Remus Hickman and the million billion years note
The piece surveys crime and justice through Arthur Brisbane's Globe column lens. It recalls George Remus's bootlegging fortune and murder trial, contrasts with the Hickman kidnapping case, and ponders eternal judgment. It notes Cadman’s remarks on time and judgment and comments on greyhound racing and railroad profits policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sar
Arthur Brisbane
America
Globe
Brisbane
Cadman
Christian
Botly
Twenty Nine Drown When Steamer Sinks in Collision
Berlin reports from Constantinople say that twenty nine persons drowned when the Turkish steamer Sevindi sank after a collision with another vessel in the Sea of Marmora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Prema
Berlin
Sea of Marmora
Sevindi
Constantinople
Weather Update With Rain Tonight and Warmer Ahead
The forecast calls for rain tonight and a rise in temperatures tomorrow with partial cloudiness. Today's temperatures range from a low near 40 to a high near 87, with hourly readings starting at 28 degrees at 7 a.m. and climbing through the day.
Bank Robbers Flee After Texas Gun Battle
Two gunmen who held up the First National Bank of Cisco and fatally shot Cisco police chief G E Bedford escaped into Young county after a morning gun battle with posse and officers. A leader nicknamed Santa Claus was wounded near South Bend and identified later. three gang members fled on foot and were pursued, with buckshot firing and car chases described.
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Associated Press
South Bend
Brazos River
Ranger
Texas
Young County
First National Bank of
Cisco
G. E. Bedford
Tex
Santa Claus
Jim Poster
Jim Davis
Graham
Roy McCharen
Eliasville
Santa Clara
Hickman Confession Outlined by District Attorney
District Attorney Asa Keyes details Hickman’s confession in the Parker case. A youth explains an urge to kill that led to the strangling of Marion Parker and dismemberment of the body. The report emphasizes the motive and sequence of events as presented in court.
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Asa Keyes
Youth
Marion Parker
Wife saves life of penitentiary agent in Mexican attack
Mrs. R S Cloud defended her husband a penitentiary agent against Ramon Hernandez Jose Gonzales and Ernesto Landa who overpowered him near Alice Texas while transporting them from Laredo to Huntsville. They knifed him and fired at close range then fled toward the Mexican border. Cloud will recover. his wife walked eight miles to Alice to report the attack.
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George Remus
Remus
Cincinnati
Dodge
Banda
Associated Press
San Antonio
Cloud
Mrs. Cloud
Alice
Mexico
Kidnaped Youth Not Wounded By Bandits
Cisco police report Carl Wylie twenty two says he was not shot by the Cisco bank robbers, but was struck in the right arm by a shot fired at the bandits by his father R C Wylie as the robbers fled his farm early Sunday. The elder Wylie opened fire as the men fled after the hold up.
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Cisco
Carl Wylie
R. C. Wylie
Wylie
Dawn Missing in Atlantic Search By Navy Planes
The naval dirigible Los Angeles and two destroyers scoured Atlantic waters between Cape Cod and Sable Island for the amphibian plane Dawn and its crew of three men and a woman. The Dawn had vanished after leaving Roosevelt Field New York for Harbor Grace Newfoundland en route to Croydon England, with a distress message reported from Sable Island.
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Associated Press
New York
Los Angeles
Cape Cod
Sable Island
Roosevelt Field
Harbor Grace
New Foundland
Croydon
England
Navy
Marconi Company
Grand Jury Set to Resume Work After Christmas Eve
After a late Christmas Eve session the grand jury will resume this afternoon. It is expected to present its final report Thursday or Friday. To date the panel has returned 65 indictments, over a third for liquor law violations.
Divers set to salvage S-4 wreck in Forties water
Divers on the Falcon prepared to descend to the S 4 sunken submarine off Provincetown to cut away wreckage and recover any bodies. The sea remained in the low forties as the Falcon and tug Sagamore held position with four anchors.
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Associated Press
Provincetown
Mass
Falcon
Sagamore
Youth Ready to Face Trial for Matricide
Harry Hill age 22 is set for trial in Ottawa Illinois on murder charges in the death of his mother Mrs Eliza A Hill. The hearing was scheduled for 1 30 p m rumors of a change of venue were not denied and the body was found buried in the cellar of their home four months earlier after his arrest in Seattle.
