The Raymond Ripper: The Brutal 1906 Murder of James Logan

In 1906, the mutilated body of young sales clerk James Logan was discovered on Southern California’s grandest resort hotel, The Raymond. When an African American tailor was accused of the crime, the city’s allegiances split. Half of the city of Pasadena wanted the man condemned to death, but the other half fought to save him, believing he had been framed.

Sources:

Biery, Bryan. “The Princes: Pasadena’s Regal Family.” Colorado Boulevard Newspaper. 12 March, 2024. https://www.coloradoboulevard.net/the-princes-pasadenas-regal-family/

Lindquist, Heather. “‘Exploring Pasadena’s Past’- The Heart of Pasadena’s Communities of Color.” Pasadena Museum of History. 18 June, 2022. https://pasadenahistory.org/exploring-pasadenas-past-the-heart-of-pasadenas-communities-of-color/

Liu, Yan. “A full moon in another land: The Moon Bridge in the Japanese garden of the Huntington Library.” Frontiers of Architectural Research Vol. 9 Iss. 3, September 2020. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095263520300182#abs0010

Most of this episode consists of original research, drawn from the newspapers listed below.

Newspapers: 

California Eagle

Liberator (Los Angeles)

Long Beach Tribune

Los Angeles Evening Express

Los Angeles Evening Post Record

Los Angeles Herald

Los Angeles Times

Pasadena Star News

Pasadena Post

Sacramento Daily Union

San Francisco Daily Call

South Pasadenan

South Pasadena Record

Music: Edvard Grieg's 1906 'Butterfly' is this episode's background music. Credits to Holizna, Fesilyan Studios & Virginia Liston. 

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