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Sheriffs searching spectators at the courthouse during the Hickman kidnap and murder trial, Los Angeles, 1928

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Title: Sheriffs searching spectators at the courthouse during the Hickman kidnap and murder trial, Los Angeles, 1928
Date Created and/or Issued: 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.
Photograph of men being searched by sheriffs during the trial of William Edward Hickman, who kidnapped and murdered 12-year-old Marion Parker in December of 1927. The men were photographed in a room or partitioned area at the Los Angeles courthouse. The man kneeling at right is Deputy Sheriff M. G. Weybright.
Handwritten on negative: Cy Ada. M. G. Weybright. Searching spectators Hickman trial.
Text from negative sleeve: Hickman, William Edward.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_10444
ark:/21198/zz002hbdnd
Subject: Spectators--California--Los Angeles
Law enforcement officers--California--Los Angeles
Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles
Parker, Marion, 1915-1927
Hickman, William Edward, 1908-1928
Weybright, M. G. (Millow Guy), 1884-1972
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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