Genre: cellulose nitrate film / Subject: Extradition - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: The train on the right may be carrying William Edward Hickman, confessed kidnapper and murderer of 12-year-old Marion Parker. Hickman (along with a cadre of law enforcement officers and newspaper reporters) traveled by train to Los Angeles from Pendleton, Oregon, where he was previously held for extradition. The train departed Pendleton on December 25th and arrived in Los Angeles on the 27th. Hickman was tried for his crimes in early 1928. He was executed at San Quentin, October 19, 1928.
Date:: [circa December 26, 1927]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Crowds of men, women and children gather outside of the Glendale Southern Pacific Railroad Depot, waiting to glimpse the train that carried William Edward Hickman to Los Angeles from Pendleton, Oregon, where he was held while awaiting extradition. Hickman confessed to the kidnap for ransom and murder of Marion Parker, age 12. He was executed at San Quentin, October 19, 1928.
Date:: December 27, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: 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.
Date:: December 27, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Possibly related to the article, "Mother Slayer Suspect Leaves on Canada Trip," Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 1934: A15.
Date:: [October 17, 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Hickman on Way Here: Suicide Tried as Trip Starts. Kidnaper Attempts to Hang Himself in Cell of Jail; Dragged Out to Train. Prisoner Slipped into City of Portland to Foil Large Crowd at Station," 26 Dec. 1927: 1.
Date:: [circa December 25, 1927]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Photograph of a man, wearing a suit jacket, pants, button down sweater and hat, standing in front of a jail cell door, holing a skeleton key in one hand. The unidentified man guards the cell that held William Edward Hickman, who kidnapped and murdered 12-year-old Marion Parker in Los Angeles, December of 1927. He was captured in Echo, Oregon after an 8-day manhunt, and held in Pendleton, Oregon for extradition. Hickman was sentenced to death after a 13-day trial. He was executed in San Quentin, October 19, 1928.
Date:: [circa December 25, 1927]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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.
Date:: December 27, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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