Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-22
OCCULT POWER
EXERCISED OVER
YOUNG WOMAN
BRIDE INDUCED TO CASH A
BOGUS CHECK
MOTHER FEARS EVIL INFLUENCE
OVER DAUGHTER
Husband Accused of Using Hypnotism
in Controlling Girl Supposed to
Have Left Many Bad
Checks
~ OEs e. Allan Shouse exert hyp-
motto influence over his oeautlfui
~ young bride?

nOLlc l1llueIlCe ONCl mo
~ young bride?
Did he direct her in some occult man.
ner when she cashed worthless check
for $3.50 at the Boston store? Has ne
deceived her and kept her in darkness
concerning his questionable business
methods?
This is the belief of Mrs. Florence
Mccarthy of 1888 oxford street mother
of Nellie Mccarthy Shouse. The girl
mother declares Shouse, who is the
son of wealthy merchant of LOUIS
vile, KY, holds some uncanny power
over her daughter.
mother has waited hourly for some
word from Nellie.
Since April 1S Detectives Home and
Chapman have exhausted every re-
source known to them to get cleW
as to the whereabouts of tShouse anu
! his bride.
The police say Shouse left behind him
about a dozen worthless checks and
! they also believe he left in the lurch
a number of confding persons who had
placed in his hands accounts for col
| lection. According to a statement made
by Shouse to his wife's mother, his af-
| fairs in the Sunset Protective asso-
citation were in bad shape. He declared
his collectors had been dishonest and
| had failed to turn in to him money they
had collected.
Mothers Story PitifuI
The story told by Mrs. Mccarthy is
pitiful one. By a mothers intuition
she declares she has always known
| that Allan Shouse would bring her
daughter to grief Time and again she
warned her daughter.
The love affair between Shouse and
Nellie Mccarthy began about four
| Exy1ap 10 fa
young persons lived in Louisville. Both
were of old families well known and
respected in Kentucky. The youth
was attracted by the beauty of the
slender young girl and in a short time
he was paying assiduous attention to
| Nellie, who was then but 16 years old.
Mrs. Mccarthy talked with her daugh-
ter and had no difficulty in convincing
her that she was too young to listen
to Allan's serious declarations. The
mother says she was astonished and
grieved at the power the young man
exterted over the girl when she was in
his company
"It seemed as IL Nellie could not re-
sist him when he was present" said
| Mrs. Mccarthy "She sat silently when
I pleaded with her 1 grew alarmed
about the future and decided to get
my little girl away from there We
moved to Los Angeles two years ago
heard from him.
"She seemed to forget him and we
were very happy here. I heard indi-
rectly that Shouse was going to marry
a girl in Owensboro. | said nothing to
Nellie, but secretly rejoiced at the
news. My daughter always helped me
and / consented to her working at the
Boston store. She had an excellent
position and was treated most kindly
| there. 1t seemed to me- she was singu
larly fortunate to be among employees
who were so refined and working for
an establishment that treated every
body with such couhtesy and consider
alton. Nellie was contented and happy.
Notes Change in Girl
"Last December | noticed her man
ner seemed changed. She appeared alb
stracted and worried. She grew so
white at times | feared she was ill.
that Allan Shouse was in Los Ange-
les. 1t was only a few days later we
learned Nellie had gone away with
Shouse and that they were married.
treated them with utmost kindness.
They both begged that their marriage
be kept secret. Nellie continued to
work in the store and her husband
showed little inclination to take her
away and support her himself. | could
reason with her until he appeared, and
then she seemed to lose control of her
will power. Now this has come upon
u.s. No one who knows my daughter
believes she knew anything about
Allan Shouse's wrongdoing.
Mr. Campbell, the cashier at the Bos-
| ton store, knows she presented the
| checks to him in good faith. l believe
Shouse told her he was in some trouble
about his collection agency business
and that he would be compelled to
leave the city, and by that misrepresen-
tation persuaded Nellie to go away
with him She sent for me April Is,
saying she was going away. l hurried
down to her rooms and found her pack
| ing her trunk. She was wadding her
clothes up in queer manner and |
asked her what was wrong. She said
nothing was wrong and / received the
impression she was veXed because of
the necessity of going out of the city
and leaving me. She declared they
were going to San Diego for a short
time. / do not care what becomes of
Shouse, but / do want my daughter to
come home. l have waited all these
long weary days for one word from
her. | believe that man will not let
her write for fear she will betray his
wherea bouts and he will be brought to
! justice"
Shouse's Operations
Shouse worked for a while for the
Auto Sheet Metal company at 2004
South Main street Shouse sold novel
ties on commission. After two weeks
! the firm discovered that of his or
ders from outside points were bogus.
He was dismissed, but was not found
| to be short in his accounts.
Shortly after his marriage Shouse be- |
gan to make excuses about being short
| of money. He said he was the pro-
prietor of the Sunset Protective asso- |
ciation," and had an Office at room GIL
Bumiller building. His letterhead |
read, Sunset Protective Association. |
Collections. GA Bumiller Building, 430
South Broadway"
| In room SIG of the Bumiller building |
is located the Employers Protective as
sociation. There is was learned that
young man giving the name of e. A. |
Soule had worked for that association, |
but that he had gone away about five
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