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
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.
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
Another photograph of the Mint Canyon chicken coop appears in a photo spread titled, "Paradoxical Situations Complicate Task of Investigators in Butcher Farm Quest: Principals and Scenes in Butcher Farm Investigation," Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 1928: A3
Two investigators are viewed close-up as they investigate bedding while conducting a crime scene search on a ranch in Mint Canyon which was once used by Gordon S. Northcott. A cot angles into frame from the lower right corner. Some bedding lies atop it. On the opposite side of the cot, the 2 officers crouch down. Both look towards the bedding as they hold it. Gordon S. Northcott was later tried, convicted and executed for the serial murders of young boys in the area.
The camera looks across ground brush towards the built structures on a Mint Canyon ranch rented by Gordon S. Northcott. A drive stretches across the middle of the image. On the far side of the drive, a small house stands at right. A few people are visible filtering in and out of the house. Outbuildings stand behind and to the left of it. At far left, the property's chicken coop stands. A tall wooden fence stretches between the house and the chicken coop. Gordon S. Northcott was later tried, convicted and executed for the serial murders of young boys in the area.
