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Show " cPvuVi " DOCTOR'S DAUGHTER IS SUlii Killing Takes IMacc On lielle Fonle, Pa., Prison Grounds; W a r d e n Kocp.s Order Among Prisoners. BELLE t ONTE, Pa., Jan. 13 (U.R) Miss Betty Kickok, 18-yc.ar-old daughter of Dr. Asa Ilickok. Ro.'kview, Pa., penitentiary physician, was stabbed to death by a negro convict today. The prisoner ran from the psycopathic ward of Xho. prison, whore Dr. Ilickok is stationed. The slaying occurred in the girl's home on the prison grounds. Deputy Warden MacFarland. quieted the 900 prisoners as news of tlic slaying spread among them. The attack reportedly was made without warning. The girl was stabbed while in the kitchen of her home, first reports said. Convicts customarily are employed em-ployed in the homes of officials on the 5,000-acre prison farm. It could not be learned at once whether the girl's assailant was so employed in Dr. Hickok's home. He was placed in solitary confinement con-finement while prison officials concentrated con-centrated on keeping order annmg the prisoners. VISITS IN CALIFORNIA Mrs. Hilton Robertson spent the past several days in Los Angeles, Calif., on account of the illness of her father, L. G. Metcalfr |