MURDER OF CHEMIST.
HICKMAN AND HUNT FOUND GUILTY. (BT CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COMRIGHT.) (AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) .(Received March 11th, 5.5 p.m.)
NEW YORK, March 10,
A Los Angeleß messaga states that the jury found Hickman and Welby Hunt guilty of the murder of Ivy Thorns. The ja»y recommended life imprisonment for Hickman and leniency for Hunt.
[Edward Hickman pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to an indictment charging him with complicity in the murder of Ivy Thorns, a suburban chemist and druggist. Hickman confessed to the murder when in custody Concerning the murder of the 12-year-olj} girl Marion Parker, daughter of a. Los Angeles banker.]
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19257, 12 March 1928, Page 9
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