The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942, December 21, 1927, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE EIGHT WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 21. 1927. ; J 'Si ! I if i r i I I Scene of Brutal Murder Described v . Girl Mutilated To Strains of Jazz Cutting Christmas Trees Right r. I.OS AXOK1.ES, lire. 8". iV. P.) Little Marlon IMrkcr proli ably was murdered ni.d k'r body mutilated to the strains of "jaw" -record played In ntar mvnt S16 of the Heltcvuo Arms. liar death most HKly occur red Kilday. t hours before 'the 'Fox" turned her rmair.s over to her father Hi exchange lor lir.o" Definite Identification of t!ie apartment ! the prison of the achool girl was mute tonight through i ompnrison of Ltiscr prlnta of "the KoV an,"; t Hose found in the suite. Tn fingerprint which oat llhed apartment 315 as the resi dence of the flayer came from his phonograph which was open and which, aerorrtlng to neigh bors, ran almost continuously Friday. Blood splotches f.mnd on towels are being analysed tonight In an effort to determine whether the murder was committed in the room. All evidence points to that end. A spool of the black thread used to sew open the eyes of the girl after death was found In the bathroom of the killer's uho.lc. Itlnodstalns Were discov ered on the walls and a shirt with the nam; "II. . C.erber" in t neck hand was picked up. Similar marks were found on the shirt which contained por'lou of ire dismembered body of the girl. That "iltc Fox" left the apart ment in a hurry after he found the H, llt'vuc Arms was under sus picion v;t evident by the d sor d.nd room. Newspapers, telling of the crime, and natty clothes, said to belling to Hickman, were scattered thriiuch the suite. Tie janitor of the apartment house s-'t Friday as the due of Uia murder atid mutilation, when he reported to police he s.tw "the Fox" carry a cumber of newspavM r-wrapped bundles from the house that day and later saw h'm cleaning tie seats of his au tomobile. Members of Marion's body were found wrapped In I ipera. Suspicion was directed to the Mellevue Arms by the mark on a towel stuffed In the girl s lower torso after sha hd been dis-emboweVd. Hojgate's iMother Asks For Letter A letter received by the American Legion post yesterday from the mother of Lotus Hol gate, urges that ll.ilgata com municate with her at once. Ilulgate is believed to be in this city, his mother's letter ilated. and as she has cot had uny word from him tor weeks, she fears some harm may have befallen her sou. KING BEN BURIED ' BUT FOOLED CULT ' HULL TAPS SPELL NAMES OF MEN IN SUNKEN VESSEL t lly , I'nlted Press I lleforo they ceased signal ling, the six men In the 8-4'a lull i do room slowly 1 lapped uiti against the hull the names which It seems certain uow will lie added to the Hat of the nation's, heroic dead. They were: tlrahain Newell Filch l.t.. I. S. X. of New London, Conn, and Los Angeles, Calif. I llus'sell A. tirabb t torpedo man. San lHcgo, I'allt t Frank Sttlsek (torpeda man. IlliUefleld I'ark. N. J I t;eorge Fclnar tseaniau, South tltnaha, Nth.) Jtutrpn L. Stevens tseaman. Providence. It. I I Roger Leslie Short (torpedo m.iu. ItiMinevllle. Mo.) DENTON1 HARBOR. Mich.. Dee; I". The mortal remains of Benjamin F. P u r n e 1 1. self styled 'seventh messenger" were removed from the house of David Coloney this afternoon and pre pared for burial, the resurrection predicted by hta followers bavins failed to materialize. t 1 " ll'KK POKK COIXTRY RAl'SACK Every Day This Week. p;-m.ir m.!ket Phone lfl Pnone 101 Walnut at Oth At The Liberty Shirley Mason, lately seen as the heroine of "Sweet Itosie O'Grady." the comedy-drama, has