Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-31
RAFFLES GOES TO
EASTLAKE TODAY
WILL TAKE JAUNT TO POPULAR
PARK
Man Of Mystery Goes Among Los An-
aeles Merchants and Real Es.
tate Men, and ls Never
Challenged
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When L visited MS real esldtb ulllCe dt
No 4221s South Hill street. Mr.. Young
blood is about forty-fve years Of age
and was dressed in gray suit, and
had gray hair and mustache and wore
glasses.
He declared there we're but few
houses in Los Angeles with fireplaces
in every room. He was under the Inn
preston / was trying to buy house
for my father and he promptly wanted
to know if IL would be a cash trans
action, to which I answered Yes
Going across to No. AL South Hill
street, 1 discovered Mrs. J. r. Cooper,
In charge OF her husbands s real estate
office. Mrs Cooper thought 1 was
trying to rent furnished house. She
was all business and tried to induce
me to rent an unfurnished fiat for $35
a month.
Gives Them Important Tip
Going around the corner to No. 325
West Fourth street l took a chance
with w. d. Thurston, in his real estate
office, where l made inquiries of him
for a house with a fireplace in every
room. The latter declared he had no
such house on his list, but said that in
all probability he could fix me up with
a
He further requested that ! return
this morning with my father, when he
would be glad to take us out to some
place or other and shows us a house
he was certain would just answer our
requirements. AS he insisted on my
name 1 said IN. NJ. Rogers" all of
which should have been a clew, as
gave the same name to music teacher
on Friday.
Returning to Hill street 1 went into
Winton & McLeod's real estate office
at No. $50 South Hill street where
found a real BUSTER BROWN BOY,
in the person of good looking young
chap with brown hair, eyes, trousers
coat and vest, who was trying to sell
lot to an innocent looking old party
as 1 entered.
So keen was this chap on doing
quick business that he offered to take
me out in an automobile to look over
a house which he declared was just
the proper caper for me, and declared
l could have one of the finest houses
in Los Angeles for the trifiing sum
of $370O.
Talks to Policeman
As [ emerged from Winton &, Nc
Leod's office 1 struck Policeman No.
los standing in front of No. 1926 South
Hill street, and having nothing more
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Third street cars run on Second street,
which brought forth look of wonder
ment as No. 105 answered, "Why, no,
certainly not: the Second street cars
run on Second street." and then with
wave of his hand added Go over
one block"
At No. 3OS South Hill street I dis
covered a young lady stenographer
who at first thought l was looking for
~ fnrDiGhnd NXrhnn che die
covered I wanted to buy house she
requested me to step to the front of
the Office, where she turned me over
to a middle aged, smooth faced man
wearing a gray mixed suit and light
hat.
After listening to my story about
the house with fireplaces this chap
declared he would have list all ready
for me later in the afternoon. While
I was discussing the proposition, Mr..
ThurstOn, upon whom I had called
only short time previous entered the
office and cast reproachful glance at
me, as he remarked: You will please
not forget our engagement for the
morning"
Statesmen Still Siumber
So much for the real estate men. I
managed to GET BY'' them just as
easily as 1 did with the second hand
dealers day or so ago.
Going over to Spring street I jumped
on Hooper avenue car No. 1862, in the
charge of Conductor No. 1910, with
whom 1 rode to Fifth street Then
walking over to Broadway, 1 hoped
on Sixth street car No. 261 and gave
Conductor No 1893 a chance to col
lect thousand dollars while l rode
with him to Third street.
Being in need of a bottle of ink,
tried my luck with clerk No. A-3, in
the stationery department of Cunning
ham, Curtiss e Welch's store at No.
252 South Spring street. The ink cost
10 cents. ana 1 received sales check No.
4S. The clerk was a tall, dark COM
pleXioned chap with a smooth face, and
wore a black suit.
At Grimes & Stassforth Stationery
company, No. 232 South Spring street, 1
purchased a large niece of white card
board, ball of blue string and some
wrapping paper from young smooth
faced man, who wore a check suit
with a white vest. When 1 asked for
a sales check he gave me a receipted
bill for Is cents.
At H. M. Mosher's five and ten cent
store on North Spring street, near
Franklin street, / bought one pencil
for five cents from a dark cOmplexioned
little girl, wearing a white waist and
black skirt who gave me sales check
No. 33, with clerk No. / marked on it
Then came the little session during
the noon hour / had announced my
intention of taking luncheon at a cafe
within a good stones throw of Second
street and Broadway, and just so there
would be no mistake about 1t l ha(
a luncheon consisting of three dough
nuts and a cup of coffee at Yerkes
cafe, No. 121 South Broadway, where
was served by a tall, bald-headed char
who seemed in no particular rush t
bring my order after he had taken il
When 1 was through, he handed m
check No $751; which I carried l.
the cashier, a brunette with glasses
who wore a white shirt waist AM
dark skirt-AND WHO WAS READ
ING THE WRONG NEWSPAPER.
gave her a quarter took my change an,
left without the slightest element 0
suspicion being attached to my visit.
Around the entire neghborhood
large number of sleuths We're postel
watching the many cafes In the vicin
fly, but for some reason or other al
failed to give me the friendly greet
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