Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-28
MOTHER FEARFUL
LEST GIRL MARRY
SUSPECTED SU|TOR
Mrs. Judd Warns Young Daugh-
ter, Now at Portland, Not
to Meet Brooke
BUSINESS AFFAIRS TANGLED
Los Angeles Police Seek Young
Contractor, Who Leaves
City Suddenly

w ILL pretty 17-year-old Mabel
w Judd heed the dictates of her
own heart and respond to the
wooing of B. e. Brooke, or will she
heed her mothers advice and have
nothing further to do with the young
man whose business affairs are in so
tangled a condition that the Los An
geles police are eagerly searching for
him SO that he may explain several
peculiar financial transactions in which
he has figured recently? That Is the
problem which Is Vexing Mrs. j. J.
Judd of 1403 Griffith avenue, the girlS
mother. 1t Is q problem, too, that Mrs.
Judd cannot answer satisfactorily,
though she says Mabel is a good girl.
Miss Judd left Los Angeles a week
ago Wednesday to return to the family
home in Barton, a little village eight
cen miles from Portland, Ore, leaving
her mother, who is an invalid, behind
her. Brooke disappeared last Satur-
day. At the same time Brooke's busi-
ness partner, H. w. Heinz, disap-
peared. The affairs of the firm are III
bad shape. There is a little matter
of a few checks, drawn against an
account insufficient to pay them, and
a curious disappearance Of 5000 in
cash which should be in bank to the
firms account.
JUNIOR PARTNER
Brooke was junior partner of the
firm of H. w. Heinz & Co, designers
and building contractors. Until last
Monday morning the firm enjoyed a
good reputation. It's credit was good
and though its operations were not
large the two men always had enough
to do to keep them busy. Recently
they have been sharing office room
with l.. c. Throop, a loan and invest
ment broker, in suite 409 Lissner
building. At the office yesterday it
was explained that the two proprietors
had skipped OUT und that their tam
gled business affairs are now in the
hands of Miss Bertha Price. their
bookkeeper, and of Mr.. Throop, who is
aiding Miss Price in her efforts to
unravel the snarl, but who has no in
terest other than friendly one either
in the firm or it's business.
Investigation so far has shown that
the partners drew two checks on the
firm account in the Security Savings
bank, both being made payable to cash
and both of which were cashed at the
All Night and Day bank. These
checks aggregated $500, and slightly
oyerdrew the firms account though
they were paid without comment when
presented. Subsequently several pay
checks signed by the firm were pre-
sented for payment, which was re-
fused.
Monday morning, when neither Heinz
nor Brooke appeared at the office, and
when inquiries began to be made for
them, l.. G. Throop called up the land
lady at the Figueroa street apartment
house, in which they lived, and asked
what had happened. He was told the
men had left, taking their trunks with
tbaTf1 and exnlainiOp that thew were
going to San Diego for couple of
months work.
Miss Price, the bookkeeper knew
nothing of their intended departure and
said so. An investigation was begun,
the absence of cash in bank was dis
covered, and when creditors began to
clamor for their money 1t was ex-
planned that both Heinz and Brooke
had departed from the city, leaving
no address behind them.
The firm had six houses under con-
tract, the owners of which will be
among the chief sufferers. The
amounts, it is said. are as follows:
Fred Waterman, for whom they were
building a house at 228 Benton way,
will lose about $500; Frances ]. King,N
for whom they were building two
houses at 262 and 270 Benton way, will
be out about $780, S. ]. Paul, whose
new house is going up at Normandie
and Prospect avenues, Is shy about
$125, and George M. Harker, 266 Ben
ton way, is stung for $50.
SHOW ASSETS
AS an offset the firms books indi-
cate that Mrs. Lucy w. Walker, for
whom they were building a house on
Ardmore between Fourth street and
Linden, owes them a little more than
5000 for work already done and not
paid for. The owners of the several
ffAes In, inc
tinuing the work and paying the bills.
Likewise they are looking for Messrs.
Heinz and Brooke.
The firm has been sailing close to the
wind for several months past, but was
by no means heavily involved. In fact,
a. complete statement of the business
taken from the company's books May
20 under Brooke's direction showed la
bilities only $20.06 in excess of assets.
Several months ago the firm applied !
to l.. G. Throop for a loan and was
accommodated. Mr.. Throop loaned it
$4,000. Subsequently, in repayment of
this amount, 1t decided over to him its
interest in certain properties. Throop
says ne has discovered, however, that
the representation made to him at that
time were not true and that there is
an additional indebtedness against the
properties, of which he was not ad-
vised, amounting to between 5000 and
$500.
TO JOIN GIRL
Creditors who are anxious to locate
the absent builders are proceeding un-
der the assumption that Brooke, at
least, has gone to Portland after Miss
Judd, with whom he is said to be badly
smitten They believe, too, that Heinz
went with him.
Mrs Judd admitted yesterday that
the missing man had been very at
tentive to her daughter, but said she
believed there had been no engage
ment.
"Mr. Brooke was here almost every
evening" she said. "Often he and
Mabel would go for a drive, or to some |
dance. Mabel is country girl, and
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