LOS ANGELES OUTRAGE.
CONFESSION BY HICKMAN. MURDER AT PASADENA. Sun. LOS ANGELES. Dec. 29. The youth Hickman, who is under arrest on a charge cf murdering the schoolgirl Marion Parker, was asked by a detective if he had ever killed anyone besides Marion Parker. Hickman replied: " I killed Thomas, a Pasadena druggist, while Willoughby Hunt and I were robbing his shop on Christmas Eve last year."
The police immediately arrested Hunt, a boy of 16, who strenuously denied committing the crime. Hickman recalled the details of the shooting, and declared that Hunt was wounded by a policeman while escaping. The prison doctor examined Hunt and found a bullet' scar on his shoulder. Hunt later confessed, but said Hickman had fired the fatal shots. Mrs. Thomas, the widow oE the dead chemist, has identified both Hickman and Hunt.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19833, 31 December 1927, Page 9
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137LOS ANGELES OUTRAGE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19833, 31 December 1927, Page 9
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