Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-04
SHERIFF COMING
WITH BUTCHER
ACCIDENTS HAVE DELAYED
PRIcONER'S RETURN
District Attorneys office Confident
That Charge Of wife Murder
Against Besold Can BE
Made to Stick

According to dispatches received
yesterday in the sheriffs office, Sher-
If White, Deputy Sheriff Gilbert and
Anton Besold will probably arrive In
Los Angeles today either on the after
noon train or on the night train, un-
less some other accident again detains
the party.
Since leaving Washington several
days ago, Sheriff White and his pris-
oner have had some exciting adven-
lures in the floods on the south coast.
Their train was held up in Alabama
and they were compelled to wait over
until the tracks could be repaired, but
now, according to informa tion received.
the party is again on its way west and
yesterday preparations were being
made by officers Of the district at
torney's office to give Anton Besold
a proper reception in a legal way.
Besold is under Indictment by the
grand jury on charge of having
murdered his wife. on information
furnished by Deputy Sheriff Gilbert
after a magnificent piece of detective
work. the grand Jurors issued their
Indictment and several days later,
Besold was arrested at the Washing
ton postoffice.
Prisoner Comes Readily
Then the story of Besold's alleged
connection with the murder of Mrs.
Glade Besold in the Temescal canyon
came to light and Gilbert, armed with
requisition papers started east to get
his man. Later Sheriff White, after
having returned from a trip north to
Besold's old home, also went east to
join his deputy in bringing the ac-
cused butcher back on the long jour-
ney.
Besold came without a complaint.
He Indignantly denied that he had
anything to do with the murder and
stated that his wife had separated
from him and that he did not know
of her whereabouts. But her jewelry
was found in his possession and he
could not explain his ownership
In the meantime the local officers
of the district attorneys department
have been working night and day In
an attempt to get the evidence In
good shape and a speedy trial is prom
ised. 1t is not now thought necessary
to exhume the decayed remains Of the
body found in the Temescal canyon,
for the officers claim that their proof
to the effect that the body was the
remains of Mrs. Besold is conclusive.
The information received by Sheriff
White recently while he was on his
northern trip. will, according to his
statements, cinch the case against
Besoid.
Body PositivesIy Identified
1t is positively known now that the
body found in the canyon tailed in
every particular with the description
given of Mrs Besold. Same hair.
same abrasion Of the nose of the corpse
corresponding with an old deformity
of Mrs. Besold's nose. The condition
.I.k ftwr~~
where some operation had been per-
formed on them, tailed exactly with
the descriptions of wounds, made on
Mrs. Besold's arm by surgeons oper-
ating upon her to remove tubercular
growth. The description of the cloth
ing worn by Mrs. Besold and that
found on the corpse tallies exactly so
that the Identification of the body
is complete.
AS for the evidence against Besold.
the attorneys claim that as a motive
for the crime, Besold and his wife
had been quarreling and that she had |
been accused by the man of being a
drag upon him because of the fact that |
she was slowly becoming an invalid |
on account of the tubercular growth |
with which she was afflicted. That !
Besold's suspicious actions after the |
alleged murder, his disappearance |
with his wife on the day she was last |
seen when she told neighbors that She |
and her husband were going to Santa |
Monica, his statements that night
when he returned without her to the
effect that she had gone to Santa.
Barbara and a hundred and one other
minor links of evidence are being |
carefully whipped into shape by at
torneys for the prosecution for the
purpose of granting Besold a warm
reception when he returns. 1t is not |
yet known whether Attorney Fleming
or Attorney McComas will handle the
case for the district attorney Both |
Officers have been working on the evil |
dence and either or both are prepared |
to take up the fight at moments |
notice.
1t was stated in the district attor-
neys office yesterday that the cas-. |
would be tried as rapidly as possible |
and that Besold would be given an |
immediate arraignment and chance to |
hire an attorney upon his arrival. |
After that the examination in the |
lower courts and the trial in the |
higher one will progress rapidly
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