Portrait of Oregon officers Thomas Gurdane and Buck Lieuallen, Los Angeles, 1928
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds., Text on nitrate sleeve: Hickman, kidnapping case, Handwritten on negative: [To the right of the image]: Buck Lieuallen; [to the left of the image]: Gurdane, Refer to article: "Hickman Confesses Kidnaping Girl, Fugitive caught in Breakneck Race with Oregon Officers." Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 1927: 1, This is a portrait of Thomas B. Gurdane, Chief of Police, Pendleton, Oregon, and C. L. "Buck" Lieuallen, State Traffic Officer, Oregon who were responsible for the capture of William Hickman after a car chase. Hickman was executed in October 1928 for the kidnapping and murder of 12-year old Marion Parker.