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Title
Prisoners digging for bones on Northcott Chicken Ranch, Riverside County, 1928-1929
Date Created and/or Issued
[between 1928-1920]
1928/1929
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
US
UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988
Description
Gordon Stewart Northcott was accused of kidnapping, abusing & murdering 3 boys on a chicken ranch in Riverside County. His mother, Louisa Northcott, confessed to killing one boy, Walter Collins, and was sentenced to life in prison. Gordon was tried and convicted on 3 counts for murdering Louis & Nelson Winslow & an unidentified Latino boy. He was executed by hanging on October 2, 1930.
Handwritten on negative: Gordon. Digging for bones on Northcott Ranch
Text from negative sleeve: Northcott Murder Case. Wineville Chicken Ranch.
Type
image
Format
b&w glass negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_b3719_G3411
ark:/21198/zz0002pjw9
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Crime scene searches--California--Riverside County
Northcott, Gordon Stewart, 1906?-1930
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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