The herald., 1895-09-18
IRE THEY BOTH LEVANTERS I!
Howard Elliott Has Also Quietly
Left Town
HIS FATHER is MISSING
Young Elliott Is Said to Have Feared
Prosecution
1t Is Asserted That He Pock sted 5000 Belong
ing to the Lot Holders in the
Adams Street Tract

a worthy son of an un worthy father is
Howard Elliott, il what is said of him
be true. Some two months ago
II. N. Elliott left the city to escape in
evitable prosecution for EN- bezzlement,
and now wluhin the last week his son
has also gone away because,it is claimed,
he had heard that steps were about to be
taken to prosecute him tor his part in the
recent swindle of the lot buyers in tbs
Adams Street Homestead tract, No. 2.
10 do the young man justice. however,
even if he has EN- bezzled money as is
asserted, he is not nearly so BAD as his
father, who, posing as the righteous
church mem Der. enacted the role OF the
pickpooket and took the small earnings
of hundred poor people.
The friends of young Elliott say that
the reason he has left Los Angeles is not
that he feared criminal action being in
stituted against him, but because he
thought he would be able to succeed bet
ter in Mexico, where he is unknown. This
may be true, but during the last month
or so the people who were taken IN by
tho elder Elliott have been talking
strongly OF calling the son to an account.
ing, as it is claimed that he defrauded
them out of $500. There is no doubt but
this reached the ears of Howard Elicit,
and he decided that the most available
course for him to pursue was to quietly
get out and allow things to die down,
after which if he so desired he could re-
turn,
The manner in which Howard Elliott
is claimed to have beaten his fathers vic
tins out of the money was by writing
bogus order from man who never ex-
listed, authorizing him to sell "a house
that rightfully belonged to the purchas-
ers in the Adams street tract.
When the drawing and allotment OF the
tract was held about year or so ago, it
was represented to the buyers that all of
the lots had been disposed of and that
among the 144 purchasers were to be dis
tributed six houses, the persons drawing
the six lucky cards receiving the houses.
AS a matter OF fact, though, the tract was
unsold by about twenty-five or thirty
lots. In order to make it appear all
right fictitious names or dummies to the
nun Der OF these unsold lots were placed
In the hat, and strange to relate. two OF
the houses fell to this crowd, which was
practically Elliott himself, and instead of
the houses which represented about $500
being distributed among the lot holders.
they went to Elliott, who thus saved and
Was ahead that amount
During the present year certain per-
son was offered one of the two houses a
low price by Howard Elliott. Elliott,
it is claimed. represented that
the individual who had drawn it
resided in Fresno and was anx-
ious to dispose of it, and was willing
to take IL the neighbo-hood OF $1,000. The
offer was taken and the money paid over
deed given to the lot by Charles Victor
Hail. and bill OF sale received from
the alleged owner in Fresno. OF the
money received it is claimed by man
who was employed by Elliott that $500
the deed. and the balance. about $500,
Mr.. Howard Elliott tucked away down
in his jeans.
The money from the sale of this house
belonged to those who had bought lots
from Elliott for the reason that the house
should have been distributed among
them, having been one of the numerous
inducements that had led them to buy.
AS there was no such man living as How
ard Elliott had claimed to get the order
from, to sell, this authority had there
fore been bogus and Elliott had obtained
the money under false pretensts. The
other house is still on the tract andls in
dispute now as to whether the stock COM
pany owns it or the person who bought
1t from Elliott.
At one of the recent meetings of the
stockholders reference was made to the
elder Elliott and quite number of those
present offered to contribute money to-
wards bringing him back for prosecution.
Nothing was done. however. then and
the matter went over for further action.
The case of young Elliott and the house
has only lately come to light, but as soon
as the people learned of il they imrhe-
diately suggested that steps be taken to
compel him to disgorge and if not posi-
pie. to institute criminal action against
him.
The sister of Howard Elliott was seen
yesterday and asked regarding the disap-
pearance of her brother. She said that
he had been gone week and was, she
thought, in Chihuahua, Mexico. His
reasons for leaving were that he thought