Hakes and Wadley were both clerks at a grocery frequented by Hickman and his mother when they lived in Alhambra, California. Walter Price was a gas station attendant, also of Alhambra. Hickman was sentenced to death after a 13-day trial. He was executed at San Quentin, October 19, 1928.
Photograph of County Jail prisoner Dale Budlong, prosecution witness in the trial of William Edward Hickman, confessed kidnapper and murderer of Marion Parker, age 12.
John Henry, proprietor of the Bellevue Arms apartment building (1170 Bellevue Avenue), who positively identified William Edward Hickman as the occupant of apartment No. 315.
Ethel Broderick is noted in the Los Angeles Times article, "Hickman Believed in Seattle; Bill Passed: Parker Girl Murder Suspect Arrest Expected to be Made Any Hour; Photograph Identified," 22 Dec. 1927: 1.
Helen Seelye (seated at left), wearing a fur-trimmed jacket, and Ina Branson, both of whom testified at the trial of William Edward Hickman, who confessed to the kidnap and murder of 12-year-old Marion Parker. Both Western Union employees, Helen Seelye identified one of the two telegrams sent to Marion Parker's father; Ina Branson identified Hickman as the man who sent the kidnap telegrams.
Photograph of Detective Lieutenant Richard "Dick" Lucas, seated on the witness stand. Lucas was one of several law enforcement officers who interrogated William Edward Hickman during his extradition by train from Pendleton, Oregon to Los Angeles.
Hale Sparks, Sam Burnham and Solomon Laykin, wearing suits and ties (two holding hats in hand), photographed in a room at the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Mikels was one of several psychiatrists working for the prosecution against William Edward Hickman, who confessed to the kidnap and murder of Marion Parker, age 12. Hickman was sentenced to death after a 13-day trial. He was executed at San Quentin, October 19, 1928.