Hotel Ben Lomond Burned to Secure Insurnce as Suspected

Article describes the conspiracy between two men, Ellsworth Beeson and C.A. Cooper, from Fresno and Walter Everton to set fire to the Hotel Ben Lomond. the hotel had recently been re-insured for $12,000 dollars which is what the claim for the damage wound up to be.
Creator: San Francisco Chronicle
Source: Mountain Echo
Date: 1914
Type: NEWS
Coverage:
  • Ben Lomond
  • 191s
Identifier: FE-BEN-Hotels-39

Collection

Faye Ellis Collection

Citation

Chronicle, San Francisco. “Hotel Ben Lomond Burned to Secure Insurnce as Suspected.” Mountain Echo. 1914. SCPL Local History. https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/items/show/137019. Accessed 14 Aug. 2025.