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Apartment shared by William Edward Hickman, his mother and sister, months before the kidnap and murder of Marion Parker, Alhambra, 1927

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Title: Apartment shared by William Edward Hickman, his mother and sister, months before the kidnap and murder of Marion Parker, Alhambra, 1927
Date Created and/or Issued: 1927
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.
The Alhambra walk-up apartment (2523 Birch Street) shared by William Edward Hickman, his mother Eva and sister Mary.
Hickman was convicted for the murder of pharmacist C. Ivy Toms during the commission of a robbery, and for the kidnap and murder of 12-year-old Marion Parker. Hickman was executed at San Quentin on October 19, 1928.
Related to Los Angeles Times article, Hickman a "Mild Boy": Neighbors in Alhambra Recall Slayer Suspect as "Gentleman" and "Bug on Motorcycles," 21 Dec. 1927: 2.
Text from negative sleeve: Hickman kidnapping case. 1927
Handwritten on negative: Parker Case
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_10411
ark:/21198/zz002hbchv
Subject: Criminals--California--Alhambra
Dwellings--California--Alhambra
Hickman, William Edward, 1908-1928
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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