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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
One more for tonight.
A 'mystery' location and a 'mystery' mystery.
"COLLECTOR'S WIFE MISSING"
"1949 Orig Photo BIG GAME HUNTER TROPHY ROOM Novice E Boomhower Los Angeles"
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#1...Is anyone familiar with Mr. & Mrs. Novice E. Boomhower?
#2...Where did the Boomhowers live? (that game room looks like it's in a basement)
#3...Where's Mimi? (does she ever turn up?)
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Here is a little bit of history on the Boomhowers:
NOVICE ELMER BOONHOWER
He was born on September 12, 1878 in Gallupville, New York, the eldest son of Frank and Katie Boomhauer. (the California death records list his date of birth as 1884) The New York State Census of 1892 lists his father’s occupation as apiarist (beekeeper).
He was married in 1902 to Daisy Lovette Ringwalt in Coshocton County, Ohio
He registered for the WWI draft and at the time was married to Daisy and living in New York. No divorce or death records for Daisy can be found.
At some point he was supposedly married to Emily Lujan (possibly also known as Mimi) . No marriage records can be found. She was born in Manhattan, NY in about 1896.
There are no other marriage records indicating a marriage to Mimi. When he registered for the draft in WWII he was living in Los Angeles and was married to Mimi. His residence is listed as 701 Nimes Road, Los Angeles. this house was originally built in 1931 according to the Los Angeles County Assessor's office. His employment address is listed as 1940 S. Main Street, Los Angeles and he is listed as self employed.
On August 27, 1949 an article in The Independent Record of Helena, Montana reported that she had been trying to sell her husband’s collection of big game trophies and the
mansion in Bel Air, possibly the Nimes Road property. She had also pawned a $5000 wrist watch for $150.
On December 13, 1949, a Judge ruled that she was a missing person rather than deceased since they did not have enough evidence to prove she was dead. That article lists her deceased husband’s occupation as “floor covering inventor” and “big game hunter”.
There were some articles which indicated that she may have "secretly married ", but no concrete evidence of this can be found. She had let slip to her furrier William Marco, that she had to talk a purchase over with her present husband, so she may have remarried.
A card file for the Associated Press on Guam, on August 26, 1959 notes that her disappearance is still an open case.
An article in the Los Angeles Times in November of 1949 noted that there was a problem with inheritance under the terms of her will, which could not be put into effect until she was legally declared dead. Persons who were to inherit would be her sisters, a brother, a niece and three nephews. The money to be divided would have been about $45,000 and consisted of the house and her personal jewelry. The house was valued at $40,000 at the time. They should have waited...the house sold two years ago for over $7,800.000.
As to the big game room being in a basement, the house is built into a hillside, so the lower floors would only have windows on one side, which appears to be the case in the photos with light coming from the right. Since the fireplace is visible in the picture, the room would have been on the south end of the house overlooking slope. It is located in the hills, just west of Beverly Glen.
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