Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. The young men were former schoolmates of William Edward Hickman, confessed kidnapper and murderer of Marion Parker, age 12. Both Hale Sparks and Sam Burnham attended Central High School in Kansas City, Missouri, where William Hickman lived prior to Parker's murder. Solomon Laykin attended Los Angeles High School with Hickman when he lived in California. Hickman was sentenced to death after a 13-day trial. He was executed at San Quentin, October 19, 1928. Hale Sparks, Sam Burnham and Solomon Laykin, wearing suits and ties (two holding hats in hand), photographed in a room at the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Handwritten on negative: Hale Sparks, Sam Burnham, Sol Laykin. Hickman case Text from negative sleeve: Hickman, William Edward Text from newspaper caption: Will Tell of Murderer's Early Days. Left to right- Hale Sparks, Sam Burnham and Solomon Laykin, the schoolmates of Hickman, who will appear as prosecution witnesses. [Photo standalone: "Schoolmates of Slayer to Testify for State," Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 1928: A2].
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_10449 ark:/21198/zz002hbdt0
Subject
Witnesses--California--Los Angeles Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles Homicides--California--Los Angeles Sparks, Hale S., 1908-1997 Laykin, Solomon William, 1910-1993 Hickman, William Edward, 1908-1928 Parker, Marion, 1915-1927 Burnham, Sam, b. 1908 or 09
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