Subject: Homicides--California--Los Angeles / Genre: cellulose nitrate film / Location: Los Angeles (Calif.) / Names: Hickman, William Edward, 1908-1928 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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

Description:: Photograph of Carroll Hakes, M. K. Wadley and Walter Price, prosecution witnesses in the trial to establish the mental condition of William Edward Hickman, confessed Kidnapper and murderer of Marion Parker, age 12.
Date:: 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Hickman Indicted: Jury Rushes Aid to Extradition," 23 Dec. 1927: 1.
Date:: 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Related to the article, "Attorney for Hickman Here: Walsh Starts Work on Case Immediately on Arrival. Status as Representative of Mother Made Plain. Plans for Course of Action to be Decided Later," Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 1927: A2.
Date:: December 29, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Photograph of a woman being searched by a law enforcement officer during the William Edward Hickman kidnap and murder arraignment of trial. The perspective spectator opens her coat in preparation for searching, while the officer (wearing a suit and badge on his left lapel) examines her purse. A second officer stands behind the woman being searched. A man in uniform stands next to him. Several women and one man are viewed seated and standing on the left. Additional persons can be seen standing outside of the class doors awaiting their turn.
Date:: [1927 or 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Marion Parker was kidnapped for ransom on December 15, 1927 by William Edward Hickley. Two days later, Marion's remains were retrieved by her father, Perry Parker, on a street curb at 432 S. Manhattan Place- just moments after exchanging $1500 for Marion, whom he presumed was alive. Hickman was ultimately tried and sentenced to death for the crime. He was executed at San Quentin, October 19, 1928.
Date:: December 18, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Crowds line both sides of the street and gather in front of the old Los Angeles County Courthouse during the arraignment or trial of William Edward Hickman, confessed kidnapper and murderer of Marion Parker, age 12. Photographed in the vicinity of Broadway and Temple streets (current City Hall location). The Hall of Records stands on the left.
Date:: [1927-1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Crowds of men and women line pathways adjacent to the Los Angeles County Courthouse (stairs and walkway seen in foreground) during the arraignment or trial of William Edward Hickman, kidnapper and murderer of Marion Parker, age 12. Also present in the photo are lines of parked and moving vehicles. The vehicle at foreground left has a driver at the wheel. The acronym "L.A.F.D" is printed on the driver's side door.
Date:: [1927-1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Crowds line both sides of the street outside of the Los Angeles Hall of Justice (210 W. Temple St.) during the arraignment or trial of William Edward Hickman for the kidnapping and murder of Marion Parker.
Date:: [1927 or 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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