Overell was likely a spectator at the trial of William Edward Hickman, tried for the kidnap and murder of 12-year-old Marion Parker in December of 1927. Hickman’s trial began January 25 and ended less than two weeks later. He was executed at San Quentin, October 19, 1928.
Sergeant Howard L. Barlow of the police identification bureau, in vest and tie, photographed indoors. Barlow holds a car steering wheel in his left hand while examining the center of the wheel using a magnifying device.
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.
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.
Photograph of (l to r): Assistant Jailer Roy Bogle, Jailer Frank Dewar, Deputy Sheriff Claude Peters, William Edward Hickman at center, facing Undersheriff Eugene W. Biscailuz. The two remaining men in the background are unidentified.
Frank Thompson was noted in the Los Angeles Times article, "Hickman Trial in Final Stage: Testimony May be Ended by Close of Today's Session," 8 Feb. 1928: A1.
This notebook was confiscated after Hickman's capture in Echo, Oregon, and was examined to ascertain whether Hickman had a female accomplice in the kidnapping. Fingerprints appear above the text.
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.