TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1027.
Sleep Finally Comes To Parents
2
Inhuman Kidnaper; Europe Hit By
Of Girl Murdered by Kidnaper Still At Liberty Bitter Weather
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I.OS ANGKl.ES. Dec. 19. (AP)
Tha sleep which followa titter
( Inn jmA Inal nlrhf 1 1
or. whs permitted Marian to ac
Marlan Parkeri lored one- :rnmt!lay lht Kl.lnper last Thurs
eomforted lu the knowledge that jclay. appearing on the stand.
oiai n nan arawa 1110 mums on ;
any poa.ioiiuy or turiper m.s-
treatment to the little victim
of
a kidnaping fiend.
' Merciful slumber qnlted the '
nerves of lb mother, who found
reat for the first time since last
Wednesday night, Ignorant of the I
gruesome details.
Mrs Psrker mid lhst Msr-
lin died from an overdose of a
Sleeping potion. The father, how
ever. Perry M. I arker. knew all,
tor It H he vho knelt by the
curbstone as kidnaper drove hur
riedly away from the rendezvous
of death Saturday night and
rlaqrt ,h. mutilated body to his
Parker and his aon. Perry. Jr.,
arose shortly after six o'clock.
grimly determined to aid the po
lice In the greatest manhunt
that has gripped the entire west.
Policemen stand guard near
the Parker home, in a well-to-do
section of the wen aide. No auto
mobile la permitted to stop on
the street and no one is per
mitted to come near the house
on foot. .
The formality of a coroner's
Inquest was gone through with
this morning. The father and j
mother ot the little victim were
snared the ordeal of testifying.
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and Cleaners
' For Hotter Appearance
Odorless Clean inf
One-Day Service
Expert Dyeing
1409 Esplanade St.
Phone 825
Christmas
Cards
Klamath Printing
'Company
522 Klamath Avenue
Make it a
Merrier
Xmas
Protect All Possible Fire and Automo
bile Hazards With
Insurance that "Protects
and Pays."
WILSON ABSTRACT CO.
P. O. Landry, M gr. Insurance Dept.
Across Street From Court House
GOAL
During the Cold Weather for Maximum
Comfort Use
Utah (Aberdeen) Coal
"Beat in the West by Government Test"
9.1 per cent fuel. Cheapest in tile long run.
Delivered in 100 lb. sacks, or in 1-4,
1-2 or 1 Ton Lots.
HEILBRONNER 8C REA
"Fuel That
only Dr. A. F. Wjgner, county
autopsy Burgeon, and M
Mary .
Holt, school attendance supenrla-1
nr atnrr who lived
next '
often 1
rto)r td ,he i.,rkri .nd
talked to Muian or gave her
candy, fought back tears while
he described the broken body of j
the little girl. I
I believe she was killed Sat-
urd.iy." he said In trembling
ivolce. "but 1 am not certain. I 1
don t know vet lust what caused ;
l.alh. All 1 can say Is that she I
was brutally murdered, bhe may I
hive been strangled to death or
she may have been poinsoned.
It mar be that death came when
the murderer cut her to nieces."
THREATENING NOTE
DECLARED FORGERY '
i
l.OS ANGELES, Calif.. Dec. 1. :
(AP) The note threatening;
Marjorle. the twin sister of mur- !
dered Marian Parker, today v.a
declared by handwriting experts ;
to have been a "cruel joke, prob- I
jably by
not the
i disordered mind." and i
work of the kidnaper. '
Parker home after Marian's body
had been recovered,
Templar Motor
Has Xmas Tree
Something new In Christmas
trees Is brilliantly displayed In
the attractive showrooms of the
Templar Motor company at Elev
enth and Klamath, where, after
two weeks of construction and
wiring, the tree now blazes its
Yuletide decoration.
By a unique method of wir
ing and arrangement, the tree,
which is about S feet tall, slow
ly revolves while the many color
ed lights twinkle on and off in
highly effective fashion.
