January 27, 1948 (6 pages)

of e, TYPING AWARDS of. Be GRASS VALLEY: Mt. &t. d s F: “Mary’s Business School announces A F ( the following awards for January 1S i typing tests, judged and certified n by the Gregg Writer of New York: oe : > Marion. Armstrong typed 76 : J with five errors. ; : : ETE : ‘ ? Rita Oyung typed 72 words a j 2d minute for 10 minutes with. five : I . errors. Henrietta Baldasseroni typed 3 ; he 67 words a minute for 10 minutes with two errors. e, ’ Noreen Ross typed 64 words a t 4 10 eae “minute for 10 minutes with five : e = errors. to ue “David Motandi typed 59 words : at a mihute for 10 minutes with four : errors. Dea i 2 re : Oilve Fulton typed 59 wérds NEVADA CITY: Nuggets tossiy } a minute for 1¢-minutes with four ed of the old Graniteville stage as iq errors. it deg the float parade in the Ce i Nicholas Cassesi typed 59 words paar bncrpigd Celebration at Coloma re @ minute for 10 minutes with four . Saturday created great exciteerrors. ment. The pebbles, gilded by. Leo ty Mary Jane Kaufman typed 57 Cullen, fooled a great many of at words a minute for 10 minutes the onlookers, who apparently with five errors. ’ : thought they were getting real [n-< __ ~“Roberta Knight typed 53 words gold. ‘0 7 a minute for 10 minutes with three The-old stage coach was loaned . errors. by Hydraulic Parlor, Native Sons <Students who have completed. of the Golden West, and was a ee ‘or will complete their high school project of the Chamber .of Com: courses this month! as the semester . Merce and the Business ‘and Proie closes are invited to enroll at Mt. . fessional Women’s Club. n St. Mary’s Business School, Grass Riding in the parade, dressed Valley, California, for a secretar-}in beautiful 49er garb, were Mrs. oY ‘jal education or commercial inLeo Cullen, Mrs. Isabel Hefeld ‘ struction. Junior College students . finger, Mrs. Charles Veale, “and : may enroll at the: Business School . Miss Patricia Sturtivant. Ed MA and take advantage of ‘the -work . Granholm, whose team drew: the r; offered. ; coach, held the reins and young a Olive Fulton, who served in the . Bob Cullen rode with him. ie Be U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, enThe gilded pebbles were conie . @-yolled or a secretarial course -tained.in four ammunition boxes, ie under the G.I. Bill of Rights. ‘and thrown out by the ladies. On le a Roberta Knight, former Sacrathe back of the coach was an c) mento Collegé student, and Hazel. advertisement for the Nevaday Baker;-a former University of Ne.City-Grass Valley Centennial cele¥ vada student, are also taking ad-. bration July 3, 4.and 5. : yf vantage of the January class. Among those who aided in the ; project were Dr. C. W. Chapman, . by Mrs. ‘Doris Foley, E. L. Holbrook, : t , . Sam J. Frost, Leo Cullen, and 4 use hs j others. . A. GAINS 22 PCT. . stxteesis fo Jae To Accept Students pacts ™~ ; o e ia « Gay , From Other Districts zr GRASS VALLEY: The Grass re : ” Valley School Board, somewhat a1] . NEVADA ‘CITY: ‘William J. larmed by the increasing numbers] d } Wasley, acting postmaster for the . of students registered, has adopted . a Nevada City postoffice, reported . a resolution eliminating the practhat 1947 showed an increase in . tice of. accepting students under rt postal reodipts of $6,005.37, a-.gain . the inter-district attendance] y * of approximately -22 per cent over. agrrement. q 1946. ' “Phe board has already authorn Receipts for 2946 were $27,635. . ized three new class.rooms to be p 89, and for 1947, $38,641.36. To be. added to the James S. Hennessy come a first Glass posteffiee an-} School, . and, at.1tslast. meeting . Y _. Rual’ receipts must ‘be $40,000 or discussed the feasibility of adding; ee More. more class rooms. St Bie ae J “a Pictured above are three lawe€ yers and the defendant in the, widely-publicized murder trial 3 now drawing:to a close in Nevada d County’s Superior Court. : ! Top right: Frank G. Finnegan, 8 well-known iocai’ attorney who’ e was appointed ‘by the court and defended. Hardy without fee. I Top left: Joseph Hardy,,,conll fessed murcerer of James McLain, 8 = NORTH SAN JUAN: Chamber of Commerce of . Buspank sleviter arene attorney y= “North San Juan, Camptonville and Vicinity. Have . Vernon Stoll, who conducted the " second meeting, On January 15, 1948 the Chamber oe ee va 1of Commerce held it’s second meeting, having a mem. barrister, appointed by the court : . ¢o act as elisor, securing additiona bership 87 strong as a starter. jurymen to fill out the panel. ; e This mew organization has enthusiasm to spare e and is setting a fine example for older orders. SOFGE ST ARTS rt The order is striving to create goodwill and has . W a definite aim in view. The first dance is to be given rt The next meeting is to be held the first Thursday tr r b d 8 of February. In the near future the meetings are to CHAMBER