The Plain Dealer from Cleveland, Ohio (2024)

December 21, 1927

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The Plain Dealeri

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Cleveland, Ohio

Issue Date:

Wednesday, December 21, 1927

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4

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PAGE OUR CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 21 1927 MOUSE Wil GIVES Sister of Senator Hanna Leaves Estate Estimated at $3000000 One of the year's largest bequests to Cleveland charities was revealed yesterday In the will of Mrs Seville IL Morse sister of the late Mark A Hanna and widow "of (Cqi James ickands and Jay Morse founders of Pickands Mather Co A copy of the will was placed on Probate Court records here yester day following probating of the original will at Thomasville Ga where Mrs Morse had lived for sev eral years Mrs Morse left $410000 to Cleveland charities divided as follows LAKESIDE HOSPITAL $200000 to be known as the Pickands Memorial BABIES' DISPENSARY AND $100000 for the line Outhwaite Pickands HIRAM $60000 for Hanna after Mrs Morse's mother WESTERN RESERVE UNIVER SITY $50000 as the Hanna Hubbell to be used in aiding indigent girls' to obtain edu cation St Luke's Hospital at Marquette Mich is bequeathed $20000 to be divided between two funds as memo rials to James Mather and Jay Morse her first and second husbands Estate Is $3000000 The estate Is estimated at about $3000000 but by Mrs direc tion the 'excutors filed no Inventory After directing that large trust funds be established for several of her stepchildren and stepgrandchil dren and disposing of her personal property Mrs Morse ordered that the remainder ot her estate go to Henry Plckands of Cleveland her step son who Is one of the partners tn Pickands Mather Co A stepdaughter Caroline More Ely is to receive the Thomasville estate and together with Mrs sis ter Mrs Lillian Baldwin and Henry Pickands will share in all other personal property of Mrs Morse such as jewelry rugs furni ture art objects and carriages Each of the five children of Henry Pickands is to receive $100000 They are Elizabeth Comey Caro line Pickands James Pickands Henry Pickands jr and Seville Pickands Trust funds of $100000 each to be administered by the Union Trust Co of Cleveland are established for Mrs Marion Pickands widow of Joseph Pickands and Jay Morse Ely stepgrandson Jean Pickands daughter of Jay Pickands de ceased stepson is bequeathed $150 000 All will come into possession of the principal at the age of 30 Mrs Morse explained in her will that she referred to Henry Joseph and Jay Pickands as her sons because she always had loved them just as much as a natural mother would have loved them The will was drawn on Oct 29 1926 Mrs Morse died June 27 1927 SURVEYORS AID CUYAHOGA ROAD Association Will Urge In creased unds (rom Plain Dealer Bureau) COLUMBUS Dec Repre sentatives of the Northern Ohio Sur veyors' Association announced hereoday that they would co operate with Cuyahoga County Commission ers in an effort to obtain more state aid for the maintenance and repair of Cuyahoga County and Northe'rn Ohio roads A report prepared by Tho baben legal adviser for' the Cuya hoga commissioners said that one third of the natlortis 'cross country' automobile traillc passes through Northern Ohio and Cuyahoga County and that the state should' supply more money for maintaining and re pairing the roads such heavy traffic Northern Ohio' surveyors will meet at Cleveland Jan 9 to for mulate demands for presentation to the state highway department 'for more equitable distribution to North ern Ohio of road funds provided by the automobile license and gasoline taxes IRE WRECKS THEATER Alliance Business Blocks Menaced in Downtown ire ALLIANCE Dec irebe lieved to have started from an 'over heated ga's stove under 'the stage swept the American Theater today and endangered two other building blocks The Allot Hardware Co building was menaced for a time as was the Dixon restaurant iremen fought the blaze for two and a half hours The loss is placed at $10000 MASSILLON Dec' (API Two hundred workmen were thrown out of employment when fire early todav swept part of the plant of the Eaton Spring Co The loss is es timated at $50000 Much machinery was damaged and 3000 gallons of oil iri vats burned IRE ADENA MINE Power House Is