Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Standing outside of a house with boarded windows Sanford points into the distance, Deputy Sheriffs Ybarra, Mendoza and Sepulveda looking in that direction. For accompanying press release, see Item Ark 21198/zz002cx04t Photograph appears with the article, "Officers Taken to Canyon Hut," Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep 1928: A2. Police investigation the shack formerly occupied by supposed murderer Gordon Stewart Northcott, where they find several pairs of boys' shoes. Text from newspaper caption: Important Step Taken in "Murder Farm" Inquiry Sanford Clark showing Deputy Sheriffs Sepulveda, Mendeza and Ybarra direction taken from Mint Canyon cabin by Gordon Northcott when the latter told Clark, according to his story, that he was going to visit a mine where Northcott says he aided a miner slay his partner. Text from negative sleeve: Northcott, Gordon murder case nitrates (Box 27) 3 Text from accompanying press release: WATCH YOUR CREDIT -----------"P & A PHOTOS" LA_15085----------(LOS ANGELES BUREAU) TRAIL OF ASSERTED BOY SLAYER FOLLOWED. THE TRAIL OF GORDON STEWART NORTHCOTT, THE MUCH SOUGH [sic] YOUTH IN THE RIVERSIDE "MURDER FARM" INVESTIGATION LED TO MINT CANYON, ABOUT 35 MILES FROM LOS ANGELES, WHERE A "MYSTERY SHACK" WAS DISCOVERED, IN WHICH OFFICERS FOUND THREE PAIRS OF BOYS' SHOES, ONE PAIR OF WHICH PARTIALLY WAS BURNED. IT WAS DISCOVERED ALSO THAT A WELL NEAR THE SHACK RECENTLY HAD BEEN FILLED IN. IT IS SAID THAT YOUNG NORTHCOTT HAD OCCUPIED THE CABIN SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, AND THE OFFICERS WERE LED THERE BY SANFORD CLARK, WHOSE STORY OF THE ASSERTED HUMAN BUTCHERY ON THE NORTHCOTT RANCH NEAR RIVERSIDE PRECIPITATED AN EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH FOR THE SUPPOSED VICTIMS. PHOTO SHOWS SANFORD CLARK SHOWING DEPUTY SHERIFFS SEPULVEDA, MONDOZA AND YBARRA DIRECTION TAKEN FROM MINT CANYON CABIN BY GORDON NORTHCOTT WHEN THE LATTER TOLD CLARK, ACCORDING TO HIS STORY, THAT HE WAS GOING TO FVISIT A MINE WHER[E] [...] SAID HE AIDED A MINER SLAY HIS P[...] M 3) 9/19/28
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_6713 ark:/21198/zz002cx039
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Criminal investigations--California--Santa Clarita Police--California--Santa Clarita Ybarra, Joseph Mendoza, (Deputy Sheriff) Sepulveda, J. S Clark, Sanford
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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