Los Angeles herald., 1891-02-28
SHORT SIGHTED LONG.
HE LOSES HIS MONEY AND HIS
.LANDLADY.
A Tale of Woe About a Fair Lodging
House Keeper of Theatrical Anteced-
ents-The Present Muddle.

court yesterday Judge ShaW, SlttlnH tol
Judge Mckinley, heard the motion OF
the defendant in the somewhat sensa-
tional suit of John Long vs.. Mrs. L.
Dumont, for the withdrawal of the re-
ceiver, l. j. Stratton, recently appointed
by Judge Mckinley, in response to the
OF the Winona lodging house, No. 1875
Temple street.
| A few weeks ago Long, who is an
elderly man of some means, commenced
suit against Mrs. l.. Dumont for $4,000,
which he alleged she had induced him
to spend in the purchase of the good
will and furniture of the Winona on
January 10th last, it being mutually
agreed between them that the defend
ant was to be installed as proprietress of
the establishment and repay her bene-
factor out of the profits of the business,
the plaintiff in the meantime to be
boarded and lodged at the house free
until the money was refunded to him.
Shortly afterward he was informed that
Mrs. Dumont intended to dispose Of her
interest in the place and defraud him
out OF the $4,000 he had advanced to her.
Mrs. Dumont has filed cross-com-
plant in which she asks Judgment for
$4,000 damages, alleged to have been sus-
tanned by her by reason of the plain
titfTs conduct.
She alleges that on January Goth last,
after she had been installed as proprie-
tress OF the Winona, according to the
agreement made between Long and her
self, the plaintiff asked her to cohabit
with him, and insisted upon her living
with him as his mistress. She refused,
however, to accede to his demands, and
next day he endeavored to induce her to
cancel their agreement. Failing in this,
he prowled about the house at night and
disturbed the sleep of the roomers, SO
that several of them left. In addition to
this he spread the report among the
roomers that she was an immoral woman.
She further asks that the receiver ap-
pointed at plaintiffs request be with
drawn, as he threatened to turn the
house from first to second-class
house.
The plaintiff meets these statements
with a counter affidavit. In this he
states that he first met Mrs. l.. Dumont,
the defendant, at Portland, Ore, where
she was employed in variety theater.
Having confidence in the good inten-
tions of the woman, Long says he ad-
vanced $4,000 for the purchase OF the fur
niture and lease-hold of the Winona
house, taking as security for the money
loaned contract, previously filed in the
case. setting forth the bargain in detail.
Long continues to say he took up his
residence at the Winona, where he re-
mained until elected thereirom.
The allegation on the part of the de-
fendant that she had declined to be-
come his mistress on urgent solicitation,
he denounces as false and made for the
purpose of prejudicing the court. As
opposed thereto, he says he became
aware of an undue familiarity existing
between the ex-theater employee and
one of the boarders at the Winona-one
w. S. Ligon. He says the defendant
admitted that Ligon was supported by
her, and asked him what he was going
to do about it. He also alleges that she
had promised him to reform from the
vice of cigarette smoking, to which she
was addicted, but failed to keep her
promise, thus scandalizing her roomers.
IL. Stratton, the receiver, states in
his affidavit his belief that if Mrs. Du-
mont is still allowed to remain at the
house the boarders will remove in a
body.
A number of the depositions OF ROOM
ers and employees at the Winnoa were
by the defendant, showing
that Mrs. Dumont and
Ligon knew each other in Portland, and |
were on terms of the closest intimacy at J
the Winnoa.
That of Mrs. J. j. Young was per-
haps the most damaging. In her deposit
tion, Mrs. Young, who is the proprietress
OF lodging house at No. 4l2la North
Main street, states that on February I'd
Ligon engaged room at her house.
About Q o'clock the some evening, a
woman, whom he introduced to her as
his wife, but whom she subsequently
identified as Mrs. Dumont, called to see
him, remaining about an hour in his
room. The same woman subsequently
called several times to see Lyon, and
on one occasion left note
to the following effect, on the
"Must see you today; will |
call at 2 80 this afternoon don't make
any new acquaintances till you see me,
and don't answer any questions for any
body. There is a job on hand. Some
body came and put me on"
The case was continued for argument |
uDOn the motion until Monday next