Crowd at the train carrying William Edward Hickman, kidnapper and murderer, Glendale, 1927

Item Overview

Title

Crowd at the train carrying William Edward Hickman, kidnapper and murderer, Glendale, 1927

Date Created

December 27, 1927

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Hickman Faces Questions About Another Murder: Crowd Surrounding Jail Foiled; Court Hearing to Be Tomorrow; Slayer Faints in His Cell," 28 Dec. 1927: A1.
The train was traveling to Los Angeles from Pendleton, Oregon, where Hickman was captured after an eight-day manhunt. Hickman had confessed to the kidnap for ransom and murder of Marion Parker, age 12. He was executed at San Quentin, October 19, 1928.
Crowd of men, women and children gather outside of the Glendale Southern Pacific Railroad Depot and watch as a train carrying William Edward Hickman passes by.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Hickman, William Edward. Murderer.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

Fugitives from justice--California--Glendale
Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Extradition
Crowds--California--Glendale
Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles

Names

Parker, Marion, 1915-1927
Glendale Transportation Center (Calif.)
Hickman, William Edward, 1908-1928

Location

Glendale (Calif.)

Longitude

34.123565

Latitude

-118.257844

Resource type

still image