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I FAMILY OF FOUR MEETS FOR XMAS; 2 DEAD, 2 MAY DIE PUT PRICE OF $75,000 ON HEAD OF KIDNAPER WHO LIURDERED GIRL TEACHER COLLAPSES AS SHE LEARNS GIRL HAD BEEN MURDERED doesn't know verYthlog. And Ur prayer is that she never will know." Twenty year old Perfl M.7 rarker brother of Marian Parker made this statement today. rather and I know," he continued. "but of course we have not told mother. And we never win tell her.

Mother's out in the kitchen now. getting breakfast for us. I think it makes it a little easier for her to keep busy. Father's asleep as last Ile's worn out." 13 111104Mllit All I Stores Open Evenints Until CArlitrs (.1 I 10 IrenrIT cLutton a SOns i 1 mood lift Orrimeso toil aricis amid La Impttait oeb ZtioAg mid 1 1 1 4 I I 1 lo ii 1 iP I rtoor 0 i A 1 1 I i 1 11 4. )4 i I V.I.,ip 7 0- 0 cll.

Los Angeles, Dec. ILVIMrs. Two Firemen Injured in Lewis Institute Blaze Careless students were Warned for a ere which early today swept through the chemical laboratory of the Lewis trurtituts. 1951 West Madison street, in which two firemen were Injured. rpontaneous combustion In some che111ml' left espoefied started the blaze.

It wee said. FIreman Harold McCarthy. 21 years old. 8434 West Chicago avenue, was burned LI the left eye by nitric add from a bottle that fen off blazing shelf. T.

S. Walsh. U. 110S North Campbell avenue. of Bre patrol No.

was cut by glass and taken to the Presbyterian hospital. The damage was estimated at about $2.000. (Pit-tare en 'Pock page.) Two girls were killed early yesterday by escaping gas In their home at 6314 Stewart avenue and their mother and stepfather, who had Just been neonciled after ft long estrarmement, were overcome by the fumes. At St. Bernard's hospital tt Iran reported last night that the mother arid stepfather were Areasmith, U.

and bet sister Margaret. 7, are dead. Several weeks ago their mother. Mrs. Helen Rose.

rented the two room apartment in which they lived. On Saturday the stepfather, John Rose, went to visit them. Christmas was coming on, he raid. and be wanted to make it as happy ft UM. as be could for the family.

The offer accepted. When the four retired to sleep the windows were chweet tightly and a gas stove was lighted to combat the intense cold. Lae Angeles, L. Dec. The Mail who kidnaped and min dered 12 year old Marlon Parker probably will carry on his bead the create est price ever set On a feet-lireLate tonight it waa estimated that mom than $75,006 had been offered for his capture and etmviction.

It Indicated that the sum udght reach $100,000 or more. The Money lanA been forthcoming from azt aroused citizenry and contributlorui to the reward total poured In from all parta of the west In answer to radio pleas. 10110111E11 DTING I irrintT rAnerra. Chicago pohfe received a Spier's to evening trout Carrie Fahey or Louisville. Ey asking them to End John Fahrl.

sad notify him that his brother tit tiling. When You Get a Cold Takao tazattvo BROMO QUINTilit Tablets. 30e0Ade. Mary Ward Bolt, attendance offloer the Mount Junior High school, who was trapped by the crafty rocherning of the kidnaper into turning 13 year old Marian Parker over to him, him been In a state of collapse since the abduction fltst was disoovered. The death of the school girl has prostrated vrith grief the school official.

It was to Mrs. Holt that the kidnaper went Thursday noon and asked that Marian be excused in order that she might be taken to her Perry M. Parker, whom the man said, bad been injured in an automobile sori cident. Everything played Into the hands of this man," Mrs. Holt sobbingly told interviewers.

for Marian was In the room adjoining my office, and it took but a minute to get her. "The child looked so pale and frightened as she stood there with her lunch in her hand that I asked her If there was anything else she wanted before she went with the man, and she just shook her head. I The man and Marian hurried down 1 the hall together. Other teachers tell me that Marian and her sister Marjorie passed In the hall but they did not speak to each other." trrl to that used for the two pitiful; vent by the girl to bee father 1 since she was stolen-Meanwhile a gigantic hunt Is on to try to "pick up the man or men re.1,onsible. Twenty residences In tile city of Los Angeles were aur- ruunded and seerched.

Thousanda of utonichtles IsAIe held up until their cupants vvuld explain themselvet. Every tip sent policemen and deputies the tens and twenties to investigate. Description of tildnaper. 'While the police are convinced it as a one-man crime. they are for possibly four persona There is a good description of one-- 7cFIxibly the Main member of this Ile Is feet 7S1 or inches.

eighs 145. is 26 years old. and is the mart who teok Farker away frx.rn her clatsi )orn In Mount Vernon Junior -hoot. This man. police guessed today.

