Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-07-13
ONCE OPERATED IN OGDEN.
An Er.U,ah Real Estate Man In Serious
Trouble In Callforsls-undsr
Indictment.

Clifton l.. Mayne, who operated In
Ogden and some little In this city Ne
real estate broker during the boom, and
who has brothers here engaged In tho
ZANE business NOVELS IN serious Trouble
In San Diego, California. A di'paieh
from Los Angeles 10 the San Francisco
Chronicle, says In pAri:
The indictment Of Clifton T.. Mayns
for attempted bribery, by the Ban
Diego grand jury. has caused hlAcsrest
here 10 DO looked up, with the result
that very sensational story Is r.
vsalsd. lie was hero only about two
months, but ia that short space Of time
he left crookcd trail behind hin, 81
the s,atemous made by reputable citl-
rens and busniuo,s me n may be tcliei
upon.
Mayne was formerly a "boomer" Ia
Omaha. Bois reputol TO have boen ore
Of the most successful real es'EI
dealers In that city. beginning HE -
n telegfspher, he soon found ha
sphere too narrow NJ the key, 40 hc
branohed out as a real estate dealer.
In n short time no became onn OF the
king.pins Of Omaha real estate boom.
In the heydny Of HE success hu wne
fopuied 10 DO wofth s2,OOO,OOO OF fJ,-
100000.
hut Mayne was no mistr. while he
made money by the hundreds no nbuHt
II by thousands. Finally the boom
bufs,ed and Mnyno fOuud himself
A Ff.F L. al Ias
spoculated Ia real estate IN Denver anu
other western citio,. Finally h.
drIfted to Ban FtnncisrO ana from
there to ban Diego, whore Er acquired
some property, bus III o. Wuluh IL In
bIs "a 49, Mani. soon
after Maynv's arrival In tro city he
noticed an Advertisement IN n Jail
paper OF Mts. John II. wtlshps gifs'
school. Mrs. Wrighg Ia tue accom-.
plishod daughter OF y pfOiainsnt casI-
ern clergyman.
Mayne answered the advertisement
and made arrangements for her ~ take
charge Of his two alleged wnrtr.
Mayne not only iavurGbly impte8itd
Mrs. Wright, tut captured ner husband,
whom h. mauB hiB business o. OoiAts.
All the money Wright Ind wcat into
the business and ho IN TO-DAY sO much
poorer. Maync represented 10 the
Wrights that his "wArdsn were the
daughters OF l.. LoiluF, a wealthy
mine owner In Mexico, who had a.
pointed him their guardian and en-.
trusted him with thar education. lie
also Represented that LOTUS he'd 49,.
900 or $780, 900 on deposit In LIS Angv.
les banks, but inquiry At the bake
failed to verify this.
The girlr, rs n matter Of fact, Efe
Elsie and Dele Shlpton, VI San
Francisco, and they know nothing
whatever about Lotus and his iabul.
Gus wealth, but they Gid believe. until
within the past day Or two, that Mayne
was the kinde,t aud beet guardian aud
foster father that any charming young
misses ever were blessed with. The
spell Ia broken now, howoyer,and they
,hink 10 no longer.
IL has been asceftalned that hiayne
advertised In q Fan Francisco paper
that ho desired TO adopt two glfls
whom he would educate and make
heir to his great wealth. IL may be- In
ferrsd that he received many replies to
such a glitterlng advertisement, but
the two Shipton girls were the ones
that were exactly to lila suiting. Their
mother was poor widow who had n
hard struggle to support herself ami |
family, and II made her widowed heart |
rejoice 10 find such noble guardian |
and benefactor for her children.
The girls arc aged . anu 4 respect. |
lively, and arc very bright anu pretty.
They were brought TO Los Ang les ut |
Mayne's expense, and quaTtetvJ Tor n
week or ten days In n fitst class lodging |
house, where their voluntary guardian |
had tholghiiully engaged n suit Of |
rooms for their accommodation. In |
order that they might be well looked |
after, no occupied ono Of the rooms, |
while they had the other.
MAyne left for nan Diego on sunday I
n week ago. telling his friends aud |
business associates that he would be
gone but a few days lie confessed |
that he had little trouble there, tut
said II would only take him = day OF
two TO set matters right. When week
had rolled around and Mayne had not
returned his creditors began to feel
uneasy. Meantime TepaTts came from
San Diego that lie was Indicted for at
tempted bribery,and would have herd
time to prove his Innocence. When
II became apparent that lac might 70 10
States prison his creditoTs here became
alarmed. Wright, who was ono OF tho
firat 60 lose confidence In his partner,
laid the matter before tho distTlot Mt
torney, who gave Wight authority to
act rs guardian Of hryrs'a alleged
wards until the relatives u tho girls
could decide what was best TO do.