Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-15
GREWSOME RELICS
USED As EVIDENCE
HUMAN REMAINS WILL BE Ex-
HlB!TED
Woman's Skull and Bones Sieken the
Spectators and Drive One Tales
man from Jury Box--5e-
sold Is Unmoved

Today in department one of the supe-
rior court in the trial of Anton Besold,
charged with the murder of his wife,
Glade, the skull and other bones of
the woman's body, exhumed from the
Roselawn cemetery at Santa Monica,
will be presented to the jury as ex-
hibits.
The evidence is probably the most
grewsome ever produced in court
room. The woman's skull, with its
jagged and gaping holes where the
heavy bullet ploughed it's way, the
bones of the arms showing old frac-
lures and bandages to positively identi-
by the body as that of Glade Besold;
the feet, cut from the body to further
the Identification all in it's hideous
detail, will be produced in court.
Yesterday an order was sent by at
torneys for the prosecution to Deputy
County Clerk Shea to take the relics
from the vaults in the criminal record
department. Bundles of foul smelling
garments from which even the disin-
fectant and boiling had failed to clear
the odor and the human evidence were
carefully carried into department one.
Spectators Made III
The body had lain in a decaying state
in the old Temescal canyon for over
q month in the heat of summer before
its discovery, and the garments yes
terday turned the stomachs of many
spectators in the court room when they
were put on exhibit
When Attorney McComas called for
Them F. J. Fisk, a deputy coroner who
had taken charge of the remains upon
their discovery, was on the stand. At
torney McComas asked permission to
remove his coat and roll up his sleeves
before handling the garments, and the
court granted his request.
Garment after garment was then
shaken out and at the fearful odor
one of the jurors turned sick and had
to leave the jury box for moment
The court stenographer moved his table
as far away as possible from the gar
ments. But Attorney McComas and
the undertaken were engrossed with
the contemplation of court evidence,
and the odor did not affect them. The
undertaken calmly blew the powdered
chloride of lime from the articles in
order to make a perfect Identification
and in detail told what each garment
was. The woman's hair and scalp as
it had fallen from the skull when the
body was found was also examined and
identified
BesoId Is UnmoVed
Throughout the proceedings Anton
Besold the accused, did not show any
emotion of any kind. He was dressed
in a neat black suit and wore gray
necktie. The long confinement in the
county Jail had not given to him the
Jail pallor with which many are af-
flicted and the ruddy glow of health
was in his face. He bowed and smiled
to a few acquaintances and took an
active interest in suggesting to his at
torneys and aiding wherever he could
in conducting his case.
Attorney Sturges for the defense won
the first point in the legal battle by
checking an attempt from Attorney
McComaS, who tried to introduce evil
denec out of order before proving the
corpus delicti or fact that a crime
had been committed. The attorney
thereafter saved his important evil
dence for today and indulged in pre-
liminary. Many witnesses from Bel
lingham Bay, Washington, have been
brought to Los Angeles by the prosecu-
tion at great expense and they will tes-
tify today.
Deputy Sheriff Gilbert, who arrested
Besold in Washington after working
out the case, took the stand, and his
evidence tended to outwit any allega-
ton from the defense of suicide He
told that he had searched the ground
for a considerable distance about the
body at the time of its discovery with
out locating any weapon by which the
woman might have taken her life.
The Jury
Many spectators attended the trial
yesterday and arrangements are being
made today for the accommodation of
more Following are the jurors selected
for the Besold trial:
B. f. Fitch, Pasadena; r. F. De
Garmo, FL Monte; Joseph Brymer.
South Pasadena; w. r. Nichols, Long
Beach; Fowler Shankland, 7O1 West
Thirtieth street, Los Angeles; ]. j.
Shepherd, Pasadena; John Whyte, Po-
mona; Albert Kerns, Ell Monte; H. c.
Hayes, Burbank; w. S. Fish, 1869 By
ram street, Los Angeles; ]. A. Gemmill
Pasadena; e. w. Turner, 1434 West
Eleventh street, Los Angeles.
Large Amount Missing