Courtroom scene during Gordon Stewart Northcott's murder trial, Riverside, 1929

Item Overview

Title

Courtroom scene during Gordon Stewart Northcott's murder trial, Riverside, 1929

Date Created

[between January 1, 1929-February 7, 1929]

Date

1929-01-01/1929-02-07

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

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

Typed note on negative: I PLEAD 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.
Text from negative sleeve: Northcott, Gordon Scott Murder Case.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Dimensions

10 x 12.5 cm.

Medium

b&w glass negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
glass plate negatives

Names

Thoms, Clifford, 1896-1976
Savay, Norbert, 1873-1950
DeTremaudan, A. H.
Northcott, Gordon Stewart, 1906?-1930
Fitts, Buron, 1895-1973

Location

Riverside (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Judicial proceedings--California--Riverside
Serial murderers--California--Riverside