Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-13
GRANTS MONEY
TO INVESTIGATE
COURT ALLOWS $500 TO
PROVE DEATH u
Brother Of Bertha 5eiIstein Expected
to Reach Los Angeles Today to
Identify Body o. His
Sister

In order to settle all doubt as to the
identity of the woman known as olga
Miller who died in Los Angeles recently
the Pittsburg relatives OF Bertha Bell
stein secured an order from tne cour' ..oo s0o
day authorizing the expenditure Of 5000
from the funds of the estate TO seno
some one to Los Angeles.
Relatives of the alleged matricide VINO
escaped from the DiXmont insane asy-
lum are practically certain the woman
who died In Los Angeles was their miss
II was shown to the court that there is
a local trust company. A relative will
start for Los Angeles at once.
Brother on Way
Fred Beilstein, brother of Bertha, who
is reported to have left Chicago and gone
as far as Albuquerque and then turned
back, is said by relatives to be still on
his way to Los Angeles. and 1t is ex-
this city today or tomorrow. Fred Bell
stein is the man who assisted Edmund
Wander to secure passage for his sister
to Los Angeles after she escaped from
Dixmont asylum.
Since the death of Bertha Beilstein at
the county hospital May % there has
been an open fight between the members
of the young woman's family over her
by her mother after her death by
Bertha's hands in 1898 amounts to about
$1,000, and it is claimed by Edmund
Wander that her relatives now living in
Pitssburg are doing all in their power TO
secure control of this.
Richard L. Hardin, the young man who
was most intimate with Bertha BeilStein
during her residence in Los Angeles and
who was arrested as being responsible
for her death after she died at the county
hospital, Is reported to have left Los
Angeles for several days. He is said to
have gone to Riverside on a business
vi htif hat ha nv n I,nG
geles within few days. The police are
aware of his present whereabouts, and
should 1t be necessary TO call him when
relatives of Bertha Beilstein arrive in
Los Angeles he will be easily located.
Certain of Identity
According to dispatches from Pittsburg
no doubt Is now felt by relatives of the
who died here under the name of Olga
Miller was the beautiful matricide. In
formation in regard to the wounds which
marked her body was received by them
several days ago, and on being compared
with physicians' affdavits which were
offered during her trial on charge of
numbering her mother it was shown that
Bertha Beilstein had three bullet
wounds in her body-two in the breast
and one in the abdomen. One of these
wounds was made with 3S-caliber bullet
and the other two with a 22-caliber bullet
She also had two bullet wounds in her
head. One marked the entrance of a 3S-
caliber bullet and the other its exit. II
was an abScess caused by this bullet
which brought on her death.
On both arms of the young woman
were scars made by cutting her wrists
while attempting to commit suicide after
killing her mother. The young woman
also drank a quantity of laudanum at
the same time. The marks OF the bullets
and the knife wounds left scars on the
body and these scars are Identical with
those found on the young woman who
died at the county hospital.
Body Is Guarded
Before she died the girl frequently
called attention to the wounds and said
that she had attempted to kill herself.
Beyond this she. never spoke of them.
The body of the young woman is still
being held under guard at the eFIver
green cemetery. 1t will not be exposed
until relatives of Bertha Beilstein re-
quest it, and it is probable. If 1t is then
shown to be the unfortunate girl, that it
will be shipped east and buried by the