com
pany i to pay not- more ' than .. 18
cents a gallon for ' distillate and
not more than 17 cents for kero
sene. . Fuel oil will be purchased
at 81.25a barreL The purchase
of gasoline-daring the year will be
divided equally between the Ave
companies operating in JSalemas
follows: -Standard, Union, Shell
Associated and General Oil companies.-;..--
EFFORT OF. COMPANY TO SE-
CURE FUND DEFEATED
Estate of 91,000,000 Involved in
; Case Decidedd by Supreme
Court
' A charitable" trust, created by
the will of the late E. Henry
Wemnte of Portland, is perpetu
ated by an opinion of .the state su
preme court handed down Thurs
day. It was a trust for the benefit
of " unfortunate . and ; wayward
girls. "And that trust has not lap
sed, says the opinion, "but shall
continue throughout the genera
tions yet to e. v : 1
i The opinion was written" by
Jnstice Brown." It affirms Judge
Louis R. Hewitt of the tower
court for Multnomah? county in
the case of the E. Henry Wemme
company, appelant, against ' Ben
Selling and others as trustees ot
the E. Henry Wemme endowment
fund. 3? ; - ---
": In the result Justice Bean, Cow
how and ; Rossman concur. Jus
tice McBride wrote a dissent of
great length. . Chief Justice Rand
did not participate in the deter
mination because of an association
with some ot the officers of the E.
Henry Wemme company. Justice
Belt did not sit because he was
the presiding judge In the lower
court when the former case of
the Wemme company vs. First
Church of Christ, Scientist, was
heard. ; ; " '
An estate involving upwards of
11.000,000 is involved. The E
Henry Wemme company brought
the suit to get possession of the
property trust created byfthe will
of the late E. Henry Wemme.
In a previour case involving the
will, the supreme court held that
the Wemme will created a valid
public charity.
' "And we now add that that de
cision, whether right or wrong, is
a conclusive adjudication," says
the opinion now handed down
"Two eminent federal judges have
written their opinions In which
they declare that the holdings of
this court la -the opinion written
" - :(Coti4 ptf a -
PUMPER CHOICE DELAYED
pjoufjTscon
Bill HELD UP;
2 TIE SI 900
Institution In Portland Sub
urb Robbed of Currency
Late Thursday
CLERKS PUT INTO VAULT
Gunman Enters Bnlldins Aftei
Honrs and Takes Money at .
Point of Gun; Visitor Be
lieved Accompllco
Committee Awaiting Details of
. Mack Engine Offered
Spirited discussion of the four
bids on the proposed hew fire en
gine occurred at the fire and wa
ter committee meeting In Chair
man W. H. Dancy's office, but no
decision was 'reached as to which
bid Is the best. v ;-;
Chairman Dancy lis awaiting -a
letter from the Mack people In Se
attle answering certain questions
regarding the pumper offered by
that firm before making a definite
decision. Another meeting of the
committee will bo ; held prior ' to
the council meeting next week.
; ; Fire ; Chief Hutton and repre
sentatives of the four bidders met
with the committee', r '
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PORTLAND, Dec, 29. (AP)
A slightly-built gunman, armed
with a small automatic pistol held
up four employes of the Mount
Scott State bank late -today 'and
escaped with $1900. .-. --si;
Employes of the -suburb bank
were forced .into the vault while
the robber scooped up all the cur
rency from behind the teller's win
dow., v Silver.:-on the counter was
left untouched and several thou
sand dollars in the vault was not
taken. The v robbery took place
after closing hours. -
" A sixth man in . the , bank.
thought at first to be a late pa
tron. Is now suspected as an ac
complice of the holdup man. A
few minutes before the , bank
closed, this man introduced him
self to the cashier and asked per
mission to wait there a few min
utes as he was negotiating a prop
erty deal and wished to effect an
escrow. - The buyer-would arrive
fn a fewminutes, he said.
. , Receiving permission from the
cashier, the man took a place by
the door. A short time later the
door was opened to admit a nies
senged with store deposits. The
bandit slipped in behind him, be
fore' clerks, had: time -tobar, the
door, c i '- .
Bank officials said tonight the
bandit and his suspected accom
plice left the bank together. The
loss was covered, by insurance.
FORMAL CHARGE
AGAINST SLAYER
EDWARD HICKMAN ARRAIGN
' ED ON 3IURDER CHARGE
Delay Granted Before' Youth Re-
. quired to Plead to Indictment
Against Him t
CODE COMMITTEE NAMED
Alderman : Ensstrom to Head
Group Plnaalng ' BaiMing Hulvs
Aldenntn C. O. Engstrom will
head the newly organized build
ing J code committee announced
yesterday by Mayor T. A. LIvesley.
