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Show Hickman Tale Unshaken By Prosecution SAN FRANCISCO. July IS Intimate details of the night, of revelry which preceded the finding find-ing of the garroted body of Mis:; Louise Jeppesen, 23-year-old Og-den, Og-den, Utah, girl on the evening of May 12. were told calmly on the witness stand Tuesday by Millard Hickman. 4R-ycar-old marine engineer, who is accused of strangling the vacationing girl with her own belt in a little-used little-used pedestrian tunnel. The courtroom was in a death-1 death-1 like hush as the principal wit-; wit-; np.ss unfolded his story. Tell; of Varty He told of the. party in nmni - how the pretty Ogdeu girl, whom he had met only a few days before, offered to cook the dinner for the group of four, including Tommy Dee and blonde Blanche McKay, the "alibiy girl. He testified testi-fied that he apd Louise had "two or three rounds" of whiskey before be-fore the others arrived. After dinner at about 8:.'l0 they all four went to a cafe and dance hall where therp were more drinks. Miss Jeppesen had had loo many and was said to have "passed out'' at the table. Finally they went back to he apartment. Dee and Miss McKay left and Louise was on the bed practically asleep, but protested when he slumped to the bed beside be-side her. He testified as to a quarrel between them I hen, He insisted that she had "misunderstood" him and told lu-r to leave. She put her hat and coat on and Htori.od for the door. I didn't fhinli f?li would go," he I eat il'ind, "but .sb did go." Calls Hlondo Then lie called Min.s McKay. In sisting that she return for unmp more drinks and later (tailed ;i "her hotel and escorted hr bad with him, to remain unl.it a, lfit-hour lfit-hour Sunday morning. According to his .story ' hr " was no time unaccounted for in which he could ha ve driven f o Golden Gate park with Miss Jop prsen, there to attack and (till her. Only once did tho bloodies face of the engineer l"se. it h p:l lor. That whs when Kdwin Mr Kcnzic shot the quest ion : " id you kill Miss Jeppesen?" "No sir, 1 did not." Under cross examination Mick man admitted he had gone to lb" park with Mikh Jeppesen the night he had met her, on May H. I'ro.ir cutor J'cter J. Midlins told Ui-court Ui-court he was attempting to pfnv-that pfnv-that Hickman had nltempl.d t. seduce the j,''"' "within a iilnnr'r! throw" of the spot where I Ijr h-i'ly was round May l.'l. |