Gordon S. Northcott rides a train bound for San Quentin with his police escorts, Riverside vicinity, circa 1929

Item Overview

Title

Gordon S. Northcott rides a train bound for San Quentin with his police escorts, Riverside vicinity, circa 1929

Date Created

[circa February 11, 1929]

Date

1929-02-11

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

From left to right, Deputy Sheriff C. F. Rayburn, Gordon S. Northcott and Deputy Sheriff Jack Brown sit in a row aboard a train bound for San Quentin. The 2 deputies are escorting Northcott to prison. Gordon Northcott leans forward in his seat and smiles to the camera. To the left of Northcott, C. F. Rayburn wears an uneasy look on his face. Jack Brown sits on the arm of the train car's seat at right. He holds a cigarette in one hand and looks to camera. Gordon S. Northcott was convicted of murdering 3 young boys in Riverside County. He was executed by hanging in 1930.
A similar photograph of Gordon Northcott appears with the article, "Northcott En Route to San Quentin and Gallows Death April 15: DOOMED YOUTH RELATES PLANS He Outlines Future Fight to Cheat Noose Smile Fades as Judge Sets Date of Hanging Prisoner Closely Guarded on Trip North," Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb 1929: A2

Caption

Handwritten on negative: P + A
Text from negative sleeve: Northcott, Gordon murder case nitrates [handwritten:] Box 27 1

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Group portraits

Names

Brown, Jack
Northcott, Gordon Stewart, 1906?-1930
Rayburn, Carl Francis, 1892-1966

Location

Riverside (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Railroad passenger cars--American--California--Riverside
Prisoners
Arrivals & departures--American--California
Police--California--Riverside County
Serial murderers--California--Riverside