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
FOR RENT Furnished apart
ment. St- Francia Apartments,
ess Oak avenue. 20-t
JACK FROST
SHOE RKPAIRIXO
WIIILK YOU WAIT!
Women's half soles as low aa
I.Ol per pair.
LADIES' HKK.L Sl'Kt'IALIST
. . 110 South Sixth St.
Satisfies'
I (Continued from rage One)
I hit'i: si "ittak'ng out"
tlio ntur
The auto-
dcr car were given up.
nictti fii ml r.o minutes after
the miMliitcd hndy of Marlon
was turned over to her father,
P'try I'arlior, bank executive,
WM "t't cl.tlR:cd at the parking
'n"Pn I"" located II
nJ "aii:t:lttr.l a watch over It.
r.-wiml Inavriirinjs
T;ie offer of th Immense re-
" thought,
n"'11 'rf '"' ' ln:lmate of
lno wmderer to reveal nia iaen-
"IV o n:rrs. hr.d d.v.ie noth-
""'i'1 r(,nfW tTfn" ot
"'
The coroner's Jury found that
"Marlon Frances Parker was
: brutally murdered by a person.
n' persons, unknown, acting with
homicidal Intent."
It was brought out at the In
dues! that it was lmnosstble to
determine the exact cause of the
girl's death until her stomach
had been analyzed.
Italy t"reniatel
Trlvate funeral service
were
held for the child shortly after
nn,liwtiiTi nf th tnauest. Her
,most unnct,gnlzable form was
before burial.
Police still admitted them
selves puzzled over tha motive
$1,500 ransom which a hopoful
j father traded for the body of
h.9 HfeUss child was renerally
; disrardfd.
I Parker has maintained con-
I i
sistently that he has no enemy
IWBO would desire vengence am
accDrningiy oincinis nave struca
a blind trail. from 10 below at Vienna to 30 1
Huge RrxanU below at Sonnullck. In the moun-
Publlc Indignation over the ,ain region. The express from
ghoulish butchering of the girl Rudapeet to. London arrived In
was expressed In the reward Vienna four hours late because
money offered. In addition to ot m delay near Oinhida. Hun
city, county and state rewards, , eary- due to high anow drlfta.
private citizens. newspapers, senrly all Austrian trains were
churches and the general public delayed at least two or three
have raised huge funds to be paid hours. ,
over In case of capture and con
viction of "The Fox.'
Two new griefs were piled on
badly frayed and extremely
tired police force today.
Want Lynching
First, was the openly expressed
public desire to see the kidnaper
1 lynched if caught: aecondr was
' an attack on conduct of the case
by members ot city council.
The wide interest In the case
has caused a startling number ot
wild yarns In Its connection.
Within a period of JO minutos
this afternoon "The Fox" was
"authoritatively" reported capt
ured In San Diego. Santa Asa and
a Jewelry store In Los Angeles.
I In the same period It was
i rumored that Mrs. Parker died
lot grief, that
Perry Parker, Jr.,'
was arrested and that chief of
detectives C'llne had resigned be-
cause of the kidnapping.
C'hy Vnnerwl
Tho uncanny ease with
the kidnaper has avoided
which
detec-
I tlon and fiendish glee he appears
ito take In striking suddenly from
an unexepected sector haa al-
! most unnerved the city.
Despite the greatest vigilance
there has been no trace nor any j
word of the elusive abductor ex- !
cept when he wished It.
He first appeared representing
himself as an employe In the
! same bank with Parker. That was ;
i last ThursAy when he persuaded
; Marlon to leave her schoolroom '
' and accompany him on the pre-'
text that her father had been in
jured in an automobile accident. '
This deceit was ' discovered
when Marjorle. twin lister of
Marlon, returned to her home to :
find her father well.
I failed "The Fox"
A series of telegrams, letters ,
and telephone calls followed. In
each Instance the render Identi- i
rfled himself as "The Fox." In
each he averted ho was desper
ate. He threatened death to Mar
lon in event hla orders were not .
followed.
