Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-09-11
AROUND THE CITY.
Disappearance of a Real
Estate Agent.
HIS WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN.
The South Side People Meet and
Discuss the SituatiOn-Street
Extension.

on every street corner that A. L. Teele.
the real estate dealer, auctioneer and
house renter, had gone without taking
as elaborate leave of bis friends as might
be expected of man of his SUNNY
smile and pleasant address. It was also
the popular impression that Mr.. Teele
did not journey all alone. 1t was further
the general view that his accounts we're
left in an altogether chaotic state. A HxR.
AID reporter went at once to the office of
Mr.. Teele, on Second street, just west of
Fort. He there met very affable young
gentleman, who proceeded to confirm the
reports on the street. In answer to in
quiries as to where Mr.. Teele might be
seen, the young gentleman said he did
not know that he had left the city that
he could not tell when he would return%
that he would not be back soon; that
he did not know where a letter or
telegram would reach him that Mrs.
Teele was at Santa Monica, but that she
could not throw any light on the move
ments or whereabouts Of her husband, as
che did not even know of his departure;
that he had left here on Friday of last
week, after having special book keeper
for few days in his Office going over
his books; that the safe was locked on
Friday by Mr.. Teele, and no person in
the office had the combination; that q
former employee of Mr.. Teele who knew
the combination was called in yesterday
morning to open the safe; that when this
was done it was found that all the books
had been removed, and that there was
no way of learning just how the finances
of the Office were. The officials
of the Nadeau Orange tract were
in the Office while the reporter was
present, and the impression was that the
deficit in the accounts of that one con-
cern for which Teele was agent would
amount to $1,000. As to the young
woman in the case, the young gentleman
knew nothing. The report was that
Teele had gone away with a rather
voluptuous young Mexican residing at
the East Side, but no one could be found
who knew her name beyond Lulu.
Teele's former employee said he did not
believe the truant had gone away with
this damsel, and would not believe it
unless some respectable person could be
produced who would state that he had
seen them take the cars together. He
intimated that if he had taken q COM
panion Of the female persuasion with him
it was one other than the olive.skinned
Lulu. 1t appears that Teele was
somewhat fastidious In his ap-
petite in this respect, and that q
steady diet cloyed his palate,
and made him long for q change. After
enjoying the highly spiced tamole de
polio CON chili colorado, he had changed
his regimen for mild diet of palmer
American style. But by what name this
new dish goes could not be ascertained.
1t appears the festive boomer was not
accustomed to introduce many of bis
friends to his favorite Of the female sex.
Teele has been a successful nan. If
he has gone wrong, and the indications
are strong that he has, it will be sur
prise to most people. He came here
some three years ago, and at
once secured some very good real
estate business. Few, if any, suspected
any crookedness in the man, and even
his wife was kept in utter ignorance of
his hankering after strange flesh. At
sunset last night she was in blissful un-
consciousness of her husbands depar-
ture, and will awake today to terrible
realization of her situation. If it be true
that he has proven recreant, he was q
sly one in his doings.
Teele's business for a year past has
been largely in the Rental Agency. He
has had long list of homes to rent, and
has taken in a great deal Of money
monthly for rents. 1t looks as if he had
planned to levsnt, for it is reported that
he has collected, in good many cases,
the rent for next month. His monthly
collections for rents would run up into
many thousands of dollars, and his de-
falcations may turn out to be very large.