Ls same who met the father at 8:15 last night. menaced him with a and then deposited the mutilated wrapped in blankets, and drove' el. The man had a handkerchief covering all his face but his eyes. The dismembered portions of the igirl'a body were found in widely separated places today. A cardboard package.

which apparently. had been flung 1 from an automobile moving into Ely-1 iro.21 park along Lilac terrace. contained one portion. Wrapped In Newspaper. Then police recovered another newspaper wrapped bundle on the left side of the same street.

farther along. Another part was In a newspaper bundle flung over a. cliff 500 feet up the road. Finally the suitcase was picked up In the gutter in a different part of the city. This is only a block and a half from the spot where the killer clutched Parker's ransom last night and drove, off after throwing another part of the little girl's body at the feet of the father.

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saM 0 0 S- ellA, bil II 4 4, a is .14, 41,0 1, II 4P. -C-V "'''tr, AP lb BANCRO FT I 1'11 la 63- torieti occurring here miter twenty years ago is recalled in the kidnaping and murder of 8 year old Walter The boy. on of an undertaker, disappeared from Ids home June 2, 1908. Six days later, atter WI exhaustive search, his body was disoovered mutilated and sunk In seven feet of water at St. Rope; some ten miles from New Orleans.

Police said the lad had been strangled with a towet I ZZ1 A. tit I It was the first time that Perry M. Parker. father of the murdered girl. had slept since her diBappearartee Thursday.

He fell asleep this morning from utter exhaustion. Mrs. Parker has slept a tittlean hour or two at times when weariness overcame her. And Marjorie Parker, Marian's twin sister, creeps about the house like a pale little ghost. trying to realize that FMarian, the tomboy mister will never come home.

The Parker family Is just like many another in the United States. With a moderate Income, the family lives in a good residential district of Los Angeles in a large, comfortable home. Recalls neet KidtuapIng. There's the father, a banker. The mother's interests are tied up completely in her little family.

Perry Junior until a few days ago was a typical college boy. These few days have added years to his 20 and placed a burden of grief on his shoulders. Springfield, Dec. Parker kidnaping and murder in 14os Angeles recalls a Missouri crime that aroused nation-wide interest nearly eleven years agothe kidnaping and death of Baby Lloyd Keet, 14 month old son of J. Holland Keet, wealthy Sp rin gteld banker.

The Keet boy was stolen from the family home in a fashionable section of Springfield in May, 1217, and taken to an abandoned farmhouse near the city, where he was held for $6.000 ransom. The father, frantic, prepared to pay the ransom money and drove alone one night in his antomobile to a spot designated by the kidnapert Body Pound h) asters. The abductors failed to appear. however, fearing a trap. A few days later the infant's body was found in a cistern at the abandoned farmhouse.

Examination revealed it had died of a combination of poisoning, exposure, and undernourishment. Claude Piersol, a 17 year old youth, was arrested and convicted as the leader of the kidnapers. He is serving a 35 year prison terra in the Missouri penitentiary. With him were conVicted Taylor B. Adams and his son, Maxie Adams.

They were sentenced to fifteen and live year terms, respectively. Shnllar Cage ht New Orleans. New Orleans. La-. Dee.

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000000nlk r.4001011211.00 10,0 er- 1411. 41,4 'lob, Father Dies of Grief. According to Charles Lemana brother of the murdered boy, attempts i were made to extort money from the i family by a secret society 1 after the disappearance of Walter. As the rescat of arrests and prosecutions one man. Leon Gibbs wad hanged.

Some twenty others, including one woman4 were sentenced to life terms in the penitentiary. These. however. I were released about fifteen Tear. later.

I Peter Leman. father of the kid. nailed and slain boy, died of grief In I 1909, according to is on Charles, a few hours after be-saw a motion picture in which a character was seen whom the parent thought resembled his non. The mother of Walter La- 1 mane still Itv.m.3. I Present Yourself with a Real Christmas Gift! Liz i i tyl II 1 to I 1 I tt LA i lit rA re FLI I Itoi! Tts47 raz' znanufacturing company in Denver Colo.

A prellirdnary statement from the 'coroner's office today contained the opinion that the little girl was killed only three hours before her captor released ber body to her father. It was Impossible to determine which of the criminal's acts had caused death. Clew to Woman's Work. ytton Scotch rain Oxfords Staunch, Sturdy, Smart! Cosvave to See Coolidge; Will Visit Chicago, Too DM3LIN rush Free State, Dec. 18.

President William T. Cosgrove will visit ther United States in January it bas been anClounced authoritatively. I President Cosgrove, who will be ao-1 companied by Desmond Fitzgerald, I minister of defense, and other officials, will call on President Coolidge in Washington. Afterward the party will visit several cities, including Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia. Eamon de Valera la to tour American cities at the same time.

aJamas win lighten HIS Christmas it the last gesture of bravado by a man without a soul who thinks himself a genius among criminals and an uncatchable murderer? lAeut. Gov. Buron Fitts wired to Gov. C. C.

