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A Los Angeles Times artist recreated the meeting between Edward
Hickman and Perry Parker in December 1927.
William Edward Hickman, 19. With Undersheriff Biscailuz in 1927. Executed at San Quentin in 1928 for the kidnapping and murder of 12 year old Marion Parker. |
Undersheriff Eugene Biscailuz supervising movement of inmates including the person being handcuffed, facing the camera, William Edward Hickman. In custody for the 1927 kidnapping, brutal mutilation and killing of 12-year-old Marion Parker, Hickman was eventually executed in San Quentin in 1928. |
The Hickman tragedy extended to 20-year-old Ralph "Ray McCoy" Fuller, who had the misfortune of resembling Hickman. After robbing a store in downtown Los Angeles he was chased and beaten by an angry mob who mistook him for Hickman. Following his arrest he was placed in the jail holding tank with other prisoners who were under the impression that he was Hickman. When he was found hanged in his cell there was speculation that the other prisoners may have killed him, but an investigation concluded that he had hanged himself. |
West Hartford School Class in the early 1920s
Third Row: William Edward Hickman
William Edward Hickman
Birth: 1908
Death: Oct. 19, 1928 ~ San Quentin ~ Marin County
~ California, USA
Burial Place
Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery
Colma ~ San Mateo County ~ California, USA
Plot: Section A, Row 30, Grave 118 (indigent area; no
marker)
Reference: Find
A Grave Site
Executed by the State of California on October 19, 1928 for the kidnapping and murder of Marian Parker, a 12-year-old girl. Hickman kidnapped Parker on December 15, 1927 by appearing at her junior high school, claiming that her father, Perry Parker, was ill, and that he wanted to see his daughter. The next day Hickman sent the first of three ransom notes to the Parker home, demanding $1,500 in $20 gold certificates. |
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