El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-12
GOES To JUAREZ;
. ESCAPES ARREST
Eugene Hewitt, Los An
geles Plunger, Explains
Situation Facing Him.

Los Angeles, Calf, Sept 12-Eugene
Hewitt, reported wealthy clu0man,
sought by the police on a charge OF
fraudulently obtaining money and prop
er+,- with a total value Of $4,000 ana
--bose other transactions toIallng more
fban a million. are being investigated
was located at Juarez, Mexico ia1S J. IL
He sent a telegram 10 Reginald Ger
NON retired British army olIlcer, VIZ
filed the charge against heElill, 81,
nouncinE that he propaoiy Hou-I a. -
in Los Angeles Thursday next ana a au5
inc that a letter with cheek enclos;5u
was on the way hewitt e1plalii.eu ~ ~
the message that the haq pIaCtIIi-L-
COMPLETED a deal that would slfalsAIe-i
out all his affairs
learning that he was 10 be arrested
on a telegraph warrant WiEeu ne -
p1so notice Friday by the c4iieL OF -
15ca Of Los Angeles, Eugene heWHtl
who for several days had been a 5uesI
al the Hotel Linden. crossed tne ~ =
and is stopping at AeAtcell 49, 49, -, -
Tuerez He intends remaining mere IN
iii next week when he announces &c
LIN rerurn TO Los Angeles and race the
charges brought against him py Reg
Sine graduating from Harvard, Hew-
lifts career reads like a chapIer S %
fiction. Finishing az me neaN ~ Is
class he returned 70 ms IS 80 -. -
- l.
ffces. and within two years haa 9 IS
more than g3.O00,0 600, he says DE ~ 81
like a king and last year the 9OtloLil
started dropping out OF ms $50 $500
and when the crash came ne was pFOiAs'
Hewitt Makes Statement
When seen by a Herald repoISe -
shown the AssOc1ated FEesS 49, - ~.
from Los Angeles. HeWAtI il+s'NS 1
= cannot understand why Gernon
b,5 a --arrant issued for my arrest
an in no way indebted 10 nm 81 = Stlsst
wear ago / sold him the racine S9 - ~
TToro- ro-nDany. which was located Ilii
Los Angeles I owned TINS agency -
had the agency for the tlat car ~
consideration for tne EaclllG - 9Cr,ertv
pany, Gernon conveyed 70 me pIol3 e. =
with valuation OF approAlltlatSi - = =
600 He became DISSATISFIED Win .nN
transaction and eight months aS9 ! % ~
veyed the property back 70 nlIn- ~ =
lost about $4,000 in the deal Out tnls
money also made good
sued for $4,000.
Hewitt is also defendant in n sull
brought AGAINST him by Howard 4
Huntington, a Los Angeles millionaire
and associates. Huntington Is suing MN
for for $4,000 In speaking OF this SUIT
s.vVbile engaged in the brokerage
business in Los Angeles, met t1uhL-
fngton and he gave me money 70 lhNes'
for himself and his mother WITHIN tWC
,-ears I made about s., 600, 900 for myself
on these investments, eeslues a ID =
rr,-, NJ money for the HuntngLons-
TLen uromoted q railroad in Lower Lall-
fornia and was in partnership Win hs
HuntingtOns on the deal me asa
proved a failure and when the crash
came I owed the Huntiugtons aboul
s75O,OOO. gave them bonds valued =
100000 which I owned and a tract o.
five acres of land near Los Ansei-
lTbev were 10 dispose OF this and Civ
me what money was LETT over s42V,Jyu
F3u+ Huntington claims 20 have on!
realized 100000 from the transactiol
and is suing me for the other $4,000
Scion Of Wealthy Family
Hewlitt's father is a California cap
italist and is said 10 be worth NOR
than a million dollars be owns larS
tracts OF lands in Lower California an
fornia concerns, the son says
Two years ago Hewitt bought Jou
Fiat racing cars valued at about Sl25,
OOO He raced them from California
across the continent and then fool
them TO Europe. He had Barney Old
field. Teddy Tetzlaff and other spec
kings driving for him. In 1912, Hewitt
won S55,00O In purses with MS fou
cars. finishing second in the Nanderp.I
cup race, but he quit the season $4,000
loser. During the height Of his caree
in the brokerage business he built
handsome home IN Los Angeles 10
which he paid S125, 600. 1t was sold 10
debt and brought $4,000, he says.
Hewitt was married three years az
in Los Angeles TO a society girl Of tha
city. She is now in Los Angeles Fl
still has the Fiat agency for the west
ern territory including Chicago and al
cities west Of that city, according Z
his story