Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Charles Hardaker comforts his wife, Betty Flay Hardaker, while she sits with Deputy Sheriff Bess Bailey during the inquest conducted by Deputy Coroner Frank Monfort. Mrs. Hardaker was convicted of murdering her 5 year old daugher, Geraldine Hardaker, in a Montebello park washroom. The jury convicted her of committing the crime while of unsound mind. Text from original nitrate sleeve: Hardaker, Betty - Mrs.; Karnes, Samuel - Mr.; Bailey, Bess - Dep. Sheriff; Hardaker, Charles; Tait, Lorraine; Hosking, Madge. Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Dep. Sheriff Bess Bailey, Charles & Betty Hardaker
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b&w nitrate negative
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ark:/21198/zz0027zx34
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Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles Crime Homicides--California--Los Angeles Disaster Legal Hardaker, Charles Bailey, Bess, b. 1904 or 05 Hardaker, Betty Flay
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