Portrait of Oregon officer Tom Gurdane involved in Hickman Kidnapping case, Los Angeles, 1928

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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] Tom 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, who was involved in the chase and capture of William Hickman. Hickman was executed in October 1928 for the kidnapping and murder of 12-year old Marion Parker.