THE HICKMAN SENSATION
WHO jTACKLED HIM?
APPORTIONING THE REWARD TOUR PEOPLE PARTICIPATE (Received 10.30 a.m) LOS ANGELES, Sept. 5. During the height of the Hickman excitement Los Angeles' went wildl offering : reward's for .his apprehen-
sion. ! When finally boiled down j the actual fund amounted to I 5,500, but so many people contributed towards trackiV - ing him that the apportioning of the reward became a difficult task. ".’j The final solution was that a. com--mittce of business men took charge ■and' secured agreements from everyone concerned that they would abide by the decision of the committee. Then' they announced awards to the two policemen who actually arrested] Mm of £I6OO each. The haberdasher who sold Hickman a hat and recognised the number on on© of Parker’s twenty-dollar bills, gets £SOO, while a similar amoua** went to the gasolene service station operator who sold Hiekman gas and carefully watched Ms route. —Australian Press Association United Service- 1
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 24, 6 September 1928, Page 5
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