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United Press
Ottawa
Harry Hill
Eliza A. Hill
Hill
Young Hill
Seattle
Kidnap and Murder Confession Aboard Prison Train
William Edward Hickman, en route to Los Angeles, airs a chilling confession of kidnapping and the murder and dissection of Marian Parker. Crowds at California stops react with anger as authorities disclose Hickman’s sole responsibility for the crime.
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Associated Press
Hickman
Los Angeles
William Edward Hickman
Marian Parker
California
District Attor
Mother's letter supports Walsh in Hickman kidnapping case
In Kansas City a letter from Eva M. Hickman to her son Edward is read as defense counsel Jerome K. Walsh leaves for Los Angeles to represent Hickman, the confessed kidnapper and murderer, with the message urging courage and faith amid the trial.
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United Press
Kansas City
Jerome K. Walsh
Los Angeles
Eva Hickman
Walsh
Hickman
Edward
Los Angeles youth confesses to murder in Bellevue Arms
Keyes and officers report that Hickman confessed to strangling the child with a towel and dismembering the body in a bath tub at the Bellevue Arms apartments. The torso was later delivered to Perry M. Parker, the girl's father, hours before his arrest.
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Ney Asa Keyes
Los Angeles
Keyes
Hickman
Pendleton
Ore
Bellevue Arms
Perry M. Parker
Rain boosts Panhandle wheat prospects in 1928
Rain fell over a wide area of the Panhandle boosting hopes for a bumper wheat crop. About 75 percent of planted wheat acres received from a quarter to over an inch in 96 hours, with Plainview noting 0.42 inches and Amarillo 0.20 inches by noon as more rain is forecast.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Plainview
Clarendon
Rock Island
Sayre
Oklahoma
Tucumcari
New Mexico Line
Santa Fe
Miami
Pampa
Hereford
Canyon
South Plains
Perryton
Spearman
Texhoma
Stratford
Fort Worth & Denver
Auto Tax Rush as One Week Remains
With less than a week to license about 16 000 motor vehicles many residents lined up at the tax collector windows this morning. The office expects heavier payments for property and poll taxes after the new year as remaining licenses are issued and the staff stays busy.
Kidnaper Slayer Hickman Brought to Los Angeles Jail
Edward Hickman the boy accused of Marian Parker's murder was transported from a jail car to the Hall of Justice in Los Angeles. Detectives guarded him as crowds gathered outside the courthouse amid tight security and heavy police presence.
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Hickman
California
Elaes
Los Angeles
Dan Campbell
United Press
Edward Hickman
Kansas City
Marian Parker
Padre
Southern Pacific
Registration Bureau
Hall of Justice
Lindberghs to Fly Guatemala Route Tomorrow
Mrs. Evangeline Lodge Lindbergh will depart with Col. Charles A. Lindbergh as he begins a Central American tour from Mexico City in the Spirit of St Louis. The Ford plane will carry Mrs Lindbergh to Detroit with stops planned at Tampico San Antonio and Indianapolis.
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United Press
Mexico City
Evangeline Lodge Lindbergh
United States
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
St. Louie
Lindbergh
Valbuena
Ford
Tampico
San Antonio
Indiennapolis
Detroit
Dwight Morrow
Americcan
Lindbergha
Mexico
Guatemala
Ilehan
Donald Hameilton
U.S
Emilio Carranza
Lindberg
Sam
Document peddler linked to Hearst slush fund papers
Miguel Avila testified in Washington that he obtained what he called Hearst-Mexican slush fund documents for William Hearst. He described himself as a purveyor known in Mexico City for traffic in such papers. Witness Melaughlin of Superior Wisconsin, tied to El Sol Petroleum in Mexico City, was also cited.
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Washington
Miguel
Associated Press
Avila
William Bar‘o Oh
Hearst
Senate
Mexico City
Ior
Wisconsin
el Sol Petrolec 4
Canital
Police pursue hit and run driver in San Jacinto youth injury
Police continue efforts to locate the hit and run driver who seriously injured R. L. Jones, a San Jacinto youth, near Northwest Texas hospital on Saturday night. Jones rests fairly well, with a broken leg and facial injuries. a $500 reward is offered by R. J. Jones, Sr. for the arrest and conviction.
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R. L. Jones
San Jacinto
Northwest Texas Hospital
Jones
R. J. Jones, Sr
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Henry S. Johnston
Baptist Tabernacle
Grand Jury
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the Globe
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