To serve with Alderman Engstrom
on this committee will be Alder
men Armprlest and Thompson, W.
M. Hamilton, local manager of the
Portland Electric power company.
and W. C. Dyer; insurance man.
Alderman Watson Townsend
and Jack Dancy resigned from the
committee at -;; tha. last council
meeting. Tocnsead had been chair
man since Its appointment J last
year by Mayor Giesy. The commit
tee has -accomplished practically
nothing during the past year,' and
Insistence ot the city planning and
zoning commission' that work be
gotten tinder way immediately led
to" reorganization of the commit
tee. - - - , - -" . -
James H. Nicholson and- C. E:
AJbln were re-appointed by Maydr
LIvesley. ai-members -of the plan
ning and zoning commission;' Their
terms expired at the last meeting
MRS. L1ND3ERGH ARRIVES
Slother of Famous Flyer Reaches
St. Iouis Safely '
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 29. (AP),
Mrs; . Evangeline Lindbergh, re
turning to ' Detroit from ' Mexico
City,' where she spent Christmas
with her son,' Colonel Charles A.
Lindbergh, landed at Lambert-SL
Louis field at 2135 p. m. today and
remained overnight, "
Plans had been made to con
tinue to Chicago, before dark but
these were cancelled when ad
verse weather - repores were re
ceived from points pn the route,.
Leaving San Antonio ahortly be
fore dawn today,1 Mrs. Lindbergh
reached Dallas at 8:50 a. m., and
took off again at t;17." The sec
ond stop was at Mueogee,' Okla.,
where she landed at ll!l5 am.
She derartcd i tt IUH for .St
Louis.
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KILLED AT LAKE GROVE
Soatlx-rn rartfid Train Hans Down
C4 Ye-r ClJf Y.. ian '
OS",. "O. Ore, De'cl'23'(AP)
?.Irs. "!a Mlcllsen, 8 4, was
killed to y at Lake Grove eta-ti--n
whea t was struck by a
Kouthrrn TaciHc Eouthbound elec
tric train: It was believed Mrs.
Miftlifen was-crossing the 'track
to a nearly etcre failed to c' ,--.--err
tha tr ' . - - - - ; .-
LOS ANGELES. Dec. 29. (AP
William E. Hickman admitted
slayer ot a child h had kidnaped
and of a man he had attempted to
rob, was formally j arraigned to
day for the killing Of Marian Par
ker but obtained a second delay
to plead f to the charges against
them.' - - ..V-";
Wei by Hunt. 16r confessed ac
complice of Hickman In the at
tempted robbery which ended In
the killing of Ivy Thomas, drug
gist, remained " in the county jail
tonight while investigators scan
ned the suicide records ; of. last
May in the belief that still anoth
er death might be explained by the
pair. ' -.. '.;
The latest channel into ' which
the detective bureau was guided
through new revelations concern
ing activities of the' two former
Kansas City youths-was an effort
to -determine whether the death of
A. R. Driskell. 60 year old grand
father of Hunt, was due to a sui
cidal leap'from the Colorado street
bridge at the west gate , of Pasa
dena:... . r.-r -: .....
- Corpso Found Irfist May ; , 4
Driskell's body was found at the
bottom of the arroyo on the night
of May 25 last. A note found on
the bridge addressed to .his son,
young Hunt's father, indicated
that the aged man sought suicide
because-of financial troubles.
The new police probe was spur
red by information that Driskell
on the day of his supposed suicide
had withdrawn a large sum : of
money from the bank In which
Hickman and -Hunt at that time
were employed. This money never
has been accounted for, police said.
Perry .M.- Parker, father of -slain
Marian, was. an official at - that
bank.
' - Repeated questioning of Hick
man during last nlght by jail offi
cials brought the admission' from
the accused, youth- that he "and' a
pal whom he afterwards named as
Hunt, bad killed Thorns while at
tempting to rob the latter's drug
store in Rose Hill, a north - end
suburb near Pasadena. ', i
Confession .Recorded ?
While oflfcers went out to get
Hunt a complete confession invol
ving the Thorns murder was' taken
rrom Hickman. When Hunt was
confronted with Hickman's - ac
count of the crime, he, too, accord
ing to officers at the jail, confess-l
ed his participation In the holdup
and the exchange of bullets which
resulted in the death of the drug-
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ODraUTIi
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POLICE flSSER I
Weiby Hunt Declared Ac
complice in Los Angdes
Kidnaping Plot
ADMITS PART IN HOLDUP,
Authorities Change Minds as Soon
as Sixteen Year Old Lad
Caught; Decide lie ,ls
. "Andrew Cramer"
(Continued png 4)
TED ROY TO SING HERE
Winner of National Hpnors to be
. At Elsinoro New Year's Eve -
Far from the bottom of the list
of stars to 'be featured at the El
sinore's New Year's Eve (Satur
day night) matinee, will be Ted
Roy, .winner; of the second .prize
offered by the Atwater Kent ra
dio studios, In New Jersey, recent
ly, as an inducement to secure. un
usually, good , Tolcea. tor radio
work. .
