MURDERER HANGED.
CRIME IN CALIFORNIA.
EXECUTION OF HICKMAN.
Australian and N.Z. Press Association, NEW YORK. Oct. 19.
At the prison at San Quentin, California, to-day, tho youth Hickman was hanged for tho murder of tho girl Marian Purker last December. Iliokipan. walked calmly to the gallows, and was apparently f|uito self-possessed before over 200 witnesses. Prior to his execution Hickman spent a considerable part of the time talking to his guards. He said he had killed the girl for greed, because he wanted the ransom.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20083, 22 October 1928, Page 9
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