Apartment shared by William Edward Hickman, his mother and sister, months before the kidnap and murder of Marion Parker, Alhambra, 1927

Title: Apartment shared by William Edward Hickman, his mother and sister, months before the kidnap and murder of Marion Parker, Alhambra, 1927
Date Created: 1927
Date: 1927
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: The Alhambra walk-up apartment (2523 Birch Street) shared by William Edward Hickman, his mother Eva and sister Mary.
Hickman was convicted for the murder of pharmacist C. Ivy Toms during the commission of a robbery, and for the kidnap and murder of 12-year-old Marion Parker. Hickman was executed at San Quentin on October 19, 1928.
Related to Los Angeles Times article, Hickman a "Mild Boy": Neighbors in Alhambra Recall Slayer Suspect as "Gentleman" and "Bug on Motorcycles," 21 Dec. 1927: 2.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Hickman kidnapping case. 1927
Handwritten on negative: Parker Case

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_10411
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hbchv
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