Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Deputy Sheriff Bess Bailey escorts Betty Flay Hardaker 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: Betty Hardaker and Dep. Sheriff Bess Bailey.
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1387_22815-04 22815 ark:/21198/zz0027zx55
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People Homicides--California--Los Angeles Legal Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles Hardaker, Betty Flay Bailey, Bess, b. 1904 or 05
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