Subject: Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Eveline Balfour, about age 13-16, in belted coat, hands in pockets, standing, possibly on ship deck
Date:: [1920-1923?]
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:: Joe Taylor, right, and three other men, all in suits and ties, one wearing coat and holding cigarette, standing on walkway in front of house
Date:: 1933
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:: 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.
Date:: [1927 or 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: A similar photograph appears with the article “Murder Suspect Hunted After Wrecking of Car, Hickman Sought Near Redlands; Lair of Girl Slayer Located; Formal Complaint Issued.” Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 1927, with caption: “Perfect Crime” Collapses Under Scrutiny of Police Experts. Sgt. H.L. Barlow of the Identification Bureau Checking Fingerprints on Chrysler Mirror With Those on File in Department. The article states: The trail of a man, believed to be William Edward Hickman, 18 years of age, accused kidnaper and killer Marion Parker, 12-year-old school girl was picked up last night …
Date:: 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: This photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, February 10, 1933, Net Tightens on Couple in Skeele Kidnap Case, Ransom Note Typewriter Found; Man Suspect Ex-Convict; Grand Jury Action Sought
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Mary B. Skeele, wife of Walter Skeele, the Professor of Organ and Dean of the College of Music at the University of Southern California was kidnapped in 1933. The ransom was paid and Mrs. Skeele was returned unharmed. A former student was found guilty of the crime.
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Luella Pearl Hammer, in jacket and hat, holding handkerchief, hand to face, seated, in carpeted room, with two men standing near bookcase and doorway in background
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Note posted on wooden wall or fence reading: Suckness, Do Not Disturb --- Leave Name & Adress, or Message under door.
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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