Page in notebook of kidnapper and murderer William Edward Hickman, Los Angeles, 1927 or 1928

Item Overview

Title

Page in notebook of kidnapper and murderer William Edward Hickman, Los Angeles, 1927 or 1928

Date Created

[1927 or 1928]

Date

1927/1928

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

English

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

This notebook was confiscated after Hickman's capture in Echo, Oregon, and was examined to ascertain whether Hickman had a female accomplice in the kidnapping. Fingerprints appear above the text.
Notebook page with text (probably lyrics) transcribed by William Edward Hickman, convicted of the kidnapping and murder of Marion Parker, aged 12.
Notebook described in the article, "Hickman Makes His Plea Today: Murderer Expected to Offer Insanity Excuse," Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 1928: A2.

Caption

Handwritten in notebook: Purity and Truth. What A Young Man Ought To Know, By Sylvanus Stall D. D. Food and Diet (Note: May include any points outside the above text or regarding the general health without strictly pertaining to food, i.e. sleep, exercise, etc.) I. Eat at regular hours each day. Take nothing between meals. Make your heaviest meal of breakfast or dinner (at noon). A. Avoid late suppers. Never eat excessively. Eat slowly – masticate. No real hot or cold drinks. No late heavy drinking.
Text from negative sleeve: Hickman, William Edward. Murderer.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

forensic photographs
cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
notebooks
notes

Names

Hickman, William Edward, 1908-1928
Parker, Marion, 1915-1927

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Criminal investigations--California--Los Angeles
Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles
Homicides--California--Los Angeles