Policemen examining potential murder weapons at Northcott Chicken Ranch, Riverside, circa 1928

Title: Policemen examining potential murder weapons at Northcott Chicken Ranch, Riverside, circa 1928
Date Created: [circa 1928]
Date: 1928
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description: 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.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Northcott, Gordon Scott Murder Case.

Genre: news photographs
glass plate negatives
Names: Northcott, Gordon Stewart, 1906?-1930
Location: Riverside County (Calif.)
Longitude: 33.973433
Latitude: -117.540353
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Crime scene searches--California--Riverside County
Police--California--Riverside County
Murder--Investigation--California--Riverside County

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3719_G3404
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0002pjt8
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