Sheriffs searching spectators at the courthouse during the Hickman kidnap and murder trial, Los Angeles, 1928

Title: Sheriffs searching spectators at the courthouse during the Hickman kidnap and murder trial, Los Angeles, 1928
Date Created: 1928
Date: 1928
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Photograph of men being searched by sheriffs during the trial of William Edward Hickman, who kidnapped and murdered 12-year-old Marion Parker in December of 1927. The men were photographed in a room or partitioned area at the Los Angeles courthouse. The man kneeling at right is Deputy Sheriff M. G. Weybright.
Caption: Handwritten on negative: Cy Ada. M. G. Weybright. Searching spectators Hickman trial.
Text from negative sleeve: Hickman, William Edward.

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Parker, Marion, 1915-1927
Hickman, William Edward, 1908-1928
Weybright, M. G. (Millow Guy), 1884-1972
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Spectators--California--Los Angeles
Law enforcement officers--California--Los Angeles
Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_10444
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hbdnd
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Rights Country: US
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