Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-17
MORE CRIMINAL
CHARGES FILED
AGAINST JONES
ACCUSERS OF REAL ESTATE
MAN MULTIPLY
OTHER ALLEGED VICTIMS COME
WITH TALES OF TROUBLE
Non-Existent Mortgages Reported as
the Customary Device by Which
Hard Earned Dollars Were
Extracted

Three more criminal complaints
charging L. E. Jones Of the Jones &
RYDER Land company with obtaining
money under false pretenses were is
sued by Deputy District Attorney Asa
KeyeS yesterday, and warrants for
Jones' arrest were placed in the hands
of the constable from Justice Summer
fields court. In addition to the ming
of these complaints the $500 cash bond
placed with Justice Summerheld by
Jones following his arrest Monday was
attached by attorneys representing M.
Mastinich, who claims to have been
the recipient of a check for $500
signed by Jones, to meet which there
were no funds in the Farmers and
Merchants National bank, on which 1T
was drawn.
Including the last named case, the
amount involved in the accusations
against Jones already total more than
$4,000, while other persons are COM
planning to the district attorneys Of
flee that they have been victimized in
mortgage or other transactions.
The complaining witness in the cases
filed against Jones yesterday are c. e..
Williams, Mrs. Alva Brouse and Mrs.
Edith Nelson The same plan is said
to have been carried out in each case,
namely, the sale of mortgages on
property which Jones did not control or
had no expectation of controlling.
Waiting for Deeds
Williams says he gave Jones $25O0
December 80 for a first mortgage on
property at I'll Harvard boulevard, and
that he was given a receipt for his
money and a promise of the mortgage.
The premise, he says, has not been
fulfilled.
"Jones told me the mortgage would
be ready for me in a couple of days"
said Williams. when 1 called later
he made various excuses and finally
told me the mortgage was held by Miss
E. Mayer of Anaheim and that she
had neglected to sign it. I wrote to
Miss Mayer, but my letter was re-
turned, the woman being unknown
there
Mrs. Alva Brouse says she invested
$500 in a supposed mortgage on the
property at POOP West Washington
street November 10, last year. Jones,
she says, drove her out to the place in
an automobile and she Immediately
agreed to the investment. HE told
me to wait a day or two for the pa
peTs, and I have been waiting ever
since" said Mrs. Brouse.
Had Saved for Years
Mrs Edith Nelson, wife Of Albert
house, says she invested $1,000 in a
mortgage alleged by Jones to cover
property at 1854 Woodlawn avenue.
Jones told her also that he would give
her the papers within day or two,
but they have never been delivered,
and she claims he never held a mort
gage on the property. Mrs. Nelson
told Mr.. Keyes the money placed Dy
her in this supposed inves tment repre-
sented the savings of several years.
George Hieber was another COM
plainant against Jones yesterday and
declared his intention of returning to-
day to swear to a criminal complaint
against the real estate agent. He told
Mr.. Keyes he had given Jones $2500
for mortgage on some property and
that later he called on the owner, only
to learn that the place had never been
mortgaged.
Still another complainant was a man
named Helmer, who said he had been
euchered out of $500 in a similar man
ner. When he discovered the true
nature of the transaction, he says, he
made insistent demands on Jones for
the mortgage or the return of his
money He was given a check, dated
nearly a week ahead of the day on
which it was drawn, and when this
was presented at the bank there was
no money to Jones' credit with which
to meet payment.