The San Bernardino County Sun
December 15, 1947 (Monday)
Page 9, Column 3
“FATAL SHOOTING AT VICTORVILLE
L.A. Carpenter Slain Following Fight at Motel
Husband Charges Improper Advances Made Toward Wife
Joseph A. Hartman, 28, was held in the county jail yesterday for investigation of murder, after he purportedly admitted pumping five bullets into the body of his wife’s stepfather, Charles Cleveland Hyatt, 58-year-old Los Angeles carpenter, Saturday night at a Victorville motel.
Deputy Coroner Edward P. Doyle, investigating for Coroner R. E. Williams, and Sheriff’s Capt. L. L. Eblen said Hartman told them he shot and killed Hyatt a few minutes after the latter made “improper advances” toward Hartman’s wife, Marjorie.
SHOOTING IN MOTEL
The shooting occurred in Mr. and Mrs. Hartman’s apartment at the Lone Yucca motel, about three miles north of Victorville. Hyatt, who was standing at the front door when he was shot, fell through the doorway – his body landing in the front yard – according to the officers.
Hartman, a truck crane operator for a construction firm now working at Oro Grande, was lodged in the county jail after being questioned by District Attorney Jerome B. Kavanaugh and Captain Eblen. The sheriff’s captain said Hartman admitted firing the fatal shots with a .22 pistol “in self defense.” His statement was substantiated by Mrs. Hartman and her mother, Odessa Hyatt, 51, both witnesses to the shooting.
Chronologically, Deputy Coroner Doyle told the story this way:
“Mr. and Mrs. Hyatt left Los Angeles Saturday afternoon and drove to Victorville to visit Mrs. Hartman, Mrs. Hyatt’s daughter by a former marriage, and the latter’s 15-month-old daughter, Patricia Hale.
SCREAMS TO HUSBAND
“Mrs. Hartman and Hyatt drove into Victorville to get groceries and upon their return, Marjorie jumped from the car and screamed to her husband: ‘Oh, Joe’. Running into the apartment, she told Hartman that Hyatt had made improper advances toward her.
“Our investigation disclosed that a fight ensued between Hyatt and Hartman. Hartman told us that the next thing he remembered he was standing at the doorway with the gun in his hand. Similar versions of the scuffle and shooting were given by Mrs. Hartman and Mrs. Hyatt.”
Captain Eblen and Mr. Doyle said that “eight or nine shots in all” were fired. Three bullets entered Hyatt’s left chest, one went in his left arm and another entered the right leg above the knee.
INQUEST PENDING
Hyatt’s body was removed to Bennett’s mortuary, Victorville, where an inquest is pending.
Assisting in the investigation were Sheriff’s Deputies C. Juarez, William F. Lewis and Roy T. Patterson and Highway Patrolmen Robert Garrison and L. A. Banks.”
December 15, 1947 (Monday)
Page 9, Column 3
“FATAL SHOOTING AT VICTORVILLE
L.A. Carpenter Slain Following Fight at Motel
Husband Charges Improper Advances Made Toward Wife
Joseph A. Hartman, 28, was held in the county jail yesterday for investigation of murder, after he purportedly admitted pumping five bullets into the body of his wife’s stepfather, Charles Cleveland Hyatt, 58-year-old Los Angeles carpenter, Saturday night at a Victorville motel.
Deputy Coroner Edward P. Doyle, investigating for Coroner R. E. Williams, and Sheriff’s Capt. L. L. Eblen said Hartman told them he shot and killed Hyatt a few minutes after the latter made “improper advances” toward Hartman’s wife, Marjorie.
SHOOTING IN MOTEL
The shooting occurred in Mr. and Mrs. Hartman’s apartment at the Lone Yucca motel, about three miles north of Victorville. Hyatt, who was standing at the front door when he was shot, fell through the doorway – his body landing in the front yard – according to the officers.
Hartman, a truck crane operator for a construction firm now working at Oro Grande, was lodged in the county jail after being questioned by District Attorney Jerome B. Kavanaugh and Captain Eblen. The sheriff’s captain said Hartman admitted firing the fatal shots with a .22 pistol “in self defense.” His statement was substantiated by Mrs. Hartman and her mother, Odessa Hyatt, 51, both witnesses to the shooting.
Chronologically, Deputy Coroner Doyle told the story this way:
“Mr. and Mrs. Hyatt left Los Angeles Saturday afternoon and drove to Victorville to visit Mrs. Hartman, Mrs. Hyatt’s daughter by a former marriage, and the latter’s 15-month-old daughter, Patricia Hale.
SCREAMS TO HUSBAND
“Mrs. Hartman and Hyatt drove into Victorville to get groceries and upon their return, Marjorie jumped from the car and screamed to her husband: ‘Oh, Joe’. Running into the apartment, she told Hartman that Hyatt had made improper advances toward her.
“Our investigation disclosed that a fight ensued between Hyatt and Hartman. Hartman told us that the next thing he remembered he was standing at the doorway with the gun in his hand. Similar versions of the scuffle and shooting were given by Mrs. Hartman and Mrs. Hyatt.”
Captain Eblen and Mr. Doyle said that “eight or nine shots in all” were fired. Three bullets entered Hyatt’s left chest, one went in his left arm and another entered the right leg above the knee.
INQUEST PENDING
Hyatt’s body was removed to Bennett’s mortuary, Victorville, where an inquest is pending.
Assisting in the investigation were Sheriff’s Deputies C. Juarez, William F. Lewis and Roy T. Patterson and Highway Patrolmen Robert Garrison and L. A. Banks.”
