Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Mrs. Cora Belle Weeks, seated, wearing a hat, gloves and fur stole. 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, William Edward Handwritten on negative: Mrs Cora Belle Weeks
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_10443 ark:/21198/zz002hbdmw
Subject
Spectators--California--Los Angeles Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles Weeks, Cora Belle Fiske, 1873-1957 Hickman, William Edward, 1908-1928 Parker, Marion, 1915-1927
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