! At the Elslnpre Mr Roy- will ap;
pear " a singer. Persons w,bo have
heard ;hiin declare that his. voice
possesses most unusual tonal .qual
ities. , . ; . -'-; ''.; "
George Guthrie manager of the
Elslnore, announced last night
that, in addition to the half-dozen
scheduled vaudeville acts,' there
will be several surprise numbers.
Never,' he said, in Salem's history,
has such an elaborate bill been
arranged. In the way of motion
pictures, Bebe Daniels will be seen
In a ' first-run picture, "She's
Sh!ek.:: --V',:-. r-yj-: :
? The quality of the New Year's
offering is personally endorsed by
Mr. Guthrie. ' - " -
MEEKER HAS" BIRTHDAY
07U Anniversary Celebrated by
- Famous Oregon Pioneer
? NEW YORK, Dec. 29. (AP)
Ezra' Meeker, who traveled the
Oregon:TraIl in 1852 by ox team
tft a two-mile-an-hour speed " and
lived to make the trek by airplane
at 102 in ilea an hour,' celebralci
his 9"h birthday1 toiay. "
Among the many felicitations he
received was one signed ty 8 8
United States cenators and a num
ber cf representatives. . Of Ildil
cf the Oregon Trail J.! jorlal rs-y-ciatlon
ct wf!-a ta Is x - zt,
: '-.r.'.:i Vrsi with 37 t '.. r hzll
"ara cf tt'a lUnitr.! Ort-oa Tia'.
.nage.. -. ,
LOS ANGELES. Dec. 29 (AP)
-Attempt to connect Welby Hunt,
youthful holdup accomplice of Wil
liam Edward Hickman, with the
kidnaping and slaying of little
Marian Parker, were ' being made
by police detectives . tonight, wha
were running down bits of evi
dence indicating that the kidnaper
had an accomplice in at least part
of the. crime. v
Hunt, "18" year old youth, who
confessed today of coming hero
from Kansas City with Hickman,
and to committing holdups villi
him both here and In the mid we. t
city, admitted also he participate J
in the holdup a year ago Christ
mas eve of Ivy Thorns, Rose XI ill
druggist.- Thorns died-ot a bullet
In the ; chest received In an t '-x-.
change of shots between Hickman,
Hunt and Policeman D. J. Olivtr,
who appeared in the store.
- Resembles "Cramer"
The police 'possessed - the far: i
that Hunt somewhat resetnt! 1
Hickman's description ' of V..
mythical Andrew Cramer, ' whe i i
the kidnaper at first accused :
the girl's-murder; that Hunt lis n
In Alhambra.. suburb 'to v.s.; 'i
Hickman - took the chil d. .1 y ? " ,i y
he .kldnaped-her,.and Xroi i , .
he sent a telegram to Perry 1, :
kerher father. The police U
previously had expressed do-j't
that the child sat alone in Kid man's
car on the several tlm ; i l
left her parked in It to seul t ' .
phone messages and letters -that
the girl, as Hickman cla:
separately followed him Into V
murder apartment at the Eell v uc
Arms.-.;- :.'' v-V'1"' - V" ' - -.
-Officials starting the.. new
vestlgatlon expressed the c;l
that had the girl been alone
Hickman's car she would at 1
have made an outcry, in
manner she could have tro
(Ceatlaned put S.)
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charge adva.ci3 ac, :
! rich souther:!- tto: i a
Mrs. T. S.'Afico ReJeawJ I .
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'jNEW ORLEANS. - Dec. - 2:
(AP) A charge of ens'aves
was preftrred against Birr. T
Arieo 'of CNew : Orleans : t
Unfted States - District i,
Edward Talbot after a raa! 1 .
woman's household toll cfr
Slie had been held : prisons r
tliree years at Mrs. Ari o's t
Mrs.4. At Ico was arni.1 r. c I 1 -a
United States comm I , : r
entered a jlea of not gui:
wss released under 85, C
Tbe maid, Anna Lai
said she was a nattro of i
declared that she had fc :
to subsist on food sh r
from garbage paila er I
bad been beaten with a
hose and heavy wlr f
tions of Mrs. Arico"? r
Pedestrians who
on the street Iat
from wounds o t t: s
body took tcr to a 1. . .
she later vas ctf stion
cers. Piy;;k!ar . r.t f
said her '-condition
lieved to be serl.v?.
Mrs. Arico,- tt-2 'wir- r
mobile. fJilesps-8!!, 1
moderately we !tl y.
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