The San Bernardino County Sun
December 15, 1947 (Monday)
Page 9, Column 3
“FATAL SHOOTING AT VICTORVILLE
L.A. Carpenter Slain Following Fight at Motel
Husband Charges Improper Advances Made Toward Wife
Joseph A. Hartman, 28, was held in the county jail yesterday for investigation of murder, after he purportedly admitted pumping five bullets into the body of his wife’s stepfather, Charles Cleveland Hyatt, 58-year-old Los Angeles carpenter, Saturday night at a Victorville motel.
Deputy Coroner Edward P. Doyle, investigating for Coroner R. E. Williams, and Sheriff’s Capt. L. L. Eblen said Hartman told them he shot and killed Hyatt a few minutes after the latter made “improper advances” toward Hartman’s wife, Marjorie.
SHOOTING IN MOTEL
The shooting occurred in Mr. and Mrs. Hartman’s apartment at the Lone Yucca motel, about three miles north of Victorville. Hyatt, who was standing at the front door when he was shot, fell through the doorway – his body landing in the front yard – according to the officers.
Hartman, a truck crane operator for a construction firm now working at Oro Grande, was lodged in the county jail after being questioned by District Attorney Jerome B. Kavanaugh and Captain Eblen. The sheriff’s captain said Hartman admitted firing the fatal shots with a .22 pistol “in self defense.” His statement was substantiated by Mrs. Hartman and her mother, Odessa Hyatt, 51, both witnesses to the shooting.
Chronologically, Deputy Coroner Doyle told the story this way:
“Mr. and Mrs. Hyatt left Los Angeles Saturday afternoon and drove to Victorville to visit Mrs. Hartman, Mrs. Hyatt’s daughter by a former marriage, and the latter’s 15-month-old daughter, Patricia Hale.
SCREAMS TO HUSBAND
“Mrs. Hartman and Hyatt drove into Victorville to get groceries and upon their return, Marjorie jumped from the car and screamed to her husband: ‘Oh, Joe’. Running into the apartment, she told Hartman that Hyatt had made improper advances toward her.
“Our investigation disclosed that a fight ensued between Hyatt and Hartman. Hartman told us that the next thing he remembered he was standing at the doorway with the gun in his hand. Similar versions of the scuffle and shooting were given by Mrs. Hartman and Mrs. Hyatt.”
Captain Eblen and Mr. Doyle said that “eight or nine shots in all” were fired. Three bullets entered Hyatt’s left chest, one went in his left arm and another entered the right leg above the knee.
INQUEST PENDING
Hyatt’s body was removed to Bennett’s mortuary, Victorville, where an inquest is pending.
Assisting in the investigation were Sheriff’s Deputies C. Juarez, William F. Lewis and Roy T. Patterson and Highway Patrolmen Robert Garrison and L. A. Banks.”
December 15, 1947 (Monday)
Page 9, Column 3
“FATAL SHOOTING AT VICTORVILLE
L.A. Carpenter Slain Following Fight at Motel
Husband Charges Improper Advances Made Toward Wife
Joseph A. Hartman, 28, was held in the county jail yesterday for investigation of murder, after he purportedly admitted pumping five bullets into the body of his wife’s stepfather, Charles Cleveland Hyatt, 58-year-old Los Angeles carpenter, Saturday night at a Victorville motel.
Deputy Coroner Edward P. Doyle, investigating for Coroner R. E. Williams, and Sheriff’s Capt. L. L. Eblen said Hartman told them he shot and killed Hyatt a few minutes after the latter made “improper advances” toward Hartman’s wife, Marjorie.
SHOOTING IN MOTEL
The shooting occurred in Mr. and Mrs. Hartman’s apartment at the Lone Yucca motel, about three miles north of Victorville. Hyatt, who was standing at the front door when he was shot, fell through the doorway – his body landing in the front yard – according to the officers.
Hartman, a truck crane operator for a construction firm now working at Oro Grande, was lodged in the county jail after being questioned by District Attorney Jerome B. Kavanaugh and Captain Eblen. The sheriff’s captain said Hartman admitted firing the fatal shots with a .22 pistol “in self defense.” His statement was substantiated by Mrs. Hartman and her mother, Odessa Hyatt, 51, both witnesses to the shooting.
Chronologically, Deputy Coroner Doyle told the story this way:
“Mr. and Mrs. Hyatt left Los Angeles Saturday afternoon and drove to Victorville to visit Mrs. Hartman, Mrs. Hyatt’s daughter by a former marriage, and the latter’s 15-month-old daughter, Patricia Hale.
SCREAMS TO HUSBAND
“Mrs. Hartman and Hyatt drove into Victorville to get groceries and upon their return, Marjorie jumped from the car and screamed to her husband: ‘Oh, Joe’. Running into the apartment, she told Hartman that Hyatt had made improper advances toward her.
“Our investigation disclosed that a fight ensued between Hyatt and Hartman. Hartman told us that the next thing he remembered he was standing at the doorway with the gun in his hand. Similar versions of the scuffle and shooting were given by Mrs. Hartman and Mrs. Hyatt.”
Captain Eblen and Mr. Doyle said that “eight or nine shots in all” were fired. Three bullets entered Hyatt’s left chest, one went in his left arm and another entered the right leg above the knee.
INQUEST PENDING
Hyatt’s body was removed to Bennett’s mortuary, Victorville, where an inquest is pending.
Assisting in the investigation were Sheriff’s Deputies C. Juarez, William F. Lewis and Roy T. Patterson and Highway Patrolmen Robert Garrison and L. A. Banks.”
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