Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-09
INVOLVED
IN GIRL s DEATH
FEAR HER BODY MAY BE
STOLEN
Guards Placed over Vault to Prevent
Removal Of Marks ef ldentlfl-
catlon-Brother on
Way Here

Mystery still continues to grow IN
conpection with the death of the glri
known as olga Miller and now SAD
to be Bertha Beilstein, who dleo at lne
county hospital May y. -.
Dispatches from Chicago and Pltts-
burg only serve to deepen the mystery
and to throw a veil over it instead OF
clearing up the details
According to word received from
relatives of Bertha BeilStein VINO are
living in Pittsburg, the young woman
who died in Los Angeles could not ull-
der any circumstances have been Ber-
tha Beilstein. ,,s
Yesterday to take every precautlon 10
guard against the young woman
body being stolen and to spare no
expense to give it ample protectlon;
The body now lies in Pierce Brotners
vault at Evergreen cemetery, ana III
accordance with Instructions recelveu
two special policemen nave peei ue
tailed to guard the vault from liilIu
sion. and are on duty day and nlght.
Meanwhile Fred Beilstein, brother
of the girl in whose life so many
fra gic events were mixed up, is speed
ing toward Los Angeles from his nome
in Chicago as fast as steam can carry
him. -. ,>oa,
II Is his intention to view the pooy
of the dead girl, and If he is aple 70
/ identify it as his sister, TO nave .liS
body shipped east, there to DE ihteltea ,,ed
hv the body of her mother, VINO aleu
by the girls hand, and of her brothei,
who committed suicide on his mother
| grave nv eating trough on rats.
According TO Fred Beilsteln, eastern
rela tives of the girl recently spreau
the report that Bertha had gone ~
Europe and that two weeks ago sae ean
boarded a vessel in New YORK hoI
Liverpool. This was done, accoi uirs
to Beilstein. for the purpose VI e,,a,,,eS
control of the estate, when IS valuet
| a. seooo He claims that the fact thas
the eirl died in Los Angeles woulo
throw the plans of these eastern Ieia. @
| tives I'D in the air. ana tnal 'u.S
will do all in their power to prove tne
dead girl is other than his sister Del
| tina. r,o;,s+e;n in
relatives of Bertha Beiisteln a., a.,
Pittsburg insist that the slIL 10 ,roa,.;n-
roeIande and demand that the superln-
ten1ent of Dixmont insane asylum tlie
;nstitI1tion in which the girl was con-
Hned for eight years, view the poay pee
fore they will be satisfied 1t is tnat ol
Bertha Beilste1n. od s,r-
This Superintendent expressed sur-
prise when told of the death Oh he tt,e
girl. and stated he would vie" 'iie
BODY if her relatives insisted.
According to the description OF tne
wounds received by Bertha Bellsteih
when attempting to commit sulclue sti
inonoediately after numbering her motn
er the body of the girl now lying ~
the vault in the cemetery could pe tna'
of no other.
Body in Good Condition
According to statements mace ps
, Pierce BROTHERS. the undertaker5, VINO
nrepared the body for burial, 1t is SUI
, in such condition that every marx II
visible and it will be possible tor Bell
stein to identify it at once
THE estate was formerly valued al
s17. 900 but $11 900 was expended tor
| expenses of the trial to save Bertha
Beilstein from the gallows.
Richard L. Hardin, the young man
who was arrested shortly after Bertna
Beilstein died and was held in the city
kjail for three days on suspicion 1I Oh
being responsible for her death, is stlll
in Los Angeles and was seen last night
by a reporter for The Herald.
81 was greatly mystified when read
the stories which appeared In the pa
pers about Miss Beilstein, or olga MIL
Ter as knew her." he said, "and regret
that my name has been mixed up IN
such deplorable affair.
81 see by dispatches from the easr
that some man by the name of Rich
ard C. Hardy, an attendant at the in
sane asylum, was suspected OF aldlnS
the girl in her escape from that insu-
tuition In the dispatches it was made
to appear that | was that Hardy. l
can easily disprove any suspicious OF
that nature.
For years l have kept an accurate
account of all my movements. In fact
have kept trace of my movements by
four different methods. BY these
methods can tell where have been at
almost any minute during the last six
years.
"I will show you where was at any
date you wish to ask. According to the
story published in The Herald this
morning Bertha Beilstein escaped from
| Dixmont September %, 1906. The at
tendant, Hardy who is supposed to
have aided her. left that institution a
few weeks before she escaped.
Now l have here a number of street
railway transfers which have procured
in different cities 1 have been in. Let
us go back a month from the date she
escaped. Here is transfer No. OO0SS1.
issued by the ri-City railway in Rock
Island, ILL.,, at o'clock the afternoon
of August 90, almost a month previous
to the day she escaped. l passed two
days in Rock Island and then went to
Des Moines, where this transfer, No.
031690 was issued me by the Des Moines
City railway. 1 remained in Des
Moines three days and then went to
Council Bluffs. where this transfer,
No. 11205S, was issued by the Omaha &
Council Bluffs street railway.
my system is simply this. Every
time 1 arrive in city 1 take a street
car at the depot. 1 then ask for a
transfer, which retain. When l leave
a city / ride to the depot and obtain
another transfer. If 1 am in the town
for several days l preserve both, but if
1 am only there day or so throw one
away.
ION September 2 arrived in st. Paul,
and the same day went to Fort Shell
ing. On my return 1 received transfer
No 010195 from the conductor on the
Seventh street and Fort Smelling line.
L remained in the Twin cities until Sep
tember 27, when l went to Duluth,
where transfer No. 005309 was given me
on the Third avenue north line.
"You see l was in Minneapolis or st.
Paul during the days when Bertha
Beilstein was escaping from the Dix
mont asylum away off lin Pennsylvania,
and L could not have assisted her in
escaping very well.
THE thing which caused me to travel