Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-22
TENANTS CROW
MORE INDIGNANT 7
TOURAINE LANDLORD TURNS
OFF GAS
Affairs at Swell Apartment House Go
From Bad to Worse-Water
and Fuel Supply
Stopped

Affairs at the "Touraine" apartment
house have not been Strengthened out
to any great extent. The tenants de-
clare they will remain until the time
for which they have paid Is up ana II.
w. Marshall, who is now In control, as
serts that he will have them all out in
q week or less
The legal rights of the tenants have
not vet been ascertained as they are
slow to act in a body. The rights of
Marshall, as defined by him, are that
he can put the tenants out on the
street or lock them in their rooms.
According to all the statements that
have been heard the trouble is that
Mrs. Palmer, the woman who was the
owner of the house until recently. col
lected rent two and three months in
advance from the tenants in the
"Touraine" and then, being in legal
difficulties, she is alleged to have gone
away with the money collected which
included not only apartment rental but
the money to settle for milk, gas, elec-
tric light and water bills.
Turns OF the Gas
The legal trouble in which Mrs.
Palmer was involved was, according
to Mr. Marshall, a suit which she
brought against him to recover the
money that she paid him for the
"Touraine." Marshall stated last even
ing that Mrs Palmer owed him for the
furniture in the "Touraine' and that
she had not paid the rental of the house
for several months.
Marshall absolutely denied that he
had any business connection with Mrs
Palmer which would make him reSpon-
sible to the tenants for the money she
collected and that he was not bound
oil t1,a tor nj fn
stay there unless they paid to him the
rent that they paid once before to Mrs.
Palmer
In accordance with the threat made
by Marshall the gas was turned off
from all the suites at the "Touraine'
Yesterday morning and the water, cleo
trio light and heat were also cut off,
so that at the present time the luXu-
rious "Touraine" apartment house is
Illuminated by candles, heated only by
the sun. and no water is to be had
except that stored provdently in the
bath tubs of the tenants. When that
Is gone the "Touraine" will be dryer
than a Kansas prohibition town.
Indiana Physician Is Angry
Mr.. Marshall stated last evening that
it would be matter of only few days
until the condition of the house would
become such that someone will swear
out a nuisance complaint and then all
the tenants will he forced by the board
OF health to vacate.
DIR. Jolliffe, one of the tenants af-
fected by the shutting off of the light
and water. said: This is the most out
rageous proceeding that | have ever
heard of. We all have paid our money
to the landlady of the house and we all
intend to remain here until we are put
out by force.
'T paid two months i'm advance and
I have the receipt from Mrs. Palmer
to substantiate my statements. My
wife and I have been forced to live
among surroundings that are simply
shocking. My wife is i'll and is in no
condition for this man referring to
MarshalD, to make it uncomfortable
for her by taking away the gas, water
and electric lights.
LAS soon as my month is up | shall
go back to MunCie, Ind, with my wife
and when I get back I shall have the
papers publish the story of how they
rob people out here"
Others of the tenants who expressed
indignation were Mrs. Wolfe, who was
highly wrought up by the occurrences
of the past two days; S. L. Berryhill,
Mrs. E. G. Berryhill Mrs. Katherine
Miller, D. H. Miller, Mrs. Thomas, who
raid two months in advance to Mrs
Palmer and beside had to pay her
milk, gas and water bills twice be-
cause Mrs. Palmer did not pay them;
Mrs. Mather, Mrs Jolliffe, who said.
"They have cut off the water, the gas
and the lights. and they are only wait
ing their chance to cut off our heads,
I believe" The Misses Olson and the
Misses Gibson We're also among those
who said they felt that they had been
mistreateG.
The question, in a nutshell, seems to
be that the tenants of the '"Touraine"
have been swindled out of two months
rent by woman who had no right to
collect it. ard that Marshall is not get
ting anything from his property and
he wants it vacated so that he can rent
it to people who will pay the higher
prices which he gave notice would be
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