Subject: Criminal investigations--California--Los Angeles / Genre: forensic photographs and news photographs / Resource Type: still image - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Notebook belonging to kidnapper and murderer William Edward Hickman, Los Angeles, 1927 or 28

Description:: Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Hickman Makes His Plea Today: Murderer Expected to Offer Insanity Excuse," 3 Jan. 1928: A2.
Date:: [1927 or 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Unidentified detectives search the room where Rose Marie Happel was murdered, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Photograph depicts detectives examining the trunk where the body of Rose Marie Happel was found (also referred to as Rosabella in the Los Angeles Times). She was murdered by her husband John H. Happel.
Date:: December 5, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Thirteen-point fingerprint comparison purported to belong to William Edward Hickman, Los Angeles, 1927 or 28

Description:: Two photographs placed side-by-side, each displaying an enlarged right fingerprint. Thirteen-points of comparison are drawn on each image. The prints were believed to belong to William Edward Hickman, who kidnapped and murdered 12-year old Marion Parker in December of 1927.
Date:: [1927 or 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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

Description:: Notebook described in the article, "Hickman Makes His Plea Today: Murderer Expected to Offer Insanity Excuse," Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 1928: A2.
Date:: 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Two detectives search for evidence in the apartment of confessed kidnapper and murderer William Edward Hickman, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Accused Slayer's Abode Gives Evidence of Hurried Departure," 21 Dec. 1927: 3.
Date:: December 20, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Police dusting for fingerprints in a Ford coup, possibly related to the Hickman kidnap and murder case, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: William Edward Hickman, wanted for the kidnap and murder of Marion Parker, was captured in Echo, Oregon, after an eight-day manhunt. In his initial confession (given while in Oregon) he named an alleged accomplice who drove a Ford coup. That detail is noted in the article, "Detailed Confession Made by "The Fox": Amazing Account of Conversing With Detectives and Following Police Cars at Rendezvous After Kidnapping Given by Hickman," Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 1927: 1.
Date:: 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Assailant William Hardy with detectives, retracing the crime scene, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: In 1935, William Hardy confessed to the beating of his half-sister Helen Katherine Williams with a hammer. The photograph depicts Hardy in handcuffs retracing the event with investigators,
Date:: February 11, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Unidentified detectives search the room where Rose Marie Happel was killed, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Photograph depicts detectives searching the room where Rose Marie Happel was found. She was murdered by her husband, John H. Happel (also referred to as Rosabella in the Los Angeles Times).
Date:: December 5, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Bellevue Arms apartment building, residence of confessed kidnapper and murderer William Edward Hickman, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: Possibly related to Los Angeles Times article, "Accused Slayer's Abode Gives Evidence of Hurried Departure: Hickman's Finger-Prints Found in Apartment. Occupant Identified as Suspected Slayer of Marion Parker; Death Car There Saturday," 21 Dec. 1927:3.
Date:: 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Unidentified detective with William Hardy's blood-stained clothing, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Photograph relates to article: "Child Found Near Death From Blows: Confession Made By Brother," Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 1935: 1.
Date:: February 11, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Correspondence between Charles Johnston and Dorothy Smith, 1934

Description:: Some excerpts from the note appear in the article, "Spurned Suitor's Love for Slain Girl Pledged by Tender Notes on Playing Cards, Youth Tells Tragic Tale," Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 1934: A2.
Date:: April 16, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

George Contreras, county investigator, and Asa Keyes, district attorney, at a crime scene in a basement, Los Angeles, 1924-1929

Description:: Photograph of George Contreras (left), Los Angeles County investigator, holding what appear to be bone fragments, and district attorney Asa Keyes, seated behind a trench in a basement. A shovel with torn fabric draped over it is on the left and a man behind them holds a candle.
Date:: [between 1924-1929]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Detectives entering the bungalow of John H. and Rose Marie Happel, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: John H. Happel was arrested for the murder of his wife, Rose Marie Happel (also referred to as Rosabella in the Los Angeles Times). The case received attention due to Happel hiding his wife's body in a trunk. He eventually confessed to the murder.
Date:: December 5, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Deputy coroners T.E. Russell and Y. Ewers carry a trunk where a murder victim was found, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:: Photograph depicts the trunk where the body of Rose Marie Happel was found (also referred to as Rosabella in the Los Angeles Times). She was murdered by her husband, John H. Happel.
Date:: December 5, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Correspondence between Charles Johnston and Dorothy Smith, 1934

Description:: Correspondence between Charles Johnston and Dorothy Smith, before Johnston murdered Smith. Collected by Los Angeles police investigators.
Date:: April 16, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Confessed murderers Koji Hatamoto and Ayako Kanda with detectives at the burial cite of Molly Kanda, Torrance, 1932

Description:: Photograph corresponds to article, "Japanese Married Woman and Lover Confess Murder and Burial of Child," Los Angeles Times, 8 Jun. 1932: A2.
Date:: June 7, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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

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.
Date:: [1927 or 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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

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.
Date:: [1927 or 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Correspondence between Charles Johnston and Dorothy Smith, 1934

Description:: Correspondence between Charles Johnston and Dorothy Smith, before Johnston murdered Smith. Collected by Los Angeles police investigators.
Date:: April 16, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Assailant William Hardy and detective Joe Filkas retracing the scene of the crime, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: In 1935, William Hardy confessed to the beating of his half-sister Helen Katherine Williams with a hammer. The photograph depicts Hardy in handcuffs retracing the event with investigators,
Date:: February 11, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Two detectives search for evidence in the apartment of confessed kidnapper and murderer William Edward Hickman, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:: Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Accused Slayer's Abode Gives Evidence of Hurried Departure," 21 Dec. 1927: 3.
Date:: December 20, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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Notebook belonging to kidnapper and murderer William Edward Hickman, Los Angeles, 1927 or 28

Unidentified detectives search the room where Rose Marie Happel was murdered, Los Angeles, 1934

Thirteen-point fingerprint comparison purported to belong to William Edward Hickman, Los Angeles, 1927 or 28

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

Two detectives search for evidence in the apartment of confessed kidnapper and murderer William Edward Hickman, Los Angeles, 1927

Police dusting for fingerprints in a Ford coup, possibly related to the Hickman kidnap and murder case, Los Angeles, 1927

Assailant William Hardy with detectives, retracing the crime scene, Los Angeles, 1935

Unidentified detectives search the room where Rose Marie Happel was killed, Los Angeles, 1934

Bellevue Arms apartment building, residence of confessed kidnapper and murderer William Edward Hickman, Los Angeles, 1927

Unidentified detective with William Hardy's blood-stained clothing, Los Angeles, 1935

Correspondence between Charles Johnston and Dorothy Smith, 1934

George Contreras, county investigator, and Asa Keyes, district attorney, at a crime scene in a basement, Los Angeles, 1924-1929

Detectives entering the bungalow of John H. and Rose Marie Happel, Los Angeles, 1934

Deputy coroners T.E. Russell and Y. Ewers carry a trunk where a murder victim was found, Los Angeles, 1934

Correspondence between Charles Johnston and Dorothy Smith, 1934

Confessed murderers Koji Hatamoto and Ayako Kanda with detectives at the burial cite of Molly Kanda, Torrance, 1932

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

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

Correspondence between Charles Johnston and Dorothy Smith, 1934

Assailant William Hardy and detective Joe Filkas retracing the scene of the crime, Los Angeles, 1935

Two detectives search for evidence in the apartment of confessed kidnapper and murderer William Edward Hickman, Los Angeles, 1927

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