Genre: cellulose nitrate film / Resource Type: still image / Location: Riverside (Calif.) / Collection: OpenUCLA Collections - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Mrs. Northcott is held in custody being jointly accused with her son Gordon Northcott of murdering Walter Collins.
Date:: [circa 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

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.
Date:: [circa February 11, 1929]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: A similar photograph of Gordon S. Northcott in court appears with the article, "NORTHCOTT BAFFLED: Court Denies His Insanity Plea New Judge Rules Against to Not Guilty Stand Further Delay Turned Down; One Riverside Jurist Steps Out of Case," Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 1929: 1
Date:: [circa January, 1929]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: This photograph appears with the article, “County Jail Has School,” Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 1935: 10.
Date:: September 11, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Mrs. Northcott is held in custody being jointly accused with her son Gordon Northcott of murdering Walter Collins.
Date:: [circa 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: At right, Sarah Louise Northcott, mother of Gordon S. Northcott, sits behind the counsel's table during her and her son's arraignment for the murder of Walter Collins. She sits in profile, facing left, and is flanked by 2 attorneys. Gordon Northcott's legal representation sits in the near distance at left. Spectators fill the viewing gallery in the background at center and right. Both Northcotts entered a plea of not guilty.
Date:: [circa December 12, 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Mrs. Northcott is held in custody being jointly accused with her son Gordon Northcott of murdering Walter Collins.
Date:: [circa 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

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