Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-11
FIGHT
FOA GIRL S ESTATE
BERTHA BEILSTElN LEFT Al
SMALL FORTUNE
Brother Communicates with Local
Authorities and Undertaken In
Order to Have the Body
Well Cared For

That the Pittsburg and Chicago ends
of the Beilstein affair have developed
into an undignified scramble for the
small estate of the beautiful matricide
supposed to be lying dead at Evergreen
cemetery became apparent today. Pitts
burg relatives are wild over the ac-
tions of Fred Beilstein in turning back
at Albuquerque instead of proceeding
on to Los Angeles to identify the body,
and they openly declare a Ptttsburg
person will be sent at once to view the
body of |Olga Miller"
n. A. Voegtly, brother-in-law of
Bertha Beilstein and one of the execu-
tors of her estate, is awaiting in Pitts
burg reply to a telegram sent yester-
day to E. A. Wander at Chicago to
ascertain what is causing the delay.
Mr.. Voegtly, who represents the Pitts
burg relatives, says plainly he does not
like the looks of things now Speaking
of the Bertha Beilstein estate, Voegtly
said;
"Bertha's estate is valued at less
than $780, though some of her rela-
tiVes seem to think it much more.
There is really not enough money to-
fight about. There is about $1,000 to her
credit in bank and she has an equity
in a small piece of property, her share
not being worth more than $1,000, IL
Fred Beilstein has not started again
for Los Angeles then we will send a
relative there at once to make identif1-
cation complete. We all believe that
the girl Olga Miller is Bertha. There
have been so many stories told, most
of them by irresponsible persons, that
we are at a loss just what to do, put
as her brother-in-law and one of the
trustees, 1 am going to have this thing
cleared up now"
Many Communications Received
Several communications have been re-
ceived by the health Office and Pierce
Bros. in connection with the Beisteln
affair. Among them was one from Fred
Beilstein, brother of the dead girl, writ
ten in Chicago and dated June 6. 1t
was as follows:
Department of Health, Los Angeles:
Dear Sirs-I have just wired you ask
ing you to be kind enough TO have your
deputies see to it that the remains OF
nv sister, Bertha A. Beilstein, whom
sent to YOUR city last October and who |
died at the county hospital under the
anne of Olga S. Miller, which name
gave her before she left here, are kept
so far as removing her re-
mains from the present place of burial.
For your own information you are
at DDerIY 10 OpSIl lliS SIdNO OAi oSNOSAiAN
of Identification. No strangers or other
relatives should be allowed to remove
the body from it's present resting place
without my knowledge or consent. II
possible the remains should be we'll
guarded, so there will be no hitch of
any kind.
"I wish you would inform me If the |
remains were well embalmed, and II
not kindly have it done at once at my
expense.
II am sure you had no trouble in iden-
tifying the body. With the aid of the
photo L mailed the chief of police and
Pierce Bros, and also the probable aid
of the proprietor of the Hotel Rosslyn,
where my sister worked for a while.
There is a scheme on foot to make
people believe Bertha left for England
May 90, and some Pittsburg people are
now trying to disappear with the re-
mains.
IF the complete Identification could
not be made it would cause an enormous
amount of trouble in settling up the
estate. Yours very truly,
FIRED BEILSTEIN, Jr."'-
The following letter was enclosed in |
the letter received at the health Office |
and was probably mailed by Beilstein |
from Pittsburg:
"Cn my return home yesterday 1
found your favor Of the 18th, and at the
same time had my attention called to
an article published in the Pittsburg |
Leader and purporting to be state
ment made by Bertha and stating that
she had sailed for England Tuesday, !
May 20. This article being received the
same day as your letter was rather
mystifying to me, as the stories were so
much at variance.
You know Bertha was very distinctly
and permanently marked in her at
tempts at self destruction, and have
sent a full description of all these
marks to a friend of mine in Los An
geles to Sc if the woman known as Olga
Miller could positively be identified as
Bertha, so we could get legal proof of
her death. This will be absolutely
necessary, or the undivided part of her
mothers estate will be tied up. Thank
ing you for your kind interest in this
sad affair, am yours truly,
IN. A. VOEGTLEY."