Young at Sacramento, stating that without any doubt the murder of Marion Parker is the most vicious and atrocious crime in California history. I urge most strongly, if legafly poesible, that the state a California immediately offer a thoroughly substantial reward for apprehension and conviction of the murderer. Sugrest the reward be divided one-half for information leading to arrest and other half for the actual arrest. "Authorities feel that the crime was undoubtedly committed by a degenerate, and in slew of the frequency of these crimes recently in Los Angeles and the fact that the criminal still is at large and the community in danger from his activities the state should be the first to initiate and contribute its share to the apprehension of this degenerate and for the future protection of its children." Ltmst Torture Blesisage. The last torturelkraessag from the slayer was a grim gesture of fate.

It was a special delivery letter brought to the Parker home after the body of the girl had been recovered. It apparently was Intended as a final menace, but was delayed in delivery by the holiday mail which it accomparded to the Parker borne. It read: P. 111. ParkerPlease recover your senses.

I want your money rather than to kill your child. But so tar you give me no other alternative. 61 Of course you want your child, but you will never get her by notifying the police and causing all this publicity. I feel, however, that you started the search before you received my warning. so I am not blaming you for the bad beginning.

Remember the three day limit and make up for lost time. Dismiss all authorities before it is too late. Ill give you one more chance. Get the money the way I told you and be ready to settle. "III give you a chance to come across and you will or Marion dies.

Be sensible and use good judgment. You can't deal with a master mind like a common crook or kidnaper. FosFate." (P. SA If you want aid agsiltst me. ask God, not man." SHIELD GIRL'S MOTHER 1 Los Angeles.

Dee. 11.EIP)--" Mother knows that Marian is dead. But she .1 I 1 VOR all winter weather comfort and all year smartness, wear the Lytton "Bancroft." Made of the finest Martin's Scotch Grain leathers by men who take pride in fine shoe craftsmanship. Snug fitting at the anklesin black and tan. Treat yourself with a pair of "Bancrofte for Christmas.

Very moderately priced at 5.3ll't priced at for Christmas. Very moderately pn.ced at to $14 3 EE1' sc 4 os ku It i 1 to $14 I. 4a1nrrreirt- di I With these discoveries came another a terrible one. Each pitiful bundle was wrapped with meticulous neatness that appears to be a 'woman's work. The fabric with which each package was tied consisted of torn strips of a Woman's checkered apron.

In connection with this idea of a woman being in the plot. the police are hunting a man and woman who in Pasadena and Alhambra, and who sent a ransfSn telegram to Mr. Parker. The woman la described as being in her middle thir.tie,s. somewhat stocky.

stylishly i dressed. brunette type with a vivid The stocky roan who accompanied, her is described as dark haired. apparently feet 1 or 2 inches tall. Tailor Furnishes Clue. A tailor in Alhambra.

S. A. Ne 'meth. furniabed another possible clew this afternoon. He was visited at 11 rn.

last Saturday, which is just before or lust after little Marion was slain, accordMg to autoPsy surgeons, by two men. one of whom resembled the deeeription of the original kidnaper. This man demanded two but tons sewed on his coat in a hurry. INerneth in lifting the coat. tried to scratch off some epots which he Ithought was blood.

His customer's Acomspardon told the tailor just to sevr the buttons and dhsregard the stains, and the pair hurried away. Many high police officials profess to ae5 in the man who signed his telegrams and special delivery letters FateGeorge Fox. If you want aid against me. ask God. not man." a self-fancied arch criminal of the Loeb and Leopold type.

Why did he ask for $1.600 instead of kidnapers' usual take of 450.0011 or the police asked. did he kill tbe little girl? Was HEN it comes to color and style, these fine broadcloth Pajamas are right up to the second. Plain shades with contrasting trimmings are here to select from. ilEN it comes to color 1 a and style, these fate, broadcloth Pajamas are right up to the second. Plain shades with contrasting trimmings are here to select from.

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040 $100 mat Orange Cookies 80c ter a. Creoles RUE Lreeoes owe OP IIMIPO 011100 10c per a. Adelaide: ter lbAlmota Elsner Cookies $125 per M. Parcel Poet Anywhere in the United States Cntis.3riderii.nllit8 As for many Christmases of the past, the menus on Christmas Day, from the early morning hours to midnight, will be replete with the most delicious dishes of the season. The service will be, of course, as usual, upon the sensible and satisfactory a la carte plan, with wide and unrestricted choice, boor MOW, glo 5IICHIGAN A ored and made to last for a long tnne--just tho for.

a man. Er we Ago too lh.ft,i0 For the holiday functions this ex. quisite Evening Pump is as irresist ible in beauty as desirable in price. Presented also in a One Strap. .50 a $10 MAIN FLOOR.

Other- Lyttoli 'Oxfords, $6 You may choose richly inlaid Italian omnroodes stn4 rare old wall hangings from an extensive collection at Colby's. Other equally suitable anfique gift piocz1 are here from France, Spain, and England. Such gifts have real individuality. They cannot duplicated. Their value increases with time.

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