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Show iff: ..w4. "N., , ., j 1 ' ' 1 If $tom if P r y ft II i Jr Here is the picture of William Edward Ed-ward Hickman who will go to his death tomorrow morning at sunrise in San. Quentia penitentiary for the murder of little Marian Parker in California Ca-lifornia nearly a year ago. Last minute attempts on the part of Lis attorney Jerome Walsh and his parents and relations have availed nothing and all hope. !.a3 been despaired des-paired of for gubernatorial clemency from the governor of California. Hickman was the obJ?ct of nationwide nation-wide search last year when he was .sought In connection with e mysterious myster-ious death of Marian Parker, 12 year old daughter of a Los Angeles dentist. den-tist. The body of the dead girl was dismembered by Hickman and the case is one of the most brutal known in the annals of history. It is fortunate that such criminals can be apprehended and made an ox-ample ox-ample of before the eyes of the nation and California is to be comrnended for seeing to it that the letter of the law is carried out and that the penalty penal-ty for the blackest crime known is "administered. Hickman has recently been confirmed con-firmed In the Catholic faith and reports re-ports from San Quentin are to the effect ef-fect that he is ready and waiting for liis inevitable doom. |