SCTY oe ._ alternate each month, one in Camptonville and one in 4 ah e “5 North San Juan. NEVADA CITY: it. F. Sofge, y The membership iis expected to reach the 150 mark ue wie Oe : the next meeting night, February 5, 1948. The organnamed to that office by the cham. « ° ° , ° 6 . * q > ers boa ° trectors a e reization’s motto is Be Friendly, Fair, Frank and Fear a caeiae it B less”. The membership is to carry the motto also We will be the tenth consecutive term . it ° : oy or Sofge. Conflict With None ae Sofge, who retired from the Mrs. Adeline. Merriam. Conner has dedicated a/. State Printing Office in, 1007, cathe oy “ we z ; to Nevada City to make his home. lovely poem and gives the spirit of the Ridge which . He had been here but a few ay : . ‘ . months when first elected secreshe knew so well and has retained in her mind from ae ee ¢memory as a girl. . He also serves on several state 4 , a9 chamber .committees, .such .as. = ty North San Juan Chamber of Commerce a He ween Through long years it grew and prospered, fails to attend meetings, and to : represent Nevada County in state By oMr sturdy pioneers z chamber activities. And they kept it fairly humming Through the gay, exciting years; HANSEN HEADS Through long years it grew and prospered, QU ARTZ p ARLOR Shaded by its fragrant pines, eee eee tees ik ‘ ‘ ; : Jac ansen Till the whole land knew the story was installed last evening as presOf its great hydraulic mines. indent of Quartz Parlor, Native ! Sons of the Golden West, succeeda : : ing John Gaskins. The ceremony Sind ‘ 1 was in the Auditorium Building en there came a time of trouble 1 * Saar stool and followed a steak dinner. [ When the roaring mines were still E =. And the somber shadows deepened LEAP YEAR HOP A : hillGRASS VALLEY: A Leap Year be * Over canyon, stream and hill; : Hop was sponsored by the CathoT But the olden spirit lingered, lic. Youth Organization in Sierra . " North San Juan refused to die, Hall last Saturday night to which : i the public was invited. a @ Here she stood and here she waited The committee in chargé —arranged that girls should escort As the empty years rolled by. their young men to the\. dance, s i : : presenting each male with a bouwe i e N . , quet of vegetables. orth San Juan is now resurgent, a A She is on the march once more, PETTY THEFT CASE rs Le Let ah f : GRASS VALLEY: John CarLoo ing to a brighter future roll, 19, was arraigned in the Then the past she knew of yore; township court here yesterday, . : Hl ai charged with petty theft in a com. Modern pioneers will guard her, plaint filed by Chief of Police Gay and prosperous she must be, _ . Frank Knueckey. : ‘. : 1] d h d He was charged with the theft ot ee a For the force t at leads her on'ware, of two wrist, watches in the Ben Pe tae Is her. stalwart. 4 of "al Franklin Store during the Christws : i RN ae > ‘ mas holidays. The youth was cer : : _ —By Adeline Merriam Conner. tified to the juvenile court. \ # ~ ee \ “BULLETIN NEVADA CITY: In all probability, Joseph L. Hardy, Jr., charged with the murder of James W. McLain, near Hirschdale, Nevada County, last July, will know his fate sometime this afternoon. Attorneys for defense and prosecution yesterday afternoon concluded their arguments to the jury. Judge James Snell stated it would require approximately an hour and a quarter to read the jury his instructions. He deferred the reading until 10 o'clock this morning. Frank G. Finnegan, addressing the jury yesterday following the opening arguments of District Attorney Vernon Stoll, declared: “The district attorney in his talk to you did not say that this case has resulted in the widest publicity and has aroused the people of the the state. He has asked for the severest penalty that is meted out under the law. I think an examination of the records of states that have barred capital punishment with those that still permit the punishment of death would probably show no difference in incidence of crime. ‘Just a year or two age, boys like Joe Hardy here were taken into the army and trained to kill! KILL! KILL! War cheapened life. It was all right for a man :n ambush to shoot down 100 other men because their uniform was different from his. We were taught how to kill a:man with our bare hands. ‘I don’t know what influences guided Hardy: in making his statements. He could have taken the stand and placed the blame on Lois Hardy. He did not choose to do so.” Finnegan then read that part of Hardy's statement in which he says: “Lois suddenly made up her mind to unburden her heart.” he statement ends with: “We have talked with God, and are not afraid of the consequences. The defense attorney concluded his argument in half an hour. District Attorney Vernon Stoll.then concluded. He said: ‘‘I do not expect you to base your verdict on passion or prejudice. By his failure to take the stand the defendant