Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Almost identical image 21198/zz0002pjxt has typed note on negative which states "I PLEADE NOT GUILTY." ..."Left to right; District Attorney Buron Fitts; front row standing: Dep. Dist. Atty. Clifford Thoms; Norbert Savay, chief defense counsel; Northcott, and A.H. DeTremaudan, defense attorney." Gordon Stewart Northcott was accused of kidnapping, molesting, torturing, and brutally murdering three young boys and aiding in the murder of another in 1928, which his mother admitted to. She received a life sentence in jail. Northcott was found guilty on all accounts and was executed by hanging on October 2, 1930 at the age of 23. Text from negative sleeve: Eastman, George. Gordon Scoot ['Stewart' is written in below with an arrow to Scoot] Northcott murder case, 1928. nitrates.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_2054 ark:/21198/zz002dczsd
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Judicial proceedings--California--Riverside Serial murderers--California--Riverside Fitts, Buron, 1895-1973 Savay, Norbert, 1873-1950 DeTremaudan, A. H Thoms, Clifford, 1896-1976 Northcott, Gordon Stewart, 1906?-1930
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