Hale Sparks, Sam Burnham and Solomon Laykin, witnesses for the prosecution in the Hickman kidnapping and murder trial, Los Angeles, 1928

Item Overview

Title

Hale Sparks, Sam Burnham and Solomon Laykin, witnesses for the prosecution in the Hickman kidnapping and murder trial, Los Angeles, 1928

Date Created

[circa January 27, 1928]

Date

1928-01-27

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

The young men were former schoolmates of William Edward Hickman, confessed kidnapper and murderer of Marion Parker, age 12. Both Hale Sparks and Sam Burnham attended Central High School in Kansas City, Missouri, where William Hickman lived prior to Parker's murder. Solomon Laykin attended Los Angeles High School with Hickman when he lived in California. Hickman was sentenced to death after a 13-day trial. He was executed at San Quentin, October 19, 1928.
Hale Sparks, Sam Burnham and Solomon Laykin, wearing suits and ties (two holding hats in hand), photographed in a room at the Los Angeles County Superior Court.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: Hale Sparks, Sam Burnham, Sol Laykin. Hickman case
Text from negative sleeve: Hickman, William Edward
Text from newspaper caption: Will Tell of Murderer's Early Days. Left to right- Hale Sparks, Sam Burnham and Solomon Laykin, the schoolmates of Hickman, who will appear as prosecution witnesses. [Photo standalone: "Schoolmates of Slayer to Testify for State," Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 1928: A2].

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Sparks, Hale S., 1908-1997
Laykin, Solomon William, 1910-1993
Hickman, William Edward, 1908-1928
Parker, Marion, 1915-1927
Burnham, Sam, b. 1908 or 09

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Witnesses--California--Los Angeles
Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles
Homicides--California--Los Angeles