deserted the lighter roles of filmdom f-T her new picture. She 'has a highly dramatic role In "The Wreck." the new picture at the Liberty theatre. It la that of a girl whs Is fo:led Into a false wedding ceremony, finds she is married to a crook, and tried to rnn away only to find . her&elf the heroine of a train j wreck and the supposed wife of a wealthy man. How the com ;plica:i:ns are romantically nn- tangled forms the plot cf this melodrama, wbirh was written by Dorothy Howell. . Co-featured with her Is Mal colm McGregor, who finds him self a widower when his wife Is killed in a train wceck. and yet finds a lovely girl in his home whom his mother believes Is her new daughter-in-law. It Is an engaging role for this popular leading man. All modern facillti In the alleviation of hioian sntfcr'ng have been installed at the Klam ath Valley hospita. '. For reanlts ttsa News Ctaaa Ada j disemboweled led to the dtscov- I cry of the room. j Find ftcatli t hamlx r pieces of black thread, a shirt; a llrr.il!, nut, bltiodtaln and other cluea led police to announce definitely the finding of the death chs in lier. It was In apartment SIS In tho Pelleruo Arms where Mnrtoii Paiker was heltl captive three days, where her ktdnnper wrote and slgued "The Fox' to rausnnt . Botes and where, the schoolgirl was finally killed and then dl I nicmbercd. police said. Port Warden T. II. Tert. nf Sun Peitrn. tiilil luillen tlnil thi There is a right way Ij cut Ohrl-tmas Ireca end a wrong way., pri:,t,.j picture of "Tttie Fox" r according to the I'nlted States forest service. The service condemns ; sembled the youth who Inst Wed the wholesale cutting of young trees that would !. more valuiblv; nr-ulny sought a berth on a liner If left to grow. In this picture, however, showing trees being cut; for Honolulu or the Far Fast, in a national forest, the stand is merely thinned cat. a.-tually Im-: Th1 youth gate Ihj iiti of William Kdwaru Hickman, lor j ry said. i A druggist on a corner near the p.icrue Arms announced II was I "The Fvx" who on the night vD3a - proving the forest. Navy Men Hold No Hunters Hot On Hope For Rescue; Trail Of Killer, Sr."" ZX Tk a.J -1 1 !- ueseriea MWRiri Seeks "Hell Bent INDLWAPOLIS. lud . Dec. SO. U"P) tlenuvleve Harris, pretly 1 H -year-old cowgirl, stalked Into a police stut Ion and dumandvd j that the of fleers "round up every maverick In town" until they find her rodeo partner "lle Hem" i Harry Cody, a nephew of "llnf-i falo Hill.'; i Shu and Cody played 'lliol rodeos of the west together all season and came l Indiannpolia for the wlnts'r. Yesterday, ahe told police tearfully, he left her to look for work. He did not keep the reudeivoua set for later In the day. "Ho was too stiunre a ahooler to desert me," llenevleve said. "Something has happened lo him and you fellows have Just got to find out what II Is." SAN PEDRO SHIPS I LEADING IN NAVY j GUNNERY CONTEST j SAN' PKDIIO. Calif.. Dec. 20. jtl'PI Battleships ami Ueslroy- era of the batllo fleet based here ;r leading the navy in gunnery and engineering records so f.tr : this year, according I an an- : nouncement here t day. 1 Destroyers of the fleet have , won the first flvor pHres In hurt range firing practice, with the'!'. H. S. Farragut boasting 1 1 ho best record. The Colorado, f West Virginia and Pennsylvania : follow In the order named. I j The New Mexico Is leading th battleships In the engineering testa. The Arlsona Is second. Ten j.ueasee. third, and tha West Vlr- glnla fourth. 1 j The destroyer Meyer has lb ' I heat engineering scr for vessels ! cf that class. j Floweis for Christmas from our greenhouses Cherries IVjtpers I'oiiiscttias Cyclnmi'ii rrihi.DMea .". Form Holly Wreaths Christmas Centerpieces . 