Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. A similar photograph of Gordon S. Northcott in court appears with the article, "NORTHCOTT BAFFLED: Court Denies His Insanity Plea New Judge Rules Against to Not Guilty Stand Further Delay Turned Down; One Riverside Jurist Steps Out of Case," Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 1929: 1 At center, Gordon S. Northcott sits in court with his defense attorneys during his trial in Riverside. He and his lawyers sit in a row behind the counsel's table. His face is blurry as he turns to look to the camera. To the right of Northcott, Norbert Savay sits. Behind and to the left of Northcott, in no particular order, sit attorneys A. H. DeTremaudan, David Sokol and J. McKinley Cameron. Spectators sit in the gallery, behind and to the right of the defense. Gordon Stewart Northcott and his mother Louisa were accused of kidnapping, abusing & murdering 4 boys on their chicken ranch in Riverside County. Louisa 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. Text from negative sleeve: Northcott, Gordon murder case nitrates [handwritten:] (Box 27) 2
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_6696 ark:/21198/zz002cwzhk
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Judicial proceedings--California--Riverside Serial murderers--California--Riverside Courtrooms--California--Riverside Lawyers--California--Riverside Savay, Norbert, 1873-1950 Cameron, John McKinley, 1878-1943 DeTremaudan, A. H Sokol, David, 1906 or 07-2003 Northcott, Gordon Stewart, 1906?-1930
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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