Genre: cellulose nitrate film / Names: Northcott, Gordon Stewart, 1906?-1930 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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
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Description:: Northcott was later tried and convicted for the serial murders of young boys in the riverside county area. His mother, Sarah Louisa Northcott, was also imprisoned for assisting him.
Date:: [circa 1929]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Investigators including Deputy Jack Brown (second from right) standing near file cabinet.
Date:: [circa 1929]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Possibly related to the article, "Mystery Shack, Boys' Shoes Found in 'Death Farm' Hunt: OFFICERS TAKEN TO CANYON HUT Clark Lad Leads Them Also to Filled-up Well Net Being Drawn Closer on Northcott Fugitives Other Clews Being Revealed in Grewsome Case," Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 1928: A2
Date:: [circa September, 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Northcott was later tried and convicted for the serial murders of young boys in the riverside county area. His mother, Sarah Louisa Northcott, was also imprisoned for assisting him.
Date:: [circa 1929]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: The camera looks from above towards several investigators searching for evidence in the area outside a chicken coop in Mint Valley. Chicken wire-lined pens occupy the foreground and stretch back on an upward angle towards the right. Beyond the pens, investigators scour the nearby brush. A house stands in the far distance at center. Gordon S. Northcott was later tried, convicted and executed for the serial murders of young boys in the area. His mother, Sarah Louisa Northcott, was also imprisoned for assisting him.
Date:: [circa September, 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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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:: Gordon Northcott (left) in sunglasses and hat walking with briefcase and man (right) with books and hat walking next to him.
Date:: [circa 1929]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Northcott was later tried and convicted for the serial murders of young boys in the riverside county area. His mother, Sarah Louisa Northcott, was also imprisoned for assisting him.
Date:: circa 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: About a dozen investigators stand in the desert near the Northcott family's chicken ranch and watch as Riverside County an unidentified man begins to dig for evidence. The man digging stands 3rd from the right and holds a shovel. He bends over as he digs into the ground. Several more investigators stand to the left of him. Gordon S. Northcott was later tried and convicted for the serial murders of young boys in the area. His mother, Sarah Louisa Northcott, was also imprisoned for assisting him.
Date:: [circa September, 1928]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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