The herald., 1893-12-13
A QUEER TRANSACTIONS
DETECTIvE INSLEY RUNS Gown
A FRAUDULENT SCHEME.
A Real Estate Dca.sr II rs AIlcssd
Oversteps the Line -iotwsea Right
and Wrong and Is gosced
to Leave Town.

Several weeks ago the figure of Ernest
A. Rymsn. real estate dealer, was quite
familiar about the city now, it IS never
seen. The caus~ OF the disappearance ia
a proposed complaint charging him with
forgery.
IL is now worked up by Detective
lnsley and the facts unearthed by that
officer place Mr.. Ryman in decidedly an
uncomfortable position.
Ryman came here, claiming Wichita,
Kan, as his former home. He en-
gagged in the real estate business and
was appointed notary public last April.
He first had an Office on Broad way, be-
tween First and Second streets, but
finally gave up this dignity and took to
conducting his transactions on the curb
stone. In June he met workingman
by the name OF Albert O'Neil. The lat
ter had saved several thousand dollars
and owned a valuable piece of property
at the corner oil Eighth and San Pedro
streets. Kyman persuaded O'Nei to
trade this city property for 100 acres of
finely improved land, located in Chau-
tauqua county, Kansas, which he
claimed was owned by his son. O'Nel
consented to the trade, Kyman
stating that his his sou woud
sign the deed to the Kansas property.
O'Neil could do the same with the
Los Angeles property and Ryman, as
notary public, would make the aeknowl-
edgement. The deeds were exchanged
ON the following day.
O'Neil, armed with the deed to his
supposed valuable farm in Kansas and
about 500 in cash, started east. He
found the property TO be as represented,
but in the possession of another party
who showed deed to the land and
clearly proved Rymsn had no interest
In the property whatever.
About this time O'Nei's money gave
out and he awoke to the unpleasant fact
that he was pennilees amongst strangers
ana several Thousand miles away from
home. He finally managed to work his
way bach to California reaching Los An
geles in July. He sought legal advice
from III. b. Cassidy, an attorney of this
city. The latter's first attempt WAS to
locate Ryman'a alleged son.
Recently the matter was placed in
Detective InHley's hands. He examined
the deed from Edward Ryman, the
alleged son, to O'Neill and was satstied
that it was forged Instrument and that
the same person who had written the
acknowledgment had also written the
deed. A subsequent visit to the
recorders office revealed the fact that
on November 10Th, the San Pedro street
property had been conveyed by Eddie
Ryman to Horace O. Wells, who seems
to be old man Ryman's son-in-law.
Further investigation showed that Ry-
man had son named Edward Ryman,
10 years old, living in this city. The
various deeds were shown to young Ry-
man, who positively stated that he knew
nothing about the eastern property and
had never made any such deed. This
was one week ago last Friday.
'ln the evening OF the same day De-
Lective Insley visited Ryman at the lat.
ter's home, corner OF Columbia avenue
md Wells street in East Los Angeles.
l1ia, q fhGar- -intrnducad himself and first
I'D man had made number of mis-
Mr.. Insley told him he had
'een his son and what the latter had
,aid.
The officer then produced deed and
demanded OF Rylnan that he and his
wife. his saa-in-law and his wife and his
,rty back to O'Neil.
Ryman offered no objection whstever,
1nt called the family, and the reconvey-
snce WAS made. 1t was afterwards taken
20 young Rymsn, who also signed it.
Detective Insley wanted a warrant is-
sued for the old man at once, but the
matter was postponed until Mr.. 'O'NeiPs
-eturp from San Francisco. Towards
,he end of the week Insley became satis-
led that h man intended to get out OF
.own, so ON Friday took measures to.
wards securing a complaint. But it was
TOO late.
The ex-curbstone real estate dealer
had left the sweet alfalfa pastures of Los
Angeles. He is thought to be in the vi
,inity OF the city.
Mr.. Wells, the son-in-law, said that
be had never seen any deed to the San
Pedro street property and knew nothing
about it.