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.
William Edward Hickman was captured in Echo, Oregon, by Oregon police officers Cecil "Buck" Lieuallen and Tom Gurdane after an eight-day manhunt. Hickman returned to Los Angeles by train (with a cadre of law enforcement officers and newspaper reporters) to stand trial for the kidnap and murder of Marion Parker, age 12. Hickman was executed at San Quentin, October 19, 1928.
