Police Captain E. Raymond Cato and Detective Harry Raymond during the Hickman kidnap and murder trial, Los Angeles, 1928

Item Overview

Title

Police Captain E. Raymond Cato and Detective Harry Raymond during the Hickman kidnap and murder trial, Los Angeles, 1928

Date Created

1928

Date

1928

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Police Captain Raymond Cato and Detective Harry Raymond, seated together, photographed during the trial of William Edward Hickman, tried for the kidnap and murder of 12-year-old Marion Parker in December of 1927. Hickman was sentenced to death after a 13-day trial. He was executed at San Quentin, October 19, 1928.
A second photograph shows Detective Harry Raymond shackled to William Edward Hickman during his extradition from Pendleton, Oregon (where he was held after an 8-day manhunt), to Los Angeles where he stood trial. In the photo, Raymond stands at right. Detective Richard "Dick" Lucas (also shackled to Hickman) stands at left (see image ark no. 21198/zz002hbcth).

Caption

Handwritten on negative: [left:] Capt Ray Cato [right:] Harry Raymond
Text from negative sleeve: Hickman, William Edward.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Cato, E. Raymond (Emery Raymond), 1889-1984
Parker, Marion, 1915-1927
Hickman, William Edward, 1908-1928
Raymond, Harry James, 1881-1957

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Police--California--Los Angeles
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles