Frank M. Mikels on the witness stand during the Hickman trial, Los Angeles, 1928

Title: Frank M. Mikels on the witness stand during the Hickman trial, Los Angeles, 1928
Date Created: February 7, 1928
Date: 1928-02-07
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: William Edward Hickman was executed in October 1928 for the kidnapping and murder of 12-year old Marion Parker. Mikels and the majority of other psychiatrists did not believe Hickman to be insane.
Photograph of Dr. Frank M. Mikels seated on witness stand looking at report. An empty judge's seat is viewed in the background.
From the LA Times Article: "ALIENIST FOR STATE TO TAKE STAND AGAIN," [Los Angeles Times, February 7, 1928]
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Hickman William Edward
Handwritten on negative: Frank M. Mikels

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Mikels, Frank M., 1880-1941
Hickman, William Edward, 1908-1928
Parker, Marion, 1915-1927
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Trials (Murder)--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Psychiatrists--American--California--Los Angeles
Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_9470
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002dhjdq
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