Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Related to the article, "Hickman Confesses Kidnaping Girl, Fugitive caught in Breakneck Race with Oregon Officers," Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 1927: 1. Photograph of Thomas B. Gurdane, Chief of Police, Pendleton, Oregon, who was involved in the chase and capture of William Hickman. Hickman was captured in Echo, Oregon, after an eight-day manhunt following the kidnap and murder of 12-year-old Marion Parker. Hickman was executed at San Quentin, October 19, 1928. Handwritten on negative sleeve: Tom Gurdane Text from negative sleeve: Hickman, William Edward
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_10441 ark:/21198/zz002hbdjv
Subject
Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles Police--California--Los Angeles Gurdane, Thomas B., 1872-1968 Hickman, William Edward, 1908-1928 Parker, Marion, 1915-1927
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