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Mrs. Cora Belle Weeks, a possible spectator at the Hickman kidnapping trial, Los Angeles, ca. 1928

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Title: Mrs. Cora Belle Weeks, a possible spectator at the Hickman kidnapping trial, Los Angeles, ca. 1928
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa 1928]
1928
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Mrs. Weeks 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 1927. Hickman was sentenced to death after a 13-day trial. He was executed at San Quentin, October 19, 1928.
Text from negative sleeve: Hickman kidnapping case
Handwritten on negative: Mrs. Cora Belle Weeks
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_9503
ark:/21198/zz002dhkj8
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Trials (Murder)--California--Los Angeles
Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles
Weeks, Cora Belle Fiske, 1873-1957
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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