leaves all the testimony the prosecution has submitted uncontradicted. . think it can be said therefore that his guilt has been proved beyond.a-reasonable doubt and to a moral certainty. Lois Hardy, wife of Joseph Hardy, was sentenced on January 2nd to death in the gas chamber. She is-at present in the Tehachapi Institution for Women, awaiting the outcome of her appeal in the state supreme court. — The courtroom was crowded all day yesterday with spectators. Hardy, wearing a blue suit, was apparently somewhat downcast by the arguments of the two attorneys. He kept his gaze for,the most part riveted on the table in front of him. When his attorney con1 the killing, as he did not wish ex‘. punged.from the record and sub. Sparks, AS EVIDENCE IN NEVADA CITY: The ‘against Joseph L. Hardy, Jr., charged with the murder of James W. McLain, Burbank elevator operator, last“ ° July 30th. Friday afternoon ber of motions. since the prosecution had This would involve testimony . given by Sheriff Hoskins, Deputy Sheriffs W.-E. Leypoldt and A H. Kennedy of Las Vegas, and any other references in the testimony of other witnesses to the pistol and cartridge shells. ; District Attorney Vernon Stoll objected. to’ the motion on the ground that there was some testimony given, indicating that Hardy did use a .32 -calibre pistol for mit them for approval to Finnegan and the court Monday morning. : vs Finnegan then moved that the confession brought by the sheriff from -the Las Vegas jail; -along «with Lois and Joseph Hardy, be ‘stricken from. the ‘record because the signers were promised assistnce by Leypoldt. This was denied: The defense attorney then moved chat the confession contained in viography of Hardy, written in his swn hand sometime in October, be tricken, since, he claimed it had jot been shown to have been freeiy made without coersion, intimilation or promise of award: The ‘ourt disagreed with this contention and ordered the statement to remain in the record. Finnegan’s last motion was that the court make a directed verdict. This was denied. The statement signed by Joseph ind Lois Hardy, read Friday, Jiminating most of the biographisal matter which = it contained, réads; “We stopped and were offered a ride to Reno (from outside Salt Lake City). ‘The driver of the car offered. us food. and shelter at ‘Nevada. He asked meta: drive, which 1 dit.": Then: “the traubie began. He became extremely rude and forward with my fiance, and once I stopped ana demanded. an ‘explanation, but he ynly laughed and called it a joke. He did not annoy Lois again until we reached our cabin at Sparks, and upon my return he was in the shower and Lois was crying. She said he had tried to force himself upon her and only by great effort was she able to resist his advances. I was greatly perturbed and loaded my gun, which hitherto had been empty. I fully planned to kill him at once, but Lois talked me out of it. “I finally gave ni and the evening and night passed uneventfully. In the morning we had breakfast in Reno and then started out on a trip to the mountains in California. I was still determined to exact revenge for his treatment of my wife-to-ibe. We stopped at one state park, but it was very public and open, I once more delayed my action. Lois used her feminine charm to get him to accompany. us to a more desolate location and upon promise of her body got him to ge into the woods' “He tried to get rid of me again by sending me off after liquor, but I refused and followed them. They, Lois and he, seated themselves on a blanket. and he began kising her. “This renewed my anger and I moved the gun from my pocket and prepared to shoot him, I became very nervous and decided to gun whip him instead, but when Lois said she would if I wouldn't, I regained my; composure and when she maneuvered him into the right position, completed my dastardly work. “I was very nervous and shaky after this, so, after removing his personal items, we went into a bar and had several drinks. “During the weekly revival services at jail in Las Vegas, Lois suddenly decided to unburden her heart, and requested to talk with Rev. Willoughby. I was called and, at her request, consented to relate the details of our terrible deed. “We are writing this from the cells of the Nevada County jail. We do not desire or expect any sympathy in any form. We fully realize the seriousness of our offense and stand prepared to pay for it in any way the state of California may direct. “We wish to impress upon the public the seriousness of neglecting their children. A young child needs strong, stable and instructive supervision. People who think they can save a few dollars by letting their youngsters fend for themselves are only putting themssorrow later on. Ir feel sure that ‘aly the money in the world eould not atone for the disgrace and shame our families are now enduring. ‘ ; “Lois and I are not afraid of the consequences. We are ready to meet our. Lord because Wwe domain. Our aim in relating this is to impress on all people, young cluded his addréss Hardy flashed him a brief smile? ae DAMAGING CONFESSIONS READ: Judge James Snell dismissed the jury until 10 o'clock Monday morning. Frank G. Finnegan, attorney . appointed by the court to defend Hardy, made a numFirst he asked that all evidence given by the criminologist, David Burd, be stricken from the record, calibre automatic pistol in any way with the defendant. The court ordered this be done. Next Finnegan asked that all evidence pertaining to the pistol offered for identification be stricken from the record, together with pertaining to the empty cartridges found on the scene: scene of the murder by, Sheriff W. Hoskins. ‘ selves open to heartbreaks and. know. He has forgiven us and is} ' ready. to welcome us into His} HARDY TRIAL * prosecution rested its case at 3:35 o'clock. — failed to connect the .32 and breaking the law. “As for us ,we have talked with God and have accepted Him as our Savior. We are ready to meet Him. God forgive us.” (Signed) Joseph Hardy ; Lois Hardy Tuesday afternoon, heard three witnesses, William Gauche, high+ way patrolman stationed at Truckee, who discovered the body a half mile from the highway near Hirschdale, Constable N. F. Dolley, who was with the party searching for the body, and Dr. J. H.‘Bernard, . who examined the wounds of the dead. man, Gauche: testified that on August. ~’ 3rd, he received. a short wave’ radio message from Sacramento, to go to Hirschdale to search for * the body. With a party of five other officers, he proceeded upthe road, in his patrol car, that leads to the north of the highway a few hundred feet east of Hirsch-. dale. About 50: feet off the road, he found the body. It was wrap-ped’ in a red plaid blanket. A blue’ cushion, such as used in baby cradles, was found about nine feet from the body. He noted that the head of the murdered. man was punctured by _ threebullets each of which had passea@ through it and out the other side. One in front of the left temple had. passed out at almost the identical place in front of the right temple. Two bullets fied into the back of the head had emerged in front of the head. Constable Dolley corroborated the story told by Gauche and adadéed that he was with Sheriff” Richard’**W. Hoskins three days: later. when Hoskins picked up @ istone ‘that:showed blood and khair Leticking to it. Hoskins also found a bloody handkerchief at the scene. : : Dr. J. H. Bernard stated he had examined the body after it had been removed to the funeral home in Truckee. He described the three bullet wounds and found abrasions on the skin of the head and left face of the dead man. He stated the dead man weighed approximately 200 pounds, was aa white. male, well developed, nad: about 5 feet 10% inches tall. He. stated that three photographs: shown him of James W. McLain. were “probably” those of the dead: man. He refused to make a posi-. tive identification. , Gauche and Dolley = readity. identified the photographs of Mc-Lain as those of the dead man. Dr. Bernard declared that any one of the shots fired into Mc-~ vain’s head weuld have kille! him, Asked regarding . the pulse the. 4 doctor said that even after un-. consciousness caused by a ‘bullet, the heart might continue beatjng but probably not for more than two or three minutes. _ Hardy had reverted to his army sun-tans, shirt and trousers, im: his appearance Tuesday beforethe jury, despite the fact his record shows he was. dishonorably discharged. The dark blue suit hewore at the trial’s opening Monday today hung in his cell.» His wife, Lois Hunt Hardy, was sentenced January 2nd to death in the gas chamber. She is now in the Institution for Women at Tehachapi waiting Supreme Court action on her appeal. : : : Photographs, in fact, all exhibits ~ in the case that were used in the. trial of Lois Hunt Hardy are be-. ing shown in the trial of Joseph: Hardy. : Wednesday Session : The confession made by Joseph and Lois Hardy, and ruled out during the trial of Lois, was in court Wednesday with the jury dismissed. ‘e ee Bye This morning court convenes — at 9 o’clock to hear attorneys: muster an array of authorities, dealing principally with whether: a confession obtained by promises of assistance or award, could be admitted in evidence, i The question arose Wednesday. afternoon in the trial of Joseph Hardy charged with th murder of James W. McLain July 31st near Hirschdale, N vada County, when, W. E. Ley: poldt, deputy sheriff of Las Vegas, Nevada. was under cross examin. ation by Frank G. Finnegan. _ “Did you tell Lois or Joe o: of them that you felt sorny them when you ‘were ¢ the jailers office in the” jail in Las Vegas by Rev. Willoughby to hear their ment?” eee fe ‘ and. old that child crime just as

