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Betty Hardaker, mother convicted of murdering her daughter, during questioning by Dr. Paul De River, Los Angeles, 1940

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Title: Betty Hardaker, mother convicted of murdering her daughter, during questioning by Dr. Paul De River, Los Angeles, 1940
Date Created and/or Issued: February 20, 1940
1940-02-20
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Betty Flay Hardaker smokes cigarette during questioning done by Dr. Paul De River, police psychiatrist, at the Los Angeles County Jail. 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, Dr. Paul De River.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz0027zxnd
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Crime
Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Legal
Disaster
De River, Paul
Hardaker, Betty Flay
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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