Wineville Chicken Coop Murders

series of kidnappings and murders in Los Angeles and Riverside County, California

Wikidata: Q719153
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10 images featuring Wineville Chicken Coop Murders

Digging for bodies

Herald Examiner Collection

1928

Deputy Sheriff Ben B. deCrevecoeur and Riverside Sheriff C. A. Sueeter digging beneath the garage floor at the Wineville murder farm for Northcott mu…

Digging for victims

Herald Examiner Collection

1928

Accused murderer Gordon Stewart Northcott, shackled to an officer, watches the process of digging being done by Deputy Sheriff Ben deCrevecoueur of R…

Farm near Wineville

Herald Examiner Collection

1928

The "murder farm" of Gordon Stewart Northcott near Wineville in Riverside County. The panorama shows in detail the exact places where dark deeds tran…

Murder chicken coops

Herald Examiner Collection

1928

View from the road looking east along chicken coops where the three Northcott murder victims' graves were found. Gordon Stewart Northcott's environme…

Sarah Louise Northcott

Herald Examiner Collection

1928

Mrs. Louise Northcott, mother of Gordon Stewart Northcott, accused jointly with her son of murder in connection with the probe of the "murder farm" n…

Northcott murder farm

Herald Examiner Collection

1928

The Northcott chicken ranch, viewed from the south, showing house, garage, chicken coops and high fence, near Wineville in Riverside County.

Louise Northcott

Herald Examiner Collection

1928

Mrs. Louise Northcott, Gordon's mother, holding a pet rooster on the ranch near Wineville. Murder charges were issued at Riverside September 18, 1928…

Northcott at prison

Herald Examiner Collection

1929

Sarah Louise Northcott, left, as she arrived at San Quentin Prison in the custody of Mrs. Clem Sweeters, wife of the Riverside County Sheriff, to ser…

Northcott in court

Herald Examiner Collection

1929

Gordon Stewart Northcott, the opposing batteries of attorneys, his four guards and some of the witnesses at his trial in Riverside for the murder of …

Northcott leaving jail

Herald Examiner Collection

1929

Northcott signing out in the "big book" at the Los Angeles County Jail as he departed for Riverside to go on trial as the slayer of the Winslow broth…