of e, TYPING AWARDS of. Be GRASS VALLEY: Mt. &t. d s F: “Mary’s Business School announces A F ( the following awards for January 1S i typing tests, judged and certified n by the Gregg Writer of New York: oe : > Marion. Armstrong typed 76 : J with five errors. ; : : ETE : ‘ ? Rita Oyung typed 72 words a j 2d minute for 10 minutes with. five : I . errors. Henrietta Baldasseroni typed 3 ; he 67 words a minute for 10 minutes with two errors. e, ’ Noreen Ross typed 64 words a t 4 10 eae “minute for 10 minutes with five : e = errors. to ue “David Motandi typed 59 words : at a mihute for 10 minutes with four : errors. Dea i 2 re : Oilve Fulton typed 59 wérds NEVADA CITY: Nuggets tossiy } a minute for 1¢-minutes with four ed of the old Graniteville stage as iq errors. it deg the float parade in the Ce i Nicholas Cassesi typed 59 words paar bncrpigd Celebration at Coloma re @ minute for 10 minutes with four . Saturday created great exciteerrors. ment. The pebbles, gilded by. Leo ty Mary Jane Kaufman typed 57 Cullen, fooled a great many of at words a minute for 10 minutes the onlookers, who apparently with five errors. ’ : thought they were getting real [n-< __ ~“Roberta Knight typed 53 words gold. ‘0 7 a minute for 10 minutes with three The-old stage coach was loaned . errors. by Hydraulic Parlor, Native Sons <Students who have completed. of the Golden West, and was a ee ‘or will complete their high school project of the Chamber .of Com: courses this month! as the semester . Merce and the Business ‘and Proie closes are invited to enroll at Mt. . fessional Women’s Club. n St. Mary’s Business School, Grass Riding in the parade, dressed Valley, California, for a secretar-}in beautiful 49er garb, were Mrs. oY ‘jal education or commercial inLeo Cullen, Mrs. Isabel Hefeld ‘ struction. Junior College students . finger, Mrs. Charles Veale, “and : may enroll at the: Business School . Miss Patricia Sturtivant. Ed MA and take advantage of ‘the -work . Granholm, whose team drew: the r; offered. ; coach, held the reins and young a Olive Fulton, who served in the . Bob Cullen rode with him. ie Be U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, enThe gilded pebbles were conie . @-yolled or a secretarial course -tained.in four ammunition boxes, ie under the G.I. Bill of Rights. ‘and thrown out by the ladies. On le a Roberta Knight, former Sacrathe back of the coach was an c) mento Collegé student, and Hazel. advertisement for the Nevaday Baker;-a former University of Ne.City-Grass Valley Centennial cele¥ vada student, are also taking ad-. bration July 3, 4.and 5. : yf vantage of the January class. Among those who aided in the ; project were Dr. C. W. Chapman, . by Mrs. ‘Doris Foley, E. L. Holbrook, : t , . Sam J. Frost, Leo Cullen, and 4 use hs j others. . A. GAINS 22 PCT. . stxteesis fo Jae To Accept Students pacts ™~ ; o e ia « Gay , From Other Districts zr GRASS VALLEY: The Grass re : ” Valley School Board, somewhat a1] . NEVADA ‘CITY: ‘William J. larmed by the increasing numbers] d } Wasley, acting postmaster for the . of students registered, has adopted . a Nevada City postoffice, reported . a resolution eliminating the practhat 1947 showed an increase in . tice of. accepting students under rt postal reodipts of $6,005.37, a-.gain . the inter-district attendance] y * of approximately -22 per cent over. agrrement. q 1946. ' “Phe board has already authorn Receipts for 2946 were $27,635. . ized three new class.rooms to be p 89, and for 1947, $38,641.36. To be. added to the James S. Hennessy come a first Glass posteffiee an-} School, . and, at.1tslast. meeting . Y _. Rual’ receipts must ‘be $40,000 or discussed the feasibility of adding; ee More. more class rooms. St Bie ae J “a Pictured above are three lawe€ yers and the defendant in the, widely-publicized murder trial 3 now drawing:to a close in Nevada d County’s Superior Court. : ! Top right: Frank G. Finnegan, 8 well-known iocai’ attorney who’ e was appointed ‘by the court and defended. Hardy without fee. I Top left: Joseph Hardy,,,conll fessed murcerer of James McLain, 8 = NORTH SAN JUAN: Chamber of Commerce of . Buspank sleviter arene attorney y= “North San Juan, Camptonville and Vicinity. Have . Vernon Stoll, who conducted the " second meeting, On January 15, 1948 the Chamber oe ee va 1of Commerce held it’s second meeting, having a mem. barrister, appointed by the court : . ¢o act as elisor, securing additiona bership 87 strong as a starter. jurymen to fill out the panel. ; e This mew organization has enthusiasm to spare e and is setting a fine example for older orders. SOFGE ST ARTS rt The order is striving to create goodwill and has . W a definite aim in view. The first dance is to be given rt The next meeting is to be held the first Thursday tr r b d 8 of February. In the near future the meetings are to CHAMBER SCTY oe ._ alternate each month, one in Camptonville and one in 4 ah e “5 North San Juan. NEVADA CITY: it. F. Sofge, y The membership iis expected to reach the 150 mark ue wie Oe : the next meeting night, February 5, 1948. The organnamed to that office by the cham. « ° ° , ° 6 . * q > ers boa ° trectors a e reization’s motto is Be Friendly, Fair, Frank and Fear a caeiae it B less”. The membership is to carry the motto also We will be the tenth consecutive term . it ° : oy or Sofge. Conflict With None ae Sofge, who retired from the Mrs. Adeline. Merriam. Conner has dedicated a/. State Printing Office in, 1007, cathe oy “ we z ; to Nevada City to make his home. lovely poem and gives the spirit of the Ridge which . He had been here but a few ay : . ‘ . months when first elected secreshe knew so well and has retained in her mind from ae ee ¢memory as a girl. . He also serves on several state 4 , a9 chamber .committees, .such .as. = ty North San Juan Chamber of Commerce a He ween Through long years it grew and prospered, fails to attend meetings, and to : represent Nevada County in state By oMr sturdy pioneers z chamber activities. And they kept it fairly humming Through the gay, exciting years; HANSEN HEADS Through long years it grew and prospered, QU ARTZ p ARLOR Shaded by its fragrant pines, eee eee tees ik ‘ ‘ ; : Jac ansen Till the whole land knew the story was installed last evening as presOf its great hydraulic mines. indent of Quartz Parlor, Native ! Sons of the Golden West, succeeda : : ing John Gaskins. The ceremony Sind ‘ 1 was in the Auditorium Building en there came a time of trouble 1 * Saar stool and followed a steak dinner. [ When the roaring mines were still E =. And the somber shadows deepened LEAP YEAR HOP A : hillGRASS VALLEY: A Leap Year be * Over canyon, stream and hill; : Hop was sponsored by the CathoT But the olden spirit lingered, lic. Youth Organization in Sierra . " North San Juan refused to die, Hall last Saturday night to which : i the public was invited. a @ Here she stood and here she waited The committee in chargé —arranged that girls should escort As the empty years rolled by. their young men to the\. dance, s i : : presenting each male with a bouwe i e N . , quet of vegetables. orth San Juan is now resurgent, a A She is on the march once more, PETTY THEFT CASE rs Le Let ah f : GRASS VALLEY: John CarLoo ing to a brighter future roll, 19, was arraigned in the Then the past she knew of yore; township court here yesterday, . : Hl ai charged with petty theft in a com. Modern pioneers will guard her, plaint filed by Chief of Police Gay and prosperous she must be, _ . Frank Knueckey. : ‘. : 1] d h d He was charged with the theft ot ee a For the force t at leads her on'ware, of two wrist, watches in the Ben Pe tae Is her. stalwart. 4 of "al Franklin Store during the Christws : i RN ae > ‘ mas holidays. The youth was cer : : _ —By Adeline Merriam Conner. tified to the juvenile court. \ # ~ ee \ “BULLETIN NEVADA CITY: In all probability, Joseph L. Hardy, Jr., charged with the murder of James W. McLain, near Hirschdale, Nevada County, last July, will know his fate sometime this afternoon. Attorneys for defense and prosecution yesterday afternoon concluded their arguments to the jury. Judge James Snell stated it would require approximately an hour and a quarter to read the jury his instructions. He deferred the reading until 10 o'clock this morning. Frank G. Finnegan, addressing the jury yesterday following the opening arguments of District Attorney Vernon Stoll, declared: “The district attorney in his talk to you did not say that this case has resulted in the widest publicity and has aroused the people of the the state. He has asked for the severest penalty that is meted out under the law. I think an examination of the records of states that have barred capital punishment with those that still permit the punishment of death would probably show no difference in incidence of crime. ‘Just a year or two age, boys like Joe Hardy here were taken into the army and trained to kill! KILL! KILL! War cheapened life. It was all right for a man :n ambush to shoot down 100 other men because their uniform was different from his. We were taught how to kill a:man with our bare hands. ‘I don’t know what influences guided Hardy: in making his statements. He could have taken the stand and placed the blame on Lois Hardy. He did not choose to do so.” Finnegan then read that part of Hardy's statement in which he says: “Lois suddenly made up her mind to unburden her heart.” he statement ends with: “We have talked with God, and are not afraid of the consequences. The defense attorney concluded his argument in half an hour. District Attorney Vernon Stoll.then concluded. He said: ‘‘I do not expect you to base your verdict on passion or prejudice. By his failure to take the stand the defendant leaves all the