Deputy Sheriff Bess Bailey escorts Betty Flay Hardaker during her trial for the murder of her daughter, Los Angeles, 1940

Title: Deputy Sheriff Bess Bailey escorts Betty Flay Hardaker during her trial for the murder of her daughter, Los Angeles, 1940
Date Created: February 23, 1940
Date: 1940-02-23
Publisher: Los Angeles Daily News
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description: Deputy Sheriff Bess Bailey escorts Betty Flay Hardaker through the courtroom 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.
Caption: Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Betty Hardaker and Dep. Sheriff Bess Bailey.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Hardaker, Betty - Mrs.; Karnes, Samuel - Mr.; Bailey, Bess - Dep. Sheriff; Hardaker, Charles; Tait, Lorraine; Hosking, Madge.

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: Bailey, Bess, b. 1904 or 05
Hardaker, Betty Flay
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Crime
Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Disaster
Legal

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0027zx2m
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