Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-20
AFFINITY WAS
CAUSE OF FALL
TROUBLES OF COLUMBUS MAN
ARE EXPLAINED
John II. Mackie, Now in Jail on Seri-
Gus Charge, and Pretty Lucille
Burton Found In Bunga-
low Home

Despite the fact that the gush market
is overlooking with affinities, it was an
affinity with blue-black eyes, liquid i'll
their depths, hair of ebony hue, cheeks
of peach blow, lips of rosebud, teeth of
pearls, and lines that would put to
blush Psyche at the side of her frog
pond, that landed John II. Mackie, one
time prominent citizen and business
man of Columbus, Ohio, in the Los
Angeles city Jail on a charge of felony
ambeZzlement.
Lucille Burton is the name of the
young woman who, according to the
police and Pinkerton detectives, accom-
panied Mackie on his fight from Co
lumbus and was with him at the time
of his arrest at their bungalow home
at 3734 South Maple avenue.
John Mackie was born and reared in
Covington, KY, across the Ohio river
from Cincinnati. He grew up in Gin
cinnati made such acquaintances as
his position in life entitled him to, and
attained a reputation and standing ac-
corded to but few young men in their
communities. He grew up, went to
school, was graduated, entered business
and politics, and gained prestige and
standing He was a club man, assoct-
ate OF good fellows, and, being gentle
born and possessed of money entered
good society.
Marriage Was Society Event
He met, wooed and won Clarissa
Green, daughter of Mrs. Jane II. Green,
wealthy widow of Columbus, Ohio,
and the marriage of this young couple
was one of the society events of the
Queen city twelve years ago.
Some years were passed in Cincinnati.
| Then, at the persuasion of Mrs. Green,
the young couple removed to Columbus
and Mackie entered business there as
dealer in sporting goods, being backed
chiefly by the capital of his mother
in-law.
In the meantime Mrs. Green moved
her home to Madisonville a suburban
town near Columbus. and she got Mac
kie and his wife to come and live with
her.
Business kept Mackie in Columbus
often over night, and he took rooms at
the Osborn apartment house, fashion,
able family hotel in the aristocratic sec
ton of the Ohio capital There he met
Lucille Burton-young, bewitchingly
pretty and coquettish. who had charge
of the manicure parlors and massage
| baths in the hotel.
Found Home for Affinity
1t was not long before Mr. Mackie
removed from the Osborn to the fash
ionable Hotel Virginia, one of the aead-
ing hostelries of Columbus, and, ac-
companying him, was a beautiful dark
eyed, full-lipped girl who used to polish
the finger nails of the guests at the
Osborn.
Three days in each week. according
to the Pinkertons, Mackie went to Mad
isonvlle and was a dutiful husband
and father. The remainder of the week,
according to the same authority, he
was the 1ay and dashing companion or
the beautiful black-eyed manicure girl
in Columbus.
Afinities, according to the rule, are
not conducive to good business results,
and in time Mackies big sporting goods
store began to go behind on collection
day, according to the police, and the
financial waters became blurred: Then
it was, say the Pinkertons that ne
called on his mother-in-law, Mrs. Jane
T. Green, to supply him with cash, os-
tensibly to extend and broaden his bus
mess
Store Mysterously Burned
Up to the middle of the month of
Nav of this year Mrs. Green is said to
have supplied him with $1S,6GO, and