Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. For accompanying press release, see Item Ark 21198/zz002cwzsq From left to right, a jailer, Detective Paul Stevens, Cyrus G. Northcott and Deputy Sheriff Quinn pose at the Riverside jail. They stand in a row. Everyone looks to the camera, except for Deputy Sheriff Quinn. He faces towards the left. Jail cell bars stand across the background. Behind the men, the cell door stands ajar at center. Cyrus G. Northcott was detained as a witness against his son and wife, Gordon and Sarah Louise Northcott, respectively. Gordon S. Northcott was suspected and later convicted of the murders of a few young boys. Sarah Louise Northcott was convicted as an accomplice to her son's crimes. Text from accompanying press release: WATCH YOUR CREDIT -----------"P & A PHOTOS" LA 15082----------(LOS ANGELES BUREAU) NORTHCOTT SR TAKEN BY RIVERSIDE AUTHORITIES. LATE TODAY, CYRUS G. NORTHCOTT, FATHER OF GORDON STEWART NORTHCOTT FOR WHOM AN INTERNATIONAL SEARCH HAS BEEN INSTIGATED AS A RESULT OF REVELATIONS OF REVOLTING WHOLESALE MURDER ON HIS SO-CALLED "BUTCHER FARM" NEAR RIVERSIDE, CALIFORN[IA] WAS TURNED OVER TO THE CUSTODY OF RIVERSIDE COUNT[Y] AUTHORITIES BY THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY. WITH THE ELDER NORTHCOTT, 12 YEAR OLD SANFORD CLARK, WHOSE STORY OF ABUSE, TORTURE AND MURDER SET THE INVESTIGATION OF THE NORTHCOTTS IN MOTION, WAS TAKEN TO RIVERSIDE. PHOTO SHOWS (LEFT TO RIGHT) JAILER; DETECTIVE PAUL STEVENS, CYRUS G. NORTHCOTT; AND DEPUTY SHERIFF QUINN, INVESTIGATOR FOR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY. (LA-FM 14) 9/19/28 Text from negative sleeve: Northcott, Gordon S. murder case nitrates
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_6703 ark:/21198/zz002cwzr6
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Police--California--Riverside County Murder--Investigation--California--Riverside County Serial murders--California--Riverside County Jails--California--Riverside Witnesses--California--Riverside Northcott, Cyrus George, 1866-1944 Quinn, C. A Stevens, Paul Northcott, Gordon Stewart, 1906?-1930
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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