Post by WOLVERETT on Jan 25, 2009 12:51:00 GMT -5
Quoted from paper: Oct 28,2008 www.insidesocal.com/sgvcrime/2008/10/wineville-murders-part-ii-the.html This comes from an old newspaper article. It was published on Sept. 16, 1928:
Above link is the rest of quoted story.
Gordon Stuart Northcott, alleged to have murdered four boys on the chicken ranch of his father Cyrus Northcott, near Wineville, and his mother, Louise Northcott, today are confronted with a first degree murder charge and Canadian police and detectives are close on their trail in Vancouver.
The Murder complaint was issued from the office of District Attorney Albert Ford this morning, with Jim Quinn, district attorney investigator as the complaining witness.
HAVE STRONG CASE
Quinn believes the state has sufficient evidence to convict both Gordon Stuart Northcott and his mother of first degree murder.
He says the statement made by Sanford Clark to the Los Angeles operators, and the statement alleged to have been made by Gordon Stuart Northcott to his father Cyrus Northcott, are sufficient upon which to base a murder charge.
They also found remains at the farm of boys. The number he killed with his ax could range from 4 to as many as twenty according to Northcotts nephew who witnessed and forced to participate in said crimes or become a victim himself. He name was Sanford Clark. He was able to go home to Canada and live a normal life including a 55 year marrage that ended when he died in 1994.
Northcott was hanged in San Quinton in 1930.
www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72866
Thanks to my friends at Websleuths for the above link. There a well written summary of the case and how it plays into the movie Changeling. It is belived that Walter Collins (the missing boy in the movie) was a victim of Northcott in fact his mother Lousia was convicted of his murder. However a boy who escaped says Walter and another boy escaped with him. It is unknow weather they were ever recaptured by Northcott.
Above link is the rest of quoted story.
Gordon Stuart Northcott, alleged to have murdered four boys on the chicken ranch of his father Cyrus Northcott, near Wineville, and his mother, Louise Northcott, today are confronted with a first degree murder charge and Canadian police and detectives are close on their trail in Vancouver.
The Murder complaint was issued from the office of District Attorney Albert Ford this morning, with Jim Quinn, district attorney investigator as the complaining witness.
HAVE STRONG CASE
Quinn believes the state has sufficient evidence to convict both Gordon Stuart Northcott and his mother of first degree murder.
He says the statement made by Sanford Clark to the Los Angeles operators, and the statement alleged to have been made by Gordon Stuart Northcott to his father Cyrus Northcott, are sufficient upon which to base a murder charge.
They also found remains at the farm of boys. The number he killed with his ax could range from 4 to as many as twenty according to Northcotts nephew who witnessed and forced to participate in said crimes or become a victim himself. He name was Sanford Clark. He was able to go home to Canada and live a normal life including a 55 year marrage that ended when he died in 1994.
Northcott was hanged in San Quinton in 1930.
www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72866
Thanks to my friends at Websleuths for the above link. There a well written summary of the case and how it plays into the movie Changeling. It is belived that Walter Collins (the missing boy in the movie) was a victim of Northcott in fact his mother Lousia was convicted of his murder. However a boy who escaped says Walter and another boy escaped with him. It is unknow weather they were ever recaptured by Northcott.