The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-02
Complications Over the Property
of Mrs. Mason
SOME OF IT REPORTED GONE
The Coroner Delays Holding the Inquest
on the Body
ns Public Administrator Pals to Get Pos.
session Of the Deceased's Property Until
Six Days After Her Death

Just a week ago yesterday morning at
4 o'clock Mrs. Mary Mason DIED very sud.
denly in her room at q lodging house
on Seventh street, jus. west of Grand av-
enue. Mrs. Mason died from heart
trouble. She had peen in Southern Cali
forn:a but two months and had resided
at che address given only for four days
prior to her demise.
She came from Boston and was q wo-
man of some considerable means. She
had no friends here, only scuh as she
had found after hei arrival and no rela-
tives. The suspicion has now arisen that
her effects aud possibly some OF the
money she was thought to have mad at
the time of her death had been taken by
parties who have no claim upon 1t. In
other words, there is a suspicion that tho
dead has been ROBBED.
At the time Mrs. Mason died there were
present in the room one ". d. Eadie,
who claims to have been, through his
wife, a close friend of Mrs. Mason's. for
two months, Police Officer Connolly and
the landladv.
The undertakers, Sharp & Samson.
were notified and took possession OF the
badly. The coroner was notified. but
there was delay in holding the inquest.
This delay should never have occurred.
Then the public administrator should
have taken charge of the belongings OF
Mrs. Mason. But he did not. The public
administrator was not in town and his
clerk was not notified promptly.
The result was that the effects OF Mrs.
around by halt authorized persons, and
now the statement Is made that all of
her possessions, including money ana
jewelry, are not in sight.
Eadie got the key to Mrs. Mason's
trunk and aslo to her room. He said that
he was authorized to take possession OF
her effects by the public Administrator
clerk.
Finally the inquest upon Mrs. Mason
was held and she was buried. Her trunk
and helongings-wh was lett OF them
were turned over to the public admins
traitor on Friday afternoon, six days after
she had died and after half oozen un-
authorized people had banded them.
The landlady of the house where Mrs.
Mason died visited the public admins.
traitor Friday and told him that she did
not think everything was right IN the
matter. Some of the dodgers in the house
got the same impression. The idea seem
cd to be that Mr.. Eadie was interesting
himself unnecessarily in tho matter OF
Mrs. Mason's money and persona prop
ertv. A draft for 500 drawn by the State
Loan aud Trust com pany, payable to Mes.
Mason, was turned over to the admins
traitor by Eadie.
The landlady when she called on Mr..
Kelsey told him tina. Eadie had made q
to her that had shocked her
very much. She SAID that he had propos-
ed that she take q souvenir of Mrs. Ma
son of something belonging to her, and
that neither of them would mention the
matter. The landlady then furnished
the administrator with list, as near as
she could remem Der, of Mrs. Mason's
property. Mr.. Kelsey then proceeded to
take possession of it at Sharp e. Sam
sons undertaking parlors on South Spring
street.
Eadie, when seen by Herald repre-
sentative, denied empnatically that be
had taken or tried to appropriate any OF
Mrs. Mason's property. He claimed that
he had not bsfore heard or the charge.
The public administrator, Frank kel-
sey, was seen last evening at his homo.
He said that the proceedings in the case
of Mrs. Masons property had been decid.
eddy irregular but be had as yet no proof
that anything was stolen. He said that