Destroyed Incen diary Blamed CADIZ Dec The wash house and power house of the airmont Mining Maple Valley mine near Adena was destroyed to day by fire believed by county authorities to be incendiary The loss was set at $12000 The third march in two days was staged by 150 union sympathizers on the Comers mine at Adena Police said Roy Anthony believed to be a non union worker was as saulted and his automobile smashed One fthe marchers was arrested No charge had been placed against him tonight Pickets appeared at the shaft of the Ohio Pittsburgh Coal Co mine which is preparing to reopen on a non union basis with 150 men OHIOAN CHOOSES TO RUN Sandusky ruit Grower Tosses Hat In Presidential Ring SANDUSKY Dec Charles DIrcks local fruit grower perennial political aspirant who was a candidate for governor of Ohio last year announced today that he has chosen to run for president In 1928 His plea will be for light wines and beer and for repeal of the amendment granting women suf frage he said Dircks also favors cancellation of war debt in four years from funds derived from liquor revenue aside front all else Leaving aside all else such as the various agreeable features of the Hipp the money value of the food derived there warrants any reasonable effort to lunch or dine there Why not today? Milwaukee rankfurter with Sauerkraut Mashed Potatoes Navy Bean Salad Hippodrome Cafeteria Hippodrome Theater Do wnstairs 30c At the Nut Shops MIXED NUTS In' the Shell 35c lb 3 lbs $100 5 lbs' $155 Best quality new crop nuts The best mixture we can buy im proved with Diamond Brand Wal nuts and Blue Diamond Almonds Salted and raw nut meats of all varieties for your Christmas table for salads and for cooking You will enjoy the freshness and superior of our products Our 12 3 lb ancy Boxes are a delightfully different gift Packed fresh each day' or mailing if you wish Priced from $135 to $775 The Nut Shop Co 1 10101 Euclid 2012 9th 11625 Detroit Cor 10 1st St South of Euclid Near 117th Hou) Kidnaper Looks 6 (Continued rom irst Page) Uvered her torso to her father in ex change for a ransom ot $1500 was made after police had compared finger prints from the car and ransom notes with those in police record His photograph from the police files was identified by Miss Neona Britten teacher who was tricked into permitting Marian to accom pany the kidnaper by his story that her father had been injured Belief that Hickman was still In Los Angeles or vicinity was strength ened when Jack Woods attendant of a filling station identified the hunted photograph as that of the driver of a blue Cadillac automobile which eluded a hot pursuit here at dawn today The driver of the car obtained five gallons of gasoline from Woods and sped away without paying for it Woods gave chase in another car but was outdistanced Squads of police joined in the hunt for the machine without success Crowds Watch Police Station Crowds of persons gath ered in front of the Central Police William Edward Hickman One Time Bank Messen ger Is Identified P5 rfARY WARD Hokl Ward Holt Marian Parker's former school teacher who gave poli a good descrip tion of the kidnaper who came to her school and lured Marian away UTAH LOOKS OR ll A Ti Pl SLAYER 3 8 1 imUKbKS Mb Jml Station during the day watching of ficers come and go but no unrullness was displayed In' reconstructing the crime today police assigned vengeance as an ob vious motive for the slaying but hinted that degeneracy may have been at the bottom of the case Hickman was employed as a mes senger in the' bank of which Mr Par ker is assistant cashier He was ar rested on a forgery charge Sum mer but was paroled Police' expressed the belief that Hickman erroneously thought that Parker had opposed his application for parole and killed the bank offi cials daughter out of revenge Par ker did not oppose the parole it de veloped today Blame Perversion Also The nature of the crime led investi gators to the conclusion that sex perversion may have entered Into it and that several youths besides Hick man may have been involved Whether the child was abused be fore she was slain however has not been cleared up due to the dismem bered condition ot the body Police in their scouring search of the city located in the Bellevue Arms apartments a bathroom spat tered with blood In which they de clared Marian Parker's body had been dissected The proprietress