Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-04
YOUTH
WHO FLED WITH
GIRL AND MONEY
FUGITIVE Is IDENTIFIED BY
HERALD PHOTOGRAPHS
HYPNOTIC SUGGESTION USED TO
INFLUENCE BRIDE
Unhappy Ending at Police sttdsa u
Sensational Esoapade Involving
Scion of Wealthy KEN
lucky Family
N ALLAN sHoUsE, the suave


II young man of supposed hyp-
AA' motto influence and occult pow
er who April Is persuaded pretty Nell
lie Mccarthy Shouse, his wife by Sc
cret marriage and daughter of Mrs.
Florence Mccarthy, 1888 oxford street,
Los Angeles, to leave her home and go
away with him. leaving behind heart
broken mother and a trail of worthless
checks, was arrested in san francisco
last night on a charge of forgery. The
arrest of Shouse was brought about by
his Identification from pictures pub
lshed exclusively in The Herald May
y.
"Do you believe your husband
guilty?' Mrs. Shouse was asked last
night.
II don't know what to believer" she
replied. Il want to believe IN him all
/ can, but-but-''
Shouse said that the check for $3.50
which he is accused of forging had
been given him by a broker and that
he had no reason to doubt its worth.
IF the check was bad it was the fault
of the man who gave it to me- he
said.
Mrs. shouse telegraphed her mother,
and the probabilities are that the latter
will arrive in San Francisco at the
same time as the police officers from
Los Angeles.
The story of Shouse's wrong doing,
his secret marriage to Nellie Mccarthy
and more particularly his secret exit
from Los Angeles were told in full in
The Herald May % and caused a sensa-
ton among the business acquaintances
of Shouse and also the co-workers of
Nellie Mccarthy Shouse in the Boston
store.
Reads Like Fiction
The account of the strange enchant-
ment of Nellie Mccarthy by ShQuse,
reads like a page of Fiction. Young
Shouse is the scion of well known
Louisville family, and Nellie Mccarthy
and Shouse were school day friends in
Louisville. Mrs. Mccarthy always dis
liked the suitor who became infatuated
with the pretty 16-year-old girl, but
despite the mothers pleadings the ap-
parent charm or power of young Shouse
seemed irresistible to the young girl.
This was four years ago, and two years
ago Mrs. Mccarthy, in an endeavor to
separate her daughter from Shouse,
who she intuitively regarded with su5-
picion, moved to Los Angeles.
After a time the girl appeared to for
get her attachment With the debonair
Shouse, and the mother was happy and
contented. Nellie Mccarthy obtained
employment at the Boston store, and
as she was an adept glove filter she
became popular with her coworkers and
of Mrs Mccarthy seemed filled to over
flowing. Then suddenly came change
in the eestwhile hapy girl, and the
reason soon became apparent, when the
mother found that young Shouse ar
rived in Los Angeles last December.
Went to San Diego
A few days after Mrs. Mccarthy be-
came aware of Shouse's presence In
Los Angeles Nellie went away, saying
she was going to San Diego for visit.
When she returned she acknowledged
to her mother that in the interim she
had become the wife of Shouse.
The strange, unseen, occult power
had again thwarted the honest endeav-
ors of a loving mother.
Shouse obtained employment as a
novelty agent for the Auto Sheet
Metal company, 2O04 South Main street,
but after two weeks work it was
charged that some of his orders were
bogus and he was discharged Mrs.
Shouse continued her employment as
a glove filter in the Boston store.
Soon after the marriage Shouse be-
gan to complain of lack of funds and
started the Sunset Protective agency.
but gave as the reason for his weak
ened financial condition that his agents
were not making proper accounting for
their collections and that he had to
stand the loss. The Sunset Protective
agency is believed to have been worked
wholly in the fertile imagination OF
Shouse.
A few days before Shouse left Los
Angeles he asked his wife to take va
cation and accompany him. lie rep
resented that they would need Few
articles to take with them and made
small purchases and gave his wlIe a
check for $3.50, drawn on the Bank OF
Southern California and signed *. A.
Mckee" The check was indorsed by
p. Allan Shouse.
Uses Wife in Scheme
Shouse induced his unsuspecting wife
to present the check to her employer
and as the young woman was known
for her honesty and as her character
was known to be above reprcach By 4
ron Campbell, cashier of the Boston
store. readily accommodated her and
cashed the check.
Shouse and his wife then lett Los
Angeles and nothing was heard OF
them until word came to Los Angeles
last night of Shouse's arrest in san
Francisco.
When Cashier Campbell went to cash
the check. it was returned marked mo
funds
When The Herald published exclu-
siveIy the fact of Shouse's sudden dis
appearance, accompanying the account
was a striking photograph of Shouse
and his pretty wife.
These photographs and the story of
The Herald were sent broadcast in an
endeavor to locate the forger, and that
it proved successful was shown by the
dispatch received last night stating
that Shouse had been arrested and iden-
titled by The Herald picture.
Soon after Shouse left numerous 9TH
,r4atS,,,e 0Ph orfrta no
to announce that they had fallen VIC
tins to his duplicity.
Others Makes Compliments
DR.. w. T. Macarthur, who has offices
in the Security building, announced
that Shouse had given him false
check for $12, and S. A. Barbour. pro-
prietor of the Enterprise grocery store.
2311 South Vermont avenue, also de-
clared that he had been victimized.
More than a dozen other persons filed
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