75i! and up . 75c and up $1.00 and up . 75c and up . 75c and up .. 75c and up Send for one of our Rift boxes of flower. All Trices Ro.es, Carnations, Ton Pons. Violets, Chysanthemums, ami Poinsettias Hill's Flower Shop S33 120 North Seventh Street (Continued from Tage I me i (Continued from rage (ue) of chloroform. The man who carried milk lo I'm afraid It's too late now." emboweled form to her fath -r lu ; the llellerue Arms added the In- Ftch tor'uauoo mai uiMirtuieiii iu " I had ordered a vquart Instead of :'a pint delivered starting last I Wednesday. Student Arrestetl Belief . that ho may have iBrumbly said, soberly, anaking . exchange for 1.500. ' his gray head. i crossing reemed to bring I Last' Wonl At 6 A.Jll. j " nearer to the ground. j ' Brumbly said the last that The seeming closeness of tho t ... t.n,ni ik. .i . . . .. end of thi crime career of "The Be.lef . that ho may nljinnpH In aiil Hickman to M- 6 a. m. today. . " brought poi.ee tne import-,- , boundary line and that he had cine across nrumhlv's fac w:i drawn ami nnt question OI w nai was IO DC ,..,-.i gray with f ttlgue chiseled by the dm,e "i' h, "PPhended. I ald;, h, niur(ler , ,. p. day'and night battle with the! ,. f,,,r '"" di nee , )1(.e moTem,nt, ictj 0 the arresl C.- : day and night North Atlantic for the lives of ' the trapped crew. He is a thin, crisp man of about 6j years. I "People don't realise how hard : it is to put down a direr to at i tach a-line to that ship," he aild ' In his sharp. Incisive voice. "It is too runght out there to en- Various suspects arrestud gave She'll appreciated a Gift like this 811 ctmTv. sir M0 eidence of what might happen bm "The Vox" 1 trapptMl. Major derelcipiurntu following i announcement ot lileralty of tU-i layer includej bla appeoraucy and subsc quont rhie.i In Bcveral ' sections ot the city, .apparent dis- . . ... (Ka asn.m In ssvKl..K Ka danger. the men by puttng them , ,,ark(.r fM mm bll.hert.d. the j arrest of a university student Navy experts pnned their last ! charged with complicity In the crime and almost serious out break of citizens socking to re-vi-nue the brutal m unlet. That '"The Vox" previously thought to b a seasoned and veteran criminal was Instead a pleasant faced youth was first .hope on the air in the torpedoes. A ton of compressed air Is con tained in each of the four tor- , pedoes supposed to be in the compartment, and If the imprison ed men were able to tap this supply they may hare prolonged announccd Bhr,,y ,H.fore dllwn i ii fir utra urjjuuii iii iimu omer wlse possible. I. lout. Giiham N. 'Fitch of Ni-'W London, apparently in the room with the five enlist ed men, is thoroughly familiar with torpedo construction, and would be able, naval experts be lieve, to release the air frcm the torpedoes. FMaMLth Mrn!.ty Callins weary detect ivo cap tains and newspapermen to his of fit o. Chief of Detectives Her man Clfne, sleepless for three nights announced the Identifira tin. "We hare established without a nnuJ)ta tlr.iiht thnf d'flviirrl The navy bureau of medicine H(.kman i:t -The KoxV Clino rrest of Milton Jackowsky,. a unlver- . sity student. NeiKhbors testified that a roan rosembllnic Hickman had been seen at Jackowaky'a home. It is said that Jackowsky and the sus pect were friendly and that th kidnaper had picked up the word 'sulo" uied in death mcsaacen, from Jackowsky. "Solo" ts a favorite term of ' aviators, and Jackowsky ts an aviator. This development alio led to the belief tbil tho kid naper mljtht have been platiuimr to escape in an airplane. Hint Quelled The apprehension of Jarkow iky and of a kidnaper suspect j led to minor rioting. In