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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1927
Page
1
William Edward Hickman, a former bank clerk and probationer, is positively identified by prints as the Marian Parker murderer. A major manhunt with 7,000 officers continues as Hickman is pursued across Southern California after escaping capture in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles police provide a detailed description of William Edward Hickman, sought for the kidnapping and murder of 12 year old Marian Parker. The profile notes a 25 to 30 year old American man, 5 foot 7 or 8, 150 pounds, slender build, fair complexion, grey eyes, dark brown hair, neat professional appearance, and bank employee bearing. His mother in Kansas City claims he is 19.
Mrs Eva Hickman says her son Edward 19, once a top student and churchgoer, could not be guilty of bank forgery in California and is now believed in Chicago. Detectives awakened her in Kansas City and disclosed the case involves an alleged forgery linked to his coast banking job.
AP reporting from Hankow China notes over twenty communists executed over the weekend. Fourteen students, including four girls, were shot Sunday amid mobs shouting anti communist and anti imperialist slogans. Seizures followed raids last Friday. seven teen Russians remain in military custody. The Hankow garrison seeks foreign cooperation to drive communists from Wuhan cities.
Miss Emma Charlotte Brandt of Davenport, a Muscatine native and Lutheran church worker, died at 2:25 AM in Moline. She and her sister Miss Clara founded much of New Era community life through gifts to the church and hall, and they donated Wild Cat Den for a state park now nearing opening. The Ziegler Memorial Church honors their contributions begun in 1892.
New York World reports Hoover supporters cite George W. Wickersham 1920 opinion finding no loss of domicile due to foreign ventures. Some constitutional lawyers privately dispute the view, while most, including Louis Marshall and ex governor Charles S. Whitman, align with Wickersham.
Fifteen young women from the University of Iowa have advanced to final trials to be named Iowa queens in the Hawkeye beauty contest. Seven will be chosen by a nationally known artist. Semi finalists include Margaret Anderson Cedar Rapids Lucille Fedderson Sioux City Susan Hawley Fort Dodge Mildred McDowell Sioux City Eloise Newman Sally Sebolt and Delray Wickelman Davenport and Sally Steussy Boone.
Benton Harbor Michigan AP Disciples of Benjamin Purnell await a resurrection on the third day. Officials extend postponement of burial until after sundown and will embalm the body for burial tomorrow under state law. Followers vigil beside the white shrouded bier amid firm belief in prophecies.
Emmett Smith a former hotel bellboy sues in Des Moines for 15000 alleging Pete Colliani bit off his left ear during a hotel room disturbance. He names G F Cady and C C Atkins as defendants claiming they attacked him when he went to the room to quiet the disturbance.
Weather brief notes fair conditions in Iowa tonight and Wednesday with milder temps west and central. Illinois also fair with milder air in the extreme south portion tonight and into Wednesday.
Santa's Corner in the Journal invites readers to practice the Golden Rule during the year’s needful time. The Toy Hospital and Santa's Corner serve children and adults alike, emphasizing care and support for the community.
Delegates on a special legislative committee pledge major support for a 100 million dollar state bond issue for road improvements and urge a Feb 1 session to consider it. Governor Hammill may delay calling an early session despite pledges and a proposed Jan 15 election schedule. Afton Farm Bureau opposes the bond, urging financing limits and equal focus on farm to market roads.
Clues suggesting Joseph Barton 77 found dead Sunday in Riverton home may indicate homicide. Blood splatters and disarrayed furniture observed inside. Sheriff John T. Redenbaugh of Fremont County investigates after word of a party held there Saturday night.
In Galena Illinois two unidentified men aged about 35 to 38 were found dead tied together in Tapley's wood eight miles east of town. Indications point to a murder last night.
The Rotary club and the Red Paint store organize to recondition donated toys for distribution to children on Christmas Eve or Christmas morning. Call the Journal or Red Paint store to donate toys your children no longer want.
Mrs Evangeline Lindbergh travels by Ford tri motor toward Mexico City after gear trouble delays route. Lindbergh plans to meet her en route at Val Buena field and accompany her to Mexico City. He notes future trips remain tentative with a Havana run possible during the Pan American conference.
Winter arrived ahead of schedule tightening the eastern states with freezing temperatures and bleak Christmas prospects. High winds delayed seven trans Atlantic liners carrying 18 000 sacks of mail, while all traffic slowed. 200 motorists were rescued from snow near Lake Erie as air mail faced disruptions in western New York after a man died of exhaustion in Elio Pa.
From Provincetown Massachusetts on December 20 faint rapping was heard from the sunken submarine S-4 at 11 o'clock. Officers aboard S-8 said signals were not detected and survivors seemed to be making vain efforts as rescue work stalled by poor weather and rough seas.
The minesweeper Falcon reported the wind still too strong to allow divers to reach the sunken S-4. It plans to lower a diver and use an air tube into the torpedo tube to supply six men with oxygen once conditions permit.
Salvage crews struggle as sea conditions hinder dives to free six men trapped in the torpedo room of the sunken S-4 off Provincetown. Captain King reports little hope of rescue while divers await low water to attempt delivering oxygen and nourishment via the S-C tube.
The fragment hints at Bella promoting practical Christmas presents while reacting in anger to a gift from her husband. The source from 1927, syndicated publication, emphasizes domestic tensions and a sharp mood shift surrounding holiday expectations.
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