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Los Angeles, California, December 16th, 1927.

With every available detective of both city and county forces assigned to the case,

a gigantic dragnet was being spread over Southern California today

for a kidnapper who spirited away Marion Parker, 12-year-old daughter of a Los Angeles banker.

The child's disappearance was discovered late yesterday when her father,

Perry M. Parker, assistant cashier of the Los Angeles First National Bank, became apprehensive

when his daughter failed to arrive home at dinner time and began calling the residences of

her chums. It was finally learned that the girl had left high school in company with a stranger who appeared at the school and inquired for her.

According to police, Lorna Little John, 12 years of age, a schoolmate of Marion, said she saw a man who fitted the kidnappers' descriptions

sitting in a small coop at 16th Street in Wilton Place when she was on her way to school

Thursday morning at 7 o'clock.

From the Little John Girl's statement, the officers are of the opinion the kidnappers were

waiting at the place, about a block from

the Parker home, for Marion to pass on her way to school, indicating that they were after their

victim for hours before the actual abduction took place. According to Marion's twin sister, Marjorie,

as they waited for a street car to take them to school yesterday morning,

a man drove an automobile alongside the street car.

When they got aboard, he smiled at the girls and motioned for them to get off.

They paid no attention to him, Marjorie said.

We got the car at the corner of Wilton Place in Venice Boulevard to go to school.

We were sitting together on one of the car seats when the man drove by the car about 3rd Avenue in Venice Boulevard.

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