the case of tho former the mob of cltl lens around cent ml station was i subdued when told of his appir , ent connection with the case, j However, detectives were forc jed to draw revolvers and threat en the crowd when they brought the suspect Into the station. He was able to e3lablih his Identity district attorney's office formally char ml Hickman with the kid ! naplnx and murder. This was a! j mcrs formality. It was explnlued. ' S. Three druKKlsts, all of j whom have stores near the l.td. levue Arms, doc la rod to police , lonlnlit that Hickman had hi l l them up recently. In rich rao : he took small sums of money , and druxs and chloroform. S. Chief nf Itatectlvea Cllne rucelved an offer from the Am erican I-ckIou to turn 1 J.ouo mem tiers of that oritanliatlon Into the search for the killer. 4. A fire which lulled a bu'ldlnic next to central police .station, and In which somt pn- j lice rocords were kept, burned some of the reports of Inventus- .tlon In the Parker cane. It was ild. Standard Dyers and Cleaners For IV tier Appearance Odorlraa Cleaning One-Day Bcrvlce Expert Dyeing 1409 Esplanade St. Phone 825 A LIFETIME GIFT to the entire family Guaranteed Title to your home Wilson Abstract Co. Acrors street from Court Houte Nothing can be too good f qi Mother at Christmas as well as every other time. That's why a gift like ths Brunswick Panatrope is most appropriate this Christmas it's the best musical instrument for the home since the piano. The clear, true tone and marv elous range and volume built into this amazing creation assure the family the fircst kind of musical en tertainment for years to come. We'll be glad to demonstrate. ShimsivickPanatrohe f"ouii(e.-innuu--r--j!Ss and Eurgery reported to Seen tary Wilbur that they e-uim.v,el that the six men could live from 60 to s hours without outside lir. FlBcrini! from the exact tlmo wh'-n the submarine was hit by the cca:U guard destroyer I'auldini: the maximum of so hours exulred at 11:37 o'rlock tonight. raid. -Every mnn on the forre is " .u ... , . if ,,, t . , ,,, This Incident led authorities to ordered out. Iliikman Is In the' . A. . . . ,. , ... . . i. . ti . order three hundred pol e sta-, cltv. We expect to have him In' . . . . . .tloned around headquarters. S hours. ,..k.t. .... i.,....a i leaded wltli determined men were enroutt to every outlet to the city, pletures of Htekmnn and puuiphlets desrriblnK his appear- ' inpn werp on their wav to everv j Ilea l AM Mving ! )aw Pnforein- station In tho state Anoiner essential, but true-. nd lhe news wtrc, na(j flashed s..m detail was pomttd out by ,he wora to thousands of the bureau of medicine and sur- papers the trap was set Kery in the fact that every one phe Fox." who dies in the compartment ' llnys G"j;olJne lmctheni the chances of life for j fr,t tru e of "Tho Fox' the others. i ranie Just as l.i An--i h-ad it tne wind subsides, divers lit,,.. ,.rr-ii,,,l f.. n ih;ii he tnnlKht and at the same time II was learned that startling results might follow an Investigation conducted by the operatives of the district attorney's office. While tho activities of tha county men were clothed In sec- !nv lnfi.riy.nHnn l.nk.rf Ant thnt 7orjtvo TounK mcn ' Rood families : h-tve been under survoillanca for 'aeveral days. I i It wart rumored this paSr wera , susj.