Show HI HICKMAN MAN ENTERS N MOT T GUilTY T CRIME Will Use Defense of Insanity D During ring Mur Murder er DELAY IS DENIED Youth th Replies s to Questions Ques Que 1 ti ns of J Judge I ILOS LOS LOS ANGELES Jan 3 AP AP- AP I AP-I I William Edw Edward rd Hickman who formerly formerly for for- merly had confessed to the kidnap kidnap- ing and killing of Marian Parker today went into court and aid plea pleaded ed ednot not guilty to both the charges of and murder qualifying his denial of guilt on the murder accusation by reason of insanity Asked if he understood that the plea was an admission of guilt to the charge of murder and plea that he was insane at the time Hickman Hickman Hickman Hick Hick- man man replied Yes Prior to the plea Judge Carlo Carlo- Hardy denied the application of If Jerome Walsh attorney for tia I prisoner for further delay Walsh asked thirty thirty five fh e days daVs delay de de' dilay di- di lay to develop proof of the ins of his hi client i This time was w-js w re required r q ired he said to obtain t iri th the n necessary sI s 's sary witnesses and establish Jho he I claim LOS LOS ANGELES J Jan n. n 3 AP AP APr APr- The court ourt drama in in which h the punishment punishment pun pun punishment of William Edward Hick Hickman Hickman m man n for fo- his confessed and slaying of little Marian Parker is isto is isto isto to be determined today with the plea of the youthful desperado Court attaches pointed out that I barring another postponement of t plea Hickman had three alternatives alternatives alternatives tives at his arraignment in ii sup superior court today on the indictments charging him hint with kl ki and murder One was a plea of guilty with an added plea that he court examine mental condition condi condl- tion lion sentence A second was a plea of not guilty b breason by reason of insanity The third was wasa a simple plea of g guilty The belief that Walsh would enter en enter en- en ter an insanity plea for his his' client clients client's wa was s st strengthened further by the re report report report re- re port of Jail officials that three physicians physicians physicians phy phy- have called upon the prisoner pris pris- oner ner within the last few days Whatever ver the plea of the thc confessed confessed con con- leased slayer of the Los Ang Angeles les school girl may be attorneys sai saihe said said said- he would b be forced to undergo atrial atrial a trial Even in the case of ot a simple guilty plea the court will vill be forc forced d to hear all of the tho evidence against the youth in order to determine the degree of guilt The trial date will Continued on pa page e 4 HICKMAN'S HICKMANS S PLEA PLEA WILL DETERMINE STATUS OF TRIAL Continued from page 1 I. be set toy by y the court after the ar arraignment arraignment ar- ar A plea of not guilty by reason of ot insanity might mean a long Ions drawn out trial attorneys said aid Since Sinco his arrival here the 25 year year old old defense attorney has made madeno no direct statement for tor publication concerning his plans Last night It ever even even was doubtful whether heI ho he would be bo assisted by a a California I attorney Joseph Ryan former fonner deputy district attorney who quit I the prosecutors prosecutor's office recently af after after ar- ar ter er firing a a. broadside of ot charges s I against its management announced he had declined an invitation to be associated with the tha youths youth's defense Walsh said he anticipated no adI additional additional ad ad- continuance of or the arraign arraign- I ment already twice i postponed since Hickman was returned to to Los LosAn Angeles Angeles An An- geles from from Pendleton Ore the scene of ot his capture s 's i TodaY Today also marked the tho opening of ot the session of the grand gland Jury called to investigate another phase of activities the activities the holdup and slaying slaying- of C C. Ivy Thorns Thoms Rosehill Rosehill Rose Rose- hill hm druggist Hickman and year 16 old Welby Velby Hunt have confessed to the holdup although the latter has denied he fired the tho shot which caused Thorns Thorns' death The bullet which fatally wounded the druggist however was of tho same caliber as s the pistol carried by Hunt |