Judge Sidney N. Reeve, left, observes Mrs. Elizabeth Besenty, right, on the witness stand. District Attorney Asa Keyes sits with his back to the camera to the left of an unidentified man. An American flag hangs behind the judge's bench.
The jurors for the trial of Arthur C. Burch gathered at Beverly Glen, where the murder took place. Paul Schenck, chief defense counsel holds a corner of a map. Frank Stoddard, a surveyor, points out spots to the jury that are connected to the case. Photo appears with the article, "Burch and Jury View Murder Scene in Glen: Prisoner Jokes and Laughs When He is Taken to Death Spot; Bereaved Father Follows," Los Angeles Times, 01 Dec. 1921: II1.
Judge Sidney N. Reeve sits at the bench in a courtroom, possibly during the Arthur Bench murder trial of December 1921. Madalynne Obenchain was tried and acquitted for the murder of J. Belton Kennedy. A similar photograph appears with the article "VICE LAID TO KENNEDY; SEE NEW DEATH MOTIVE.: Witness Tells Madalynne's Story; State Tries to Show Burch, at Scene of Murder. Mystery Witness on Stand. CHARACTER OF KENNEDY HIT; Story of Broker's Purported Weakness is Told; Testimony Seen as Pointing to New Motive; Try to Show Burch on Spot at Time of Murder," Los Angeles Times, 08 Dec. 1921: II1.
