Location: Montebello (Calif.) / Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives / Subject: Crime - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Montebello Chief of Police Maxwell questions Betty Hardaker after she was found hiding in a deserted Palm Springs cabin. Mrs. Hardaker was convicted of murdering her 5 year old daughter, Geraldine Hardaker, in a Montebello park washroom. The jury convicted her of committing the crime while of unsound mind.
Date:: February 20, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Samuel Karnes, Sr., Johanna Karnes, Edith Karnes, and Audrey Burns sit in the courtroom during the preliminary trial for Betty Flay Hardaker. Betty Flay Hardaker was convicted of murdering her 5 year old daughter, Geraldine Hardaker, in a Montebello park washroom. The jury convicted her of committing the crime while of unsound mind.
Date:: February 28, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: S.W. Karnes, Montebello Chief of Police L.B. (or L.H.?) Maxwell, and William Olson discuss matters concering the murder of Geraldine Hardaker. S.W. Karnes was the father of Betty Flay Hardaker who was convicted of murdering her 5 year old daughter, Geraldine Hardaker, in a Montebello park washroom. The jury convicted her of committing the crime while of unsound mind.
Date:: Febuary 24, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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