testimony the prosecution has submitted uncontradicted. . think it can be said therefore that his guilt has been proved beyond.a-reasonable doubt and to a moral certainty. Lois Hardy, wife of Joseph Hardy, was sentenced on January 2nd to death in the gas chamber. She is-at present in the Tehachapi Institution for Women, awaiting the outcome of her appeal in the state supreme court. — The courtroom was crowded all day yesterday with spectators. Hardy, wearing a blue suit, was apparently somewhat downcast by the arguments of the two attorneys. He kept his gaze for,the most part riveted on the table in front of him. When his attorney con1 the killing, as he did not wish ex‘. punged.from the record and sub. Sparks, AS EVIDENCE IN NEVADA CITY: The ‘against Joseph L. Hardy, Jr., charged with the murder of James W. McLain, Burbank elevator operator, last“ ° July 30th. Friday afternoon ber of motions. since the prosecution had This would involve testimony . given by Sheriff Hoskins, Deputy Sheriffs W.-E. Leypoldt and A

H. Kennedy of Las Vegas, and any other references in the testimony of other witnesses to the pistol and cartridge shells. ; District Attorney Vernon Stoll objected. to’ the motion on the ground that there was some testimony given, indicating that Hardy did use a .32 -calibre pistol for mit them for approval to Finnegan and the court Monday morning. : vs Finnegan then moved that the confession brought by the sheriff from -the Las Vegas jail; -along «with Lois and Joseph Hardy, be ‘stricken from. the ‘record because the signers were promised assistnce by Leypoldt. This was denied: The defense attorney then moved chat the confession contained in viography of Hardy, written in his swn hand sometime in October, be tricken, since, he claimed it had jot been shown to have been freeiy made without coersion, intimilation or promise of award: The ‘ourt disagreed with this contention and ordered the statement to remain in the record. Finnegan’s last motion was that the court make a directed verdict. This was denied. The statement signed by Joseph ind Lois Hardy, read Friday, Jiminating most of the biographisal matter which = it contained, réads; “We stopped and were offered a ride to Reno (from outside Salt Lake City). ‘The driver of the car offered. us food. and shelter at ‘Nevada. He asked meta: drive, which 1 dit.": Then: “the traubie began. He became extremely rude and forward with my fiance, and once I stopped ana demanded. an ‘explanation, but he ynly laughed and called it a joke. He did not annoy Lois again until we reached our cabin at Sparks, and upon my return he was in the shower and Lois was crying. She said he had tried to force himself upon her and only by great effort was she able to resist his advances. I was greatly perturbed and loaded my gun, which hitherto had been empty. I fully planned to kill him at once, but Lois talked me out of it. “I finally gave ni and the evening and night passed uneventfully. In the morning we had breakfast in Reno and then started out on a trip to the mountains in California. I was still determined to exact revenge for his treatment of my wife-to-ibe. We stopped at one state park, but it was very public and open, I once more delayed my action. Lois used her feminine charm to get him to accompany. us to a more desolate location and upon promise of her body got him to ge into the woods' “He tried to get rid of me again by sending me off after liquor, but I refused and followed them. They, Lois and he, seated themselves on a blanket. and he began kising her. “This renewed my anger and I moved the gun from my pocket and prepared to shoot him, I became very nervous and decided to gun whip him instead, but when Lois said she would if I wouldn't, I regained my; composure and when she maneuvered him into the right position, completed my dastardly work. “I was very nervous and shaky after this, so, after removing his personal items, we went into a bar and had several drinks. “During the weekly revival services at jail in Las Vegas, Lois suddenly decided to unburden her heart, and requested to talk with Rev. Willoughby. I was called and, at her request, consented to relate the details of our terrible deed. “We are writing this from the cells of the Nevada County jail. We do not desire or expect any sympathy in any form. We fully realize the seriousness of our offense and stand prepared to pay for it in any way the state of California may direct. “We wish to impress upon the public the seriousness of neglecting their children. A young child needs strong, stable and instructive supervision. People who think they can save a few dollars by letting their youngsters fend for themselves are only putting themssorrow later on. Ir feel sure that ‘aly the money in the world eould not atone for the disgrace and shame our families are now enduring. ‘ ; “Lois and I