-ected of havlns; aided "the Vox" In escaping a police trap 1 mm .Moreover, this model is a really beautiful article of furniture. The consolette style cabinet enhanced the appearance of any room in which it is placed. Cin resume operations and pron- ,fn jN.n-' f Wrl. He Y i Frlllay B-Rlit. nd perhaps har- ably pass nxysn flanks and fuod moppeit r.t a (T'Trir' .and ltii ;throuKb the torpedo tubrs suf- ,-aHolino rnd win wnlMp.r ffr .1 flclf-nt to krp the men alive in- nrw btil!i fur n hrndllpM wlirn ', definitely, Wilbur beUerns. ia ronu r n-vtr.y r.ilUd "K .trn! HIiiKi's on WratluT : KtrinappT IdouMf (! ! " The wcathtr now holds the ky WChont h-uitntiim a rc-ond lie to the Fitttatiou. once it i nos- thi-nur hit nr Into Pf.tT nnfl itrrivt. slblc for the nnder-water work .... th, nra atienriant illwN Sunday after the towel to he carried on again. It will be called police who failed lo Inter- J bearing lis marking was found only a question nf hours before cept him. Later the atendant ! In ,ho lor" of ,ne ,,01), ,ne the submarine can be raised to ' after viewing nirtures said his I Pfer girl. the surface, it wu3 said. I customer was IM. kman. I Tactically all of tin netesaary Seen On Motorcycle .equipment is eur the scene of ; Later he was reported a p-ed-1 i,lrr """"ry examination dls- Ing a hand In plotting of the kid narlng. No substantiation of Informa tion. Involving the two youths In the crime, was forthcornng from olfiriul circles. The Iiellevuo Arms was Inves Nearly, a scoro of detectives raided tho apartment house, and I MODEL I 14-7 $160 Convenient Term ' PORTLAND AND KLAMATH FALLS, ORECOM the disaster. The placing and ' ine throttch Maywood on a motor sinking of tho lifting pontoon! cycle hut he escaped again from will require but a short lime, the lighttnlng net. Tho atato After the pontoons are in place, motor vehicle department an the divers must fasten cables and r.ounred lllrkman purchased an chains umler the nosu of the sub-j IihI iiu motorcyclo hero yesterday, marine ond attach them to the I Throughout tho clay and from puntoon.i. 1 scattered points of tho elly ennt-i ! ; word of the movement of tho l).l (.IITIIt hIDVtlll) 'slayer since last Thursday when be kidnaped tho girl, evidently NEW ORLEANS, La., Dec. 20. ri a gesture of revenge. (&) fiarence H. Ash, proprietor lie was seen here, he attempt- of a grocery store at Clinton, La , ed to purchase Kasollno at this missed It by stating that it had no tenant to answer tho descrip tion of the kidnaper. Hickman Talked lo Police Thero was a difference of opin ion as lo whether police Inter viewed "the Fox" on that oc casion. Mrs. Kthel Broderlck, manager of the apartment, as serted tint Hickman was in his bed when the dctcctloa enterod, and that he saluted them with: "Co ahead, boys, help yourself. 1 hope your catch the damn flonds." On ths othttr hand, .officers do- Informed polite here today that garage, from tho corner drug his lu-year old (laughter, Alice More he sought chloroform and Leo. had disappeared and that: even lo the very room In which ho believed she had be-n kld- naped. A search was started for' twa itinerant stove repairers, name of the ricllevue Arms apart. who, Ash said, bad been at his meat and which had been stuffed ludedx (h. me recently. In Marlon's body after she wusi 1, A complaint Issued by the dared tha occupant ot the apart mutilated his quarry. , ment had disappeared neforo raid- One of the towels bearing tha' cra arrived. . Other lata dovolopments In- Give Something Electrical Ideal Gifts Beautiful Lamps ndd a note of cheer for the home coming' celebration. ' Useful Appliances to keep tho household machinery running more nmoothly. They nave time and work for wifo or mother;. Electrical Cooking Devices to prepare good things to eut perfectly and delightfully. For your main meals or light lunches. Comfort Appliances to bring welcome relief from aches and pains, and warmth to chilly rooms. WE HAVE ALL KINDS AT ALL, PRICES U Phone Us We Wire U Link River Electric j 7th and Klamath , . phone 171 33 ! i ! L J