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Officers stand guard at the arraignment of William Edward Hickman, kidnapper and murderer,Los Angeles, 1927

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Title: Officers stand guard at the arraignment of William Edward Hickman, kidnapper and murderer,Los Angeles, 1927
Date Created and/or Issued: December 27, 1927
1927-12-27
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.
Related in the article, "Scene of Drama in Court: Hickman Amazes Jostling Throng by Indifference as Judge Sets Arraignment for Thursday," Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 1927: A1.
This arraignment followed Hickman's return from Pendleton, Oregon, where he was held pending an extradition decree. The proceeding was carried over to December 29th, giving time for defense counsel, Jerome Walsh, to arrive from Kansas City, Missouri.
Uniformed officers from the county motorcycle squad stand guard in a courtroom during the arraignment of William Edward Hickman, confessed kidnapper and murderer of Marion Parker, age 12.
Text from negative sleeve: Hickman, William Edward.
Handwritten on negative: Guard at Hickman arraignment
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_10470
ark:/21198/zz002hbfjb
Subject: Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Police--California--Los Angeles
Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Hickman, William Edward, 1908-1928
Parker, Marion, 1915-1927
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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