He Instructed Tarker to meet
him Friday night and turn over :
' II. BOO for the safe return at
Marion. Police act a trap
around fhe meeting place and
"The Fox" failed to keep tho ;
appointment.
Tho "last chance" letter fol-'
lowed, demanding the father meet
him alone on Saturday night.
Parker called off the police and
! went to meet the kidnaper.
The kidnaper took the ransom
money and then drove a short I
distance away to leave the girl !
for Parker to pick up. j
j Father Collapsed j
1 Parker, thinking to find his
daughter alive, rushed to the
I spot only to find the upper por-1
THE ANSWER i
Here bi tlin solution to the'
LETTER GOLF puzzle on page 4.
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Ten IVrwona llentl
Ten persons died In Ureal
llrilaln as a result of the first
bla! ot winter, the majority duo
to exposure. Two were killed In
the explosion of frozen toller
pipes, whMe two boys were
drowned while ice skating.
Forty mall vessel sought
shelter In Plymouth harbor to
night while trjnsatlantlc shipping
was delayed.
Southwestern 1'ngland aud
southern Ireland are covered with
suow.
I Oldest residents brushed up on
tho history of bad weather and
recalled that the gree.1 frost of
February was the worst In
their memory, with the present
1 cold wave a close s.eond.
The frost swept from the wave
Hashed coasts of Kugtind across
France, down to Spain, and up to
.Scandinavia, and across the con
tinent to the ilalkans. Italy and
Russia.
Tn Ilelow In I'nrla
At Croydon, near London, the
temperature was five degrees
ibove zero. Parta suffered from
'ten below weather, which was
the coldest since 1912.
Two Parls-to-l.ondon airplanes
iwero forced to land In France
because of fog and cold. Prac
tically all long-distance telephone
service were suspended In France
I A biting 60-mlle-an-hour "Nor'-
. .... . rHMn.i.
vdflirr eni'iii utiusB hip i.tinsu j
chnIlel mMnK nivlgatlon ex-,
;tremely difficult and dangerous, i
xemoeratures In Austria ranged
For Rome, tho weather waa
nartlcularlv unusual. The ther- !
mometer dropped to four de- 1
-nn beow Iero. pan, f tha city ,
were covered with snow. The cold
wave swept the entire country. I
with a maximum of 28 degrees
below zero reported lu Alpine :
towns.
lion of her dismembered and dis
emboweled body. Ha collapsed
and was taken to bis home. The
disfigured form of bta daughter
was removed to tho morgue.
Sunday her kg aud arais and j
other sections of her body wore
found In Klytilun park. Later a
suitcase with bloody towel and
Instruments came luto police
hands.
Kind Xew Note
Shortly before
day a fire box
was pulled In
Hollywood. Firemen answering
I the alarm found a note addreased ,
: to Parker. It threatened the life
of the twin sister. Marjork", and
was signed
I A pollco
"The Fox."
guard accompanied
the Parker family aa It attended
the funeral services of Marlon
today.
ATTENTION 1 ROYAL ARfll
MASONS
Klamath Chapter No. S3. Royal
Arch Masons, will hold Its Iiki
meeting of the year tonight. A
banquet will bo served at 6:. 10 In
honor of newly elected officers,
and all members and sojourninr
companions are Invited to attend.
Installation ceremonies will be
held after the banquet. Pat
High Priest George J. Walton
will be Installing officer. ' Offi
cers elected to serve for 192S nre
J. A. Leech, high priest. Oscar
Peyton, king: E. ". Sturkey,
scribe: Cbirics Griffith, captain
of hosts: Marion Hanks, treas
urer, and Frank Evans, secretary
adv. 20-lt
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You cant tell
33!
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1 Neither ran the f
laymen dincov.-r
pyorrhea in lis 4
j early stages. I X
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the man who ran
discover pyorrhea
ana ny a moe r- ,
treatment check
i It and tliui in-
sure your
Health.
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