Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-21
IS WINSOME
AND
PRETTY MAID INVESTS eENUNe's
MONEY
MINING MAN NOW DEMANDS AN
ACCOUNTING
Sweet Alice MckeoWn Says She Can
Account Satisfactorily for the
Little Deal in Real
Estate

Alice NJ. McKeown, pretty and stylish
ly dressed young woman, was arrested
last night by Detectives Chapman and
Home and booked at the central police
station on a charge of felony embezzle-
ment.
Miss McKeown is alleged to have part
ed Charles Genung, Nevada and Arizona
mining man, from $1,000 Of his cash ac-
count in a real estate deal in which she
induced him to enter last January.
Miss McKeown, besides beirg very
pretty young woman, is of the style that
Is known as winsome and fetchlng. She
has a charm of manner that makes the
average specimen of the genus homo
forget that he is alive except In her
presence, and then he is only an abJect
slave.
According to the story as it is told,
she has been milliner, then cloak
model, then a demonstrator and mani
cure artist and has followed several other
like fetching occupations.
She Loves Good Suppers
According to the detectives she has
been very we'll known to that class of
society whose chief delight is automo-
bic rides and tete-a-tete suppers and
the like after the lamps are lighted.
Among her friends was Charlie
Gerung, who is Interested in copper ana
gold mines and stock raising and sheep
herding and cattle roundups and the ike
Mr.. Genung is said to be millionaire
or very near to it. Last winter he came
to Los Angeles on a business trip. Whle
here he became acquainted Wltn MISS
McKeown.
They became very good friends, ac-
cording to the story as it was told last
night, and Miss McKeown related to him
how she could make quite nice little
sum of money for herself and Mr.. Cen
ung If she only had the capital.
She knew of valuable residence lot
out in the fashionable western district
that was going begging for only $1OOO
she said, and so informed Mr.. Genung.
The lot could be sold at very great ad-
vance within a very short time she was
sure.
Genung Supplies the Money
Mr.. Genung offered to supply the pur-
chase price and afterward divide the SELL
ing price if the young woman would only
make the deal.
She was perfectly agreeable to take Mr.
Genung's $1,000 and invest it, and the
money was paid over.
The lot was bought according to con-
tract and the $1,000 was paid for it.
Then Mr.. Genung sat down and waited
for the 100 per cent profit to materialize
He waited quite a long time. In the
meantime he missed the society of the
Miss McKeown.
When he made inquiry concerning her
he was told she had gone to the springs
for her health, and as he could get no
other information about her he began to
make inquiry about this $1,000 real estate
deal.
Alice Sells the Lot
He was saddened to learn that week
after the lot was bought Miss Mckeown
had sold it for only $780, and more sad
dened that she had gone east to New York
and would probably remain there.
Genung concluded to swear out war
rant for her arrest however, and after he
had done so it was turned over to the de-
tective department
Yesterday it was learned that Miss Nc
Keown had returned from New York and
had resumed her apartments in fashion
able West Sixth street establishment.
Detectives Chapman and Home were
given the warrant to serve and they found
the young woman in the Del Monte res
taurant on Third street and arrested her
At a late hour last night she was re-
leased from custody on $1,000 cash bond de-
posted by Charles Kellerman, the proprie-
tor of the Del Monte restaurant, where
she was arrested. The case will be called
in Judge Austin's court Monday morning.
Miss McKeow after her release last
night claimed that the real estate deal in
which she was engaged with Mr. Genung
was perfectly legitimate and that she
could explain all matters to tthe satisfac-
tion of every one connected with the case.
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