Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-21
HOW WORK ED UP
THE TEMESCAL
CANYON MYS Terry

BERT
In the first place it must be remem-
bered in this case that had practically
nothing to work on.
When this body was discovered the
deed had been SO carefully covered that
it was difficult to tell whether or not
the death had been caused from murder
or suicide.
l went to the canyon and looked over
the place. 1t was a very lonely place,
far off the track of travel.
The murderer had leen exceptionally
clever He had taken the woman to
the most unfre quented spot he could
have found. A number of dead horses
had been dumped near the place prior
to the murder and the odor from their
bodies would have kept any chance
rambler away from the beautiful little
spot
The woman had been shot twice.
once through the head and a second
time through the body, and because Of
the exposure and time the body could
not have been identified.
Scores of Suggestions
There were scores of suggestions on
! the case; Posey Horton was suspected
| by some, but 1 did not go near him,
| for l soon learned that no such woman
had ever been near Calabasas.
The Vvoman's stockings and shoes.
both of heavy material. as we'll as her
| skirt, Indicated that she was an
| easterner and that made the task dou-
| bly, hard for the examination of GER
tain parts of the body and the absence
| of a corset showed only too plainly that
! the woman had been suffering from
tuberculosis of the left arm, which had
caused her to waste away.
That woman would have fingered
for years, sick and an invalid and ut
| tery worthless to herself and to her
relatives" one of the doctors said and
I could not help but remem Der and
think that that would have been mo-
! tive for some brute to kill his wife or
his sister.
So l took the clothes and examined
them. Every mark of identity had
carefully been oblitera ted. Why. even
! mouth of that stuff to feel the teeth.
l could feel that the Filings had been
carefully picked out
Ray Of Hope
But there was one ray of hope and
| that was the Laundry mark.
1t was small one, $780," and cut
it off and began to hunt up the va
rious establish ments in Los Angeles.
1t required many days of hard work,
for the ink was different from that
used by western establishments but at
| last made my first forward step when
l loca ted the mark al the American
laundry on South Los Angeles street.
The driver of one of the wagons, a
young man named A Metzker of 456
North Main street, told me that the
washing bearing that mark belonged
to Anton and Cladie Besold. German
people woh rOomed at 719 South Hill
street.
l went there and after that the de-
VelODInents became ra Did
Mrs Chaffin. the owner of the place.
told me that the Besolds had appeared
at her place May 29 having come to
Los Angeles from Belingham Bay,
Wash. one of the most northern points
OF this country.
She said that BesoId was a butcher,
that he had bought an esta blishment t
on West Eighth street, just west of
Figueroa street, and that he had been
conducting the place during his stay
in Los Angeles. Her informa tion con-
cerning the family relations of the man
and woman was con cise
She told me that Mrs. BeSold was
wasting away to a skeleton from the
inroads of tuberculosis and that her
left arm was becoming worthless from
an attack of the disease in her bones.
.-- Abused His Wife
She further explained to me that
Besold had frequently abused his wife
for being what he called worthless to
him and drag on his pocketbook
She then gave me a description OF the
man. saying that he was 33 years of
age. a Bavarian by birth, height about
5 feet inches, light hair and blue ey es
and a heavy light colored mustache.
The index finger of his left hand was
gone. according to her statement, and
then she gave me pencil sketch of the
man which one of his friends had
drawn and left at the house.
Mrs. Besold she described as a rather
small woman. 26 years of age. Of Amer
lean birth, Hair light, nose broken and
other features regular
In every detail she described the
clothing worn by Mrs. Besold on the
18th day of July when the woman told
her early in the morning that she and
her husband were going to Santa Mon
lea beach for the day
Takes a Day OFF
1t was unusual for Besold to take a
day off, SO she had marked the day
we'll. The woman had worn a H~~ht
colored waist and the muc n talked of
skirt made of changeable materia. and
worked with a peculiar braid.
She further told me that Besold had
returned alone that evening and had
appeared nervous
He said that his wifA had gone to
Summerland on the afternoon train and