identified Hick man's picture as the young man who rented the apartment under the name of Evans rom a waste basket In the room there came a thin strand of thread which' investigators pointed1 out matched perfectly the thread used to tie up four grewsome parcels found Sunday morning in Elysian Park and containing the forearms leg's and viscera of the slain girl Clews rom Waste Basket The same waste basket gave up a part of a broken Brazil nut the other half of which police said they found in the little pocket of the dress which covered the body of the slain girl when it was delivered to the father Other clews in the apartment in cluded towels bearing stains said by investigators to be blood and a shirt similarly marked The tub wall and floor of the bath room showed more stains The floor was littered with newspapers bearing Los Angeles and Kansas City (Mo) date lines the latter the home town of the fugitive On a desk blotter was the Imprintof the narhe Mrs Charlotte Shirkie proprietress of the Bellevue Arms Apartments who rented quarters Nov 23 to a "Donald today looked at po lice photographs and said and Hickman were the same'person Hickman vacated his apartment Sunday Mrs Shirkie reviewing Hickman's application for a and bath" reported him as Saying: "I want a room away from every body anr studying the cornet so I have to practice a great deal and I don't want to disturb Police identification of Hickman as th'e slayer received added strength from telegraph company employes at Alhambra who identified his photo graph as that of the man who sent ransom telegrams to father Janitor Gives Evidence Information indicating the child was dead riday was laid before de tectives by a janitor in the apart ment house where William Edward Hickman the murder suspect lived under the name of Evans police said The story was that he saw Evans carry several packages to his automobilp riday night and that on Saturday morning he saw the man cleali out his automobile He especially noticed him wipe the front seat of the car with a wet' rag 1 The jan story differs from the report of the autopsy surgeon who expressed the opinion the child had been dead only a few hours when the dismembered boiy was delivered to her father the' soft spoken' Sunday school boy who suddenly became arid ail accused murderer his plans with inhuman fore sight and deliberation the police learned or three weeks just preceding the kidnaping Hickman waged a cam paign of drug store robberies that amassed for him a supply of anes thetics and sleeping potions Talked to Officers cases the jobber fled in a Chrysler coupe answering in detail the de scription of the death car found by police after the killed kidnaper had delivered Marian's body to her father Detectives who learned of the thefts felt sure Hickman had a re venge plot mapped out in detail at that and that he used his loot to keep Marlon quiet while he kept her hidden in his apartment Last Sunday while the alleged young murderer lay in bed a squad of 100 detectives swooped down on the apartment house where he lived The officers were to the building by the finding of a 'towel used to wrap the dismembered torso of the child victi mwlth an Identifying mark of linens owned by that apartment house The police searched the place thoroughly but young Hickman had worked with thoroughness and haste or in that search 'when the police scanned the apartment of a nice looking lad named they found nothing in any ot the robms to excite their suspicion Hope You ind iend When they burst Into the place sat up in bed with ti grin as they told him what they were after "Go ahead boys" he smiled "Make a good search I hope you find the They found nothing and left And soon afterward Donald Evans strolled past Mrs Ethel Broderick manager ot the place with a casual and vanished And today 11 again to Donald Evans' apartment police found that the smiling fellow who had greeted them Sunday morning was Hickman himself WASHINGTON Dec (AP) While police and newspapers In many cities were searching today for the murderer of Marian Barker the De partment of Justice refused to make available for newspaper use a pic ture of William Edward Hickman sent it some time ago from Los An geles Attorney General Sargent took the position ihat inasmuch as the pic ture had been furnished the depart ment in connection with the old' charge of forgery against