People lined up at the courthouse to view judicial proceedings for William Edward Hickman, kidnapper and murderer, Los Angeles, 1928

Title: People lined up at the courthouse to view judicial proceedings for William Edward Hickman, kidnapper and murderer, Los Angeles, 1928
Date Created: 1928
Date: 1928
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: A line of men and women, both seated and standing, wait within the Los Angeles Courthouse to witness judicial proceedings for William Edward Hickman, who confessed to kidnapping and murdering Marion Parker, aged 12. Hickman was tried and sentenced to death. He was executed at San Quentin, October 22, 1928.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Hickman, William Edward
Handwritten on negative: At Hickman trial

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Hickman, William Edward, 1908-1928
Parker, Marion, 1915-1927
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles
Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Spectators--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_10424
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hbczk
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Rights Country: US
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