Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Collected evidence from the apartment helped convict William Edward Hickman for the kidnapping and murder of Marion Parker, aged 12. Hickman was executed at San Quentin, October 22, 1928. Photograph of Motorcycle Officer Howard J. Garner kneeling over a pile of linens in the apartment of William Edward Hickman. garner is photographed between an unmade cot and an upholstered chair. He examines an item with a name stitched into the cloth. Text from negative sleeve: Hickman, William Edward Text from newspaper caption: Motorcycle Officer Garner Examining Markings on Bellevue Apartment Linen. One of the Towels Wrapped About the Torso of the Murdered Girl at the Time of its Delivery to the Father Bore the Same Markings [Photo standalone: "'Perfect Crime' Collapses Under Scrutiny of Police Experts," Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 1927: A8].
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_10427 ark:/21198/zz002hbd2m
Subject
Criminal investigations--California--Los Angeles Homicides--California--Los Angeles Police--California--Los Angeles Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles Parker, Marion, 1915-1927 Garner, Howard J., b. 1898 or 99 Hickman, William Edward, 1908-1928
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