Hickman it would conflict with department procedure to give it out now unless the Los Angeles police specifically re quested it Newspaper men who pleaded for a chance to use the photograph in the nation wide campaign to capture the murderer were they must look for a picture elsewhere IND BANK State Examiners inish Investigation nt New Riegel (Plain Dealer Special) TIIN Dec 20 Shortage in assets of State Bank of New Riegel west of here leaped from $35000 to $50000 today when state examiners disclosed additional dis crepancies in accounts Stockholders will have to make good theishortaga before the bank which was closed Dec 1 by thi state may be reopened State Superintendent of Banks II Blair said today Stockholders were told that they will have to pay an assessment of 200 per cent on all outstanding stock if the bank is to be reopened This would be 100 per cent more than the amount for which they are liable in the event of liquidation The bank is Capitalized at $25000 II Wai lischeck the cashier is at liberty under $25000 bond pending a grand juty investigation of alleged irregu larities in accounts Directors will mett again Dec 28 to decide upon re opening discuss postageIates Representatives Urge 1920 Second Class Schedule' 'WASHINGTON Dec A readjustment of second class mail lates formed the subject of a con ference today between representa tives of the publishers of the country and Chairmen Moses and Griest of the Senate and House postoffice com mittees This was the first definite move to carry out the recommendations to Congress of Postmaster General New that there be an equitable readjust ment of rates Spokesmen for the publishers again urged restoration of the 1920 rates and agreed to' prepare statistics that this would yield the greatest volume of paying mail ever carried In their Investigation of the apart ment house where Hickman Is be lieved to have made his lair police found that on last Sunday morning the day after ho had bartered the dismembered body for $1500 he sat up in bed while the otticers raided the house and exhorted them to the fiend that did The revelation of series of pharmacy robberies came late to day when his picture was positively identified by one druggist held up on Nov 27 The next night a similarly de scribed youth held up another drug store "Again he took several cans of anesthetics Then he stuck his pistol into the druggist's ribs and commanded: do vnu use this The druggist terrified gave minute instructions in the case of the anes thetics and the robber fled The third pharmacy robbery was the night of Dec 5 In all three COASTING ON 8 STREETS Akron Police Provide Protection for Children (rom Plain Dealer Bureau) AKRON Dee Akron chil dren will be permitted to coast on' eight ctreets It was announced today by Police Lieutenant Rae the traffic department The streets are Dorchester Road Hillcrest and West Buchtel Avenues and Ackley Gage Doris West York and Tonawanda Streets Wooden barricades will be erected to protect the coasters from traffic Coasting will be permitted between 4 and 6 Electrocuted In Bath Room BRYAN Dec 20 Donald Arns berger 19 was electrocuted in the bath room ot his Montpelier home today CALLES INSPECTS WIMOM AIR Obregon and Morrow Also Take Short lights With Col Lindbergh (Continued rom lrrt Psgoj his passengers the opportunity they were awaiting Lindbergh had never befora iseen the plane but that made no difference jumped aboard and handled It with the same skill he displayed over Paris when he tried out the rench military planes or any other machine proffered him irst of all today a party com posed of Gen Jose Alvarezchief of the presidential staff Humberto Obregon son of the general and Col Lindbergh as pilot went up and re mained for ten minutes hovering over the field where several hundred persons had gathered with a band of music The crowds Increased rapidly and all eyes watched the plane anxiously Then President Calles entered the enclosed co*ckpit or twenty min utes Lindbergh demonstrated to the Mexican chief how a plane should be manipulated on straight flights He attempted no fancy work and avoided anything that might in 'any way jeopardize the safety of his pas sengers Calles Smiles Broadly When the plane landed gracefully President Calles stepped lightly from it with a broad smile "One feel any he said as though wondering at the smoothness of the flight "It Is even better than riding a train Col Lindbergh handled the machine ad mirably and it is useless to ask about his ability" Gen Obregon with the American military attache Col A McNab were the next pair to go along Like their predecessors they were im mensely pleased Geri Obregon say ing: felt absolutely safe Who with such a fine The ambassador went up at 11:30 Although Mr Morrow had flown sev eral times before he regarded his air comradeship with Col Lindbergh to day as one of the most memorable experiences of his life Just preceding this Lindbergh took several newspaper men fpr a brief spin The weather was not perfect but fairly good There was some wind with gray overcast sky but the city was clearly outlined from the Sir and the distant purple mountain ranges and snowy peaks afforded a majestic panorama TULSA Okla Due 0 (APJ Mrs Evangeline Lindbergh arrived in Tulsa by airplane at 5:16 to day and will spend the night here be fore resuming her Detroit to Mexico SEE LETTERS AMOUS Convenient Charge Account Senico Prospect at East 4th MAin 1910 their automobile' were applied' Ido quickly and the car 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(uobertsRasLj Olilo Worhan Killed In Auto Upset NEW LEXINGTON Dec Miss Ada 'King 45 was killed and her father rank King of Thorn ville near 'here was seriously In jured tonight when the brakej of Cowell Hubbard COMPANY EUCLID AVE AT THIRTEENTH CLEVELAND Cleveland Takes Up Search for Hickman Gets Number of $20s Serial numbers on the $20 bills paid as ransom to Marian Park kidnapers were telegraphed to the ourth ederal Reserve Bank of Cleveland yesterday by the controller of the currency at Washington to aid the nation wide man hunt for the' slayer The numbers on the bills given to the alleged slayer by Perry Parker the' girl's father were 68016901 to 68016975 Search for William Edward Hickman was taken up In Cleve land last flight when George Koestle director of the Bertillon bureau at Central Police Station received a copy of his finger prints by telephoto from Los An geles The prints wore made when Hickman was arrested bn a charge some timeago USEUL REMEMBRANCES OR BUSINESS MEN OR WOMEN BRIE CASES Splendidly made of finest Top grain Cowhide Gussets and Partitions of heavy Split Cowhide All joining of parts done by stitch ing with waxed Pure Linen Thread Size 10x15 inches OUNTAIN PENS of the Nationally Adver tised makes (SHEAER PARKER CONKLIN SWAN) Separately with uniform Pencil or in Desk Sets with Marble or Onyx Bases a range of prices to suit any purse SECURITY BOXES for use in the home strongly made of Steel attractively enameled in fancy tints Three sizes having excellent locks will be found convenient for safeguarding valuables and private papers You have a Treasure House of I Magnificent Gifts in Qowell Wl'Ii IT Library Visitors to View Colfc'ctlon Ten Days Letters of the' Iambus whose'auto graphsiare highly prized by collec tors are on exhibition fot ten days In ths library of Western Reserve Uni versity George Strong librarian of Adel bert College collected th'e letters nearly all of which were written to Reserve' officials our presidents of the United States Rutherford Hayes Theo dore Roosevelt Woodrow Wilson and Warren irding are represented kJ) ajh Vsd 3S1 ifc XaZ i i came disabled or died an in surance check with our entire $8000000000 assets behind it DO YOU KNOW THIS MAN? He has character and am bition He aspires to use his abilities to greater ad vantageThe broad cover age rapid expansion and liberal arrangements of this Company and the training we give our men offer an opportunity limited only by his own capacity It you know such a suggest he communicate with us! wife as long as she lives He can fix that now and quit worrying So can you guarantee your future with those $80000000 Ask us for details Wonderim How they'll manage IL BLAKESLEE Manager Cleveland Branch 9th loor idelity Mortgage Bldg Phone: MAin 1922 COMPANY SAINT LOUIS Missouri State Life INSURANCE HOME OICE 11 If $8000000000 guaranteed his financial future he be worrying But as they have only his pay check would replace his pay wondering how and would keep coming to his manage if he becomes totally and permanent ly disabled or dies If he carried a Missouri State Life Monthly In come policy know that the moment he be 1 1 if nn ruj.

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