Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Another photograph of the Mint Canyon chicken coop appears in a photo spread titled, "Paradoxical Situations Complicate Task of Investigators in Butcher Farm Quest: Principals and Scenes in Butcher Farm Investigation," Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 1928: A3 Possibly related to the article, "Mystery Shack, Boys' Shoes Found in 'Death Farm' Hunt: OFFICERS TAKEN TO CANYON HUT Clark Lad Leads Them Also to Filled-up Well Net Being Drawn Closer on Northcott Fugitives Other Clews Being Revealed in Grewsome Case," Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 1928: A2 Investigators search a chicken coop on a ranch in Mint Canyon where Gordon Northcott previously stayed. The chicken coop enters frame at left and stretches back to the right. In the near distance at center, an investigator (right) appears to question an unidentified man (left). Gordon S. Northcott was later tried, convicted and executed for the serial murders of young boys in the area. Text from negative sleeve: Northcott, Gordon murder case nitrates [handwritten:] (Box 27) 3
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_6708 ark:/21198/zz002cwzxs
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Serial murders--California--Riverside County Police--California--Santa Clarita Ranches--California--Santa Clarita Poultry houses--California--Santa Clarita Crime scene searches--California--Santa Clarita Serial murders--California--Los Angeles County Northcott, Gordon Stewart, 1906?-1930
Source
OpenUCLA Collections Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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