Map of possible burial sites related to the Gordon Stewart Northcott murders, Los Angeles, 1928

Item Overview

Title

Map of possible burial sites related to the Gordon Stewart Northcott murders, Los Angeles, 1928

Date Created

[circa Dececember 1928]

Date

1928-12

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

English

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Map of possible burial sites related to the Gordon Stewart Northcott murders.
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, and 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.
Likely related to one of the following articles, "Riverside County to Get Custody of Northcott. Map Gives Clew [sic] to Victim's Graves; Youth Again Pleads Not Guilty; Balks at Test of Sanity." Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 1928: A2, or, "Northcott Map Basis for Hunt. Authorities to Comb Ranch for Boys' Bodies. Preliminary Study Fails to Reveal Any Graves. Riverside Officials Skeptical About "Confessions."" 4 Oct. 1930: A1.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Eastman, George. Gordon Scoot ['Stewart' is written in below with an arrow to Scoot] Northcott murder case, 1928. nitrates.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
forensic photographs
maps (documents)

Names

Northcott, Gordon S., 1906-1930--Trials, litigation, etc.
Northcott, Gordon Stewart, 1906?-1930

Location

Riverside (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Crime scenes
Evidence (law)