Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Crowds of men, women and children gather outside of the Glendale Southern Pacific Railroad Depot, waiting to glimpse the train that carried William Edward Hickman to Los Angeles from Pendleton, Oregon, where he was held while awaiting extradition. Hickman confessed to the kidnap for ransom and murder of Marion Parker, age 12. He was executed at San Quentin, October 19, 1928. Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Hickman Faces Questions About Another Murder: Crowd Surrounding Jail Foiled; Court Hearing to Be Tomorrow; Slayer Faints in His Cell," 28 Dec. 1927: A1. Handwritten on negative: Crowds at Glendale Text from negative sleeve: Hickman, William Edward. Murderer.
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image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_10457 ark:/21198/zz002hbf3m
Subject
Extradition Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles Fugitives from justice--California--Glendale Crowds--California--Glendale Homicides--California--Los Angeles Glendale Transportation Center (Calif.) Hickman, William Edward, 1908-1928 Parker, Marion, 1915-1927
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