The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-30
death RANCH
OWNER DENIES
CONFESSION
Officials Claim Admission
Of Beheading Boy Is
Made.
RETURNED FOR TRIAL
Weary and Nervous From
Constant GriIIing on Way
to Los Angeles. NJ
RETURNED FOR TRIAL
BY HOMER ROBERTS
United Press STAFF Correspondent

UnILeO FTtSS SbdH correspondent
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 30.-Gor-
don Stewart Northcott returned
under guard today to Los Angeles
to face charges of numbering four
boys on his Riverside (Cal) chicken
ranch.
Northcott's first statement upon
his arrival here from Canada was
a denial of murder confession he
was reported to have made aboard
the train that brought him here, to
Los Angeles authorities Investigate
ing the murder of Mexican youth
whose torso was found at Puenta
last February.
Northcott, weary and nervous from
constant grilling, not only repudi-
ated the confession Of the murder
of the Mexican youth, but denied
any connection with the death of
three other purported victims Of the
Riverside murder farm"
Father, Forgive Them
To newspaper men, who we're al
lowed to talk to him for the first
time, Northcott exclaimed:
Father, forgive them, for they
know not what they do"
He said it was his last interview
and that he wished to give vent to
his feelings for those who accused
him of the four murders.
"You can't plant couple of bones
and accuse a man of murder" he
said. "a funny thing about this
whole case is that, although 1 am
the person the most interested, ac-
tually know the least about it."
Aboard the train Northcott made
complete confession of the murder
and beheading of an unidentified
Mexican boy last February, Earl
Redwine, Riverside, deputy district
attorney said.
1t required several hours for young
Northcott to describe in detail the
Staying of the Mexican youth and
the strain of questioning brought
him near collapse.
The accused youths forehead was
dripping with perspiration as he
completed his confession of the
grewsone Staying. He relaxed for
the moment, wiped his face with a
handkerchief, then suddenly ex-
claimed:
"Thank God, that's over, now I
can sleep in peace"
The prisoner made the admission
voluntarily, according to Redwine.
Northcott had disclosed fragmentary
parts of the Staying of the Mexican
throughout the day, but denied
responsibility for three other MUIR
ders on his farm.
''HiS story is enough to send him
the gallows now," Redwine COM
mented. 1T means he will very
probably plead guilty to three other
murders as WELL"
The confession was made verbally
and no signed statement was taken,
1t was witnessed, however, by AL
bert l.. Kelley, chief investigator
of the Riverside county district at
torneys Office.
Northcott implicated his nephew,
Sanford Clark, in the Staying, ac-
cording to Redwine.
"The murder took place at the
chicken ranch" Northcott was said
to have related.
II had hired the Mexican kid to
work and we had quarrel over his
wages. During the dispute ! fired
at him with a pistol, but didn't kill
him. shot several more times.
Took Body to Mexico
Sanford helped finish the job.
He plugged the Mexican with a 90
bullet. Then we talked about what
to do with him. We had put about
nine bullets through his head so
we decided it would be best to dis
pose of it before we disposed of the
entire body.
II started to saw the head off the
body and got tired so Sanford Of
fered to help. Then we went out
into the back yard, built fire and
burned it up
The two youths then put the re-
naming part of the corpse into a
sack, loaded it into Northcott's auto
mobile and drove to Puente, Mexico.
Hating along the road, they threw
the sack out of the car.
80 that is that" the youth con-
cluded Its about what you
wanted, isn't it?"
Northcott reiterated his assertion
that he was not acquainted with the
Winslow brothers or the Collins boy
also alleged to have been slain by