US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-3880
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. Handwriting on negative states "Gordon [underlined] Digging for bones on Northcott [underlined] ranch]
Type
Image
Format
b&w glass negative
Identifier
uclalat_1429_b3719_G3411 ark:/21198/zz0002pjw9
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Crime Crime scene searches--California--Riverside County Northcott, Gordon S., 1906-1930--Trials, litigation, etc
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