Outside of a holding cell, from the left, Winnie Ruth Judd; an unidentified man; her husband Dr. William C. Judd; and Joseph Taylor, Chief of Detectives.
Photo appears with the article "Attempts Suicide: POLICE OFFICER WOUNDS SELF Inspector Behrendt, "Tired of It All," Los Angeles Times, Aug. 23, 1934: A1.
Hickman, standing in the center of the photograph, awaits a sentence from Judge Trabucco. Seated, on the left, is Deputy District Attorney Forrest F. Murray. Behind him is defense attorney Jerome Walsh and seated behind them is Deputy Sheriff Claude Peters. Attorney Richard Cantillon stands to Hickman's right.
This photograph may be associated with the article, “Guarded From Kidnap Threat: BRUCE HOME UNDER GUARD Film Writer Tells How She Received Warning on Kidnaping Plot,” Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 1936: A3.
The cluttered desk of Lieutenant C. C. Johnson stretches across the bottom edge. Behind it and off-center to the left, Lieutenant C. C. Johnson sits, facing slightly towards the right, as he holds a telephone. To the right of him, a typewriter sits atop an extension of the desk. A large widow is inset along the back wall behind Lieutenant Johnson.