are not afraid of the consequences. We are ready to meet our. Lord because Wwe domain. Our aim in relating this is to impress on all people, young cluded his addréss Hardy flashed him a brief smile? ae DAMAGING CONFESSIONS READ: Judge James Snell dismissed the jury until 10 o'clock Monday morning. Frank G. Finnegan, attorney . appointed by the court to defend Hardy, made a numFirst he asked that all evidence given by the criminologist, David Burd, be stricken from the record, calibre automatic pistol in any way with the defendant. The court ordered this be done. Next Finnegan asked that all evidence pertaining to the pistol offered for identification be stricken from the record, together with pertaining to the empty cartridges found on the scene: scene of the murder by, Sheriff W. Hoskins. ‘ selves open to heartbreaks and. know. He has forgiven us and is} ' ready. to welcome us into His} HARDY TRIAL * prosecution rested its case at 3:35 o'clock. — failed to connect the .32 and breaking the law. “As for us ,we have talked with God and have accepted Him as our Savior.. We are ready to meet Him. God forgive us.” (Signed) Joseph Hardy ; Lois Hardy Tuesday afternoon, heard three witnesses, William Gauche, high+ way patrolman stationed at Truckee, who discovered the body a half mile from the highway near Hirschdale, Constable N. F. Dolley, who was with the party searching for the body, and Dr. J. H.‘Bernard, . who examined the wounds of the dead. man, Gauche: testified that on August. ~’ 3rd, he received. a short wave’ radio message from Sacramento, to go to Hirschdale to search for * the body. With a party of five other officers, he proceeded upthe road, in his patrol car, that leads to the north of the highway a few hundred feet east of Hirsch-. dale. About 50: feet off the road, he found the body. It was wrap-ped’ in a red plaid blanket. A blue’ cushion, such as used in baby cradles, was found about nine feet from the body. He noted that the head of the murdered. man was punctured by _ threebullets each of which had passea@ through it and out the other side. One in front of the left temple had. passed out at almost the identical place in front of the right temple. Two bullets fied into the back of the head had emerged in front of the head. Constable Dolley corroborated the story told by Gauche and adadéed that he was with Sheriff” Richard’**W. Hoskins three days: later. when Hoskins picked up @ istone ‘that:showed blood and khair Leticking to it. Hoskins also found a bloody handkerchief at the scene. : : Dr. J. H. Bernard stated he had examined the body after it had been removed to the funeral home in Truckee. He described the three bullet wounds and found abrasions on the skin of the head and left face of the dead man. He stated the dead man weighed approximately 200 pounds, was aa white. male, well developed, nad: about 5 feet 10% inches tall. He. stated that three photographs: shown him of James W. McLain. were “probably” those of the dead: man. He refused to make a posi-. tive identification. , Gauche and Dolley = readity. identified the photographs of Mc-Lain as those of the dead man. Dr. Bernard declared that any one of the shots fired into Mc-~ vain’s head weuld have kille! him, Asked regarding . the pulse the. 4 doctor said that even after un-. consciousness caused by a ‘bullet, the heart might continue beatjng but probably not for more than two or three minutes. _ Hardy had reverted to his army sun-tans, shirt and trousers, im: his appearance Tuesday beforethe jury, despite the fact his record shows he was. dishonorably discharged. The dark blue suit hewore at the trial’s opening Monday today hung in his cell.» His wife, Lois Hunt Hardy, was sentenced January 2nd to death in the gas chamber. She is now in the Institution for Women at Tehachapi waiting Supreme Court action on her appeal. : : : Photographs, in fact, all exhibits ~ in the case that were used in the. trial of Lois Hunt Hardy are be-. ing shown in the trial of Joseph: Hardy. : Wednesday Session : The confession made by Joseph and Lois Hardy, and ruled out during the trial of Lois, was in court Wednesday with the jury dismissed. ‘e ee Bye This morning court convenes — at 9 o’clock to hear attorneys: muster an array of authorities, dealing principally with whether: a confession obtained by promises of assistance or award, could be admitted in evidence, i The question arose Wednesday. afternoon in the trial of Joseph Hardy charged with th murder of James W. McLain July 31st near Hirschdale, N vada County, when, W. E. Ley: poldt, deputy sheriff of Las Vegas, Nevada. was under cross examin. ation by Frank G. Finnegan. _ “Did you tell Lois or Joe o: of them that you felt sorny them when you ‘were ¢ the jailers office in the” jail in Las Vegas by Rev. Willoughby to hear their ment?” eee fe ‘ and. old that child crime just as