Location: Los Angeles (Calif.) / Names: Parker, Marion, 1915-1927 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Photograph of the Parker family home, located at 1631 South Wilton Place.
Date:: [1927 or 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Related to the article articles: "Hickman Trial in Final Stage," Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 8 1928: A1; "Family Stands by Girl Slayer," Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 1928: A1
Date:: 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: The young men were former schoolmates of William Edward Hickman, confessed kidnapper and murderer of Marion Parker, age 12. Both Hale Sparks and Sam Burnham attended Central High School in Kansas City, Missouri, where William Hickman lived prior to Parker's murder. Solomon Laykin attended Los Angeles High School with Hickman when he lived in California. Hickman was sentenced to death after a 13-day trial. He was executed at San Quentin, October 19, 1928.
Date:: [circa January 27, 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: William Edward Hickman was executed in October 1928 for the kidnapping and murder of 12-year old Marion Parker. Mikels and the majority of other psychiatrists did not believe Hickman to be insane.
Date:: February 7, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Standing from left to right: Los Angeles County Jailer Frank Dewar, Oregon police officer Cecil "Buck" Lieuallen, an unidentified male (probably a law enforcement officer), and Undersheriff Eugene Biscailuz, photographed inside Biscailuz's office. The photo was taken during the arraignment or trial of William Edward Hickman, who kidnapped and murdered Marion Parker, age 12.
Date:: [1927-1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Ethel Broderick, Bellevue Arms apartment manager, seated, wearing a hat and overcoat. Broderick was probably photographed during the trial of William Edward Hickman, who confessed to the kidnap and murder of 12-year-old Marion Parker in December of 1927.
Date:: 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Photograph of Elias Kahn, seated, wearing a three-piece suit and tie. Kahn was a juror in the trial against William Edward Hickman, convicted of kidnapping and murdering 12-year-old Marion Parker.
Date:: [circa February 9, 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Parkin acted as one of several expert witnesses for the prosecution against William Edward Hickman, tried for the kidnap and murder of 12-year-old Marion Parker in December of 1927. Hickman was sentenced to death after a 13-day trial. He was executed at San Quentin, October 19, 1928.
Date:: 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Parkin acted as one of several expert witnesses for the prosecution against William Edward Hickman, charged and ultimately convicted for the kidnap and murder of Marion Parker, age 12. Hickman was executed at San Quentin, October 19, 1928.
Date:: 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Dr. Paul E. Bowers was noted in several Los Angeles Times articles during the trial of William Edward Hickman, dates ranging January-March of 1928.
Date:: 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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