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Natif de Barbade, Lindsey H.W. Mann apparaît dès l'année 1883, comme un commerçant actif, agent de la société américaine "George Stinson & Co." qui publie de nombreuses vignettes illustrées. Il commercialise également des portraits à l'huile inspirés de daguerréotypes.

Barbados Herald, Bridgetown, jeudi 31 mai 1883, p. 1.	Barbados Herald, Bridgetown, lundi 12 mai 1884, p. 2.

Son nom disparaît de la presse barbadienne jusqu'en 1895, année où il réapparaît comme responsable d'un dépôt alimentaire, l' "Occidental Meat Depôt". En janvier 1896, l'entrepôt déménage pour "The Manchester House" (18, Broad Street). À l'occasion du jubilé de la reine Victoria, Lindsey Mann accroche un portrait de la souveraine dans son magasin :

Mr Mann's meat depot was decorated with a portrait of Her Majesty above which was the legend: "Hail we our loved Queen."

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Barbados Agricultural Reporter, Bridgetown, jeudi 24 juin 1897, p. 3.

La vente de glace fait également partie de ses activités. En outre, les journaux rendent compte des nombreuses activités commerciales de Lindsey Mann et de ses voyages dans la Caraïbe: Porto Rico, Antigua, St. Kitts, Dominique... En juin 1897, il intègre la Victoria Lodge de Bridgetown.

Le cinématographe (octobre 1897)

C'est au début du mois d'octobre 1897 que Lindsey Mann annonce la prochaine présentation de vues cinématographiques du jubilé de la reine Victoria par la West Indian Syndicates "Humourous Cinematograph":

The Cinematograph.
As will be seen from the West Indian Syndicate's advertisement published elsewhere the right has been secured by the Syndicate of exhibiting in the West Indies, by means of the Cinematograph, the Diamond Jubilee Procession Films. The pictures are life-like or animated and are identical with those recently exhibited here by the Projectograph. According to the English papers the exhibition by the Cinematograph of the details of the Diamond Jubilee Procession has been considered simply marvellous and has attracted universal attention. It is quite certain that an exhibition thereof in this island will be a rich and unique treat to the public and we are confident that the show will be extensively patronized. We have been assured that no hitch will occur in working the apparatus, as the makers have communicated to Mr. Mann, the Syndicate's Manager, all the information necessary to ensure a successful manipulation of the same.

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The Barbados Agricultural Reporter, Bridgetown, vendredi 8 octobre 1897, p. 3.

The Barbados Agricultural Reporter, Bridgetown, viernes 8 de octubre de 1897, p. 2.

Pourtant, des ennuis techniques rendent impossible la présentation des vues de l'événement royal et il faut attendre la fin de l'année pour qu'il soit refait mention de l'appareil cinématographique et son inauguration est annoncée pour le 10 janvier..., mais elle ne semble pas avoir eu lieu. En revanche, Mann ouvre un nouveau magasin d'alimentation sur McGregor Street :

Trade Notice.
WE beg to direct attention to Mr. L. H. W. Mann's advertisement announcing the opening by him on the 20th inst. of a meat, ice, and vegetable shop, in McGregor Street. Mr. Mann is one of those energetic, pushing men who deserve the support of the community. He places most excellent beef on the market, and now that he has branched out in retailing ice and vegetables we doubt not that he will receive that substantial patronage which he may fairly claim from the public.

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Barbados Agricultural Reporter, vendredi 11 février 1898, p. 3.

Il développe également ses activités avec le Canada :

Personal. the passengers who arrived here by the Duart Castle on Saturday, we were very pleased to see Mr L. H. W. Mann who has returned from his visit to Canada. Mr. Mann looks exceedingly well, and reports that he enjoyed his short trip immensely. He has brought along with him a supply of Canadian oxen and sheep, and will, it is expected, continue to receive supplies of these animals from Canada.

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Barbados Agricultural Reporter, lundi 4 juillet 1898, p. 3.

Une nouvelle annonce publiée en août 1898 laisse entendre que l'appareil serait enfin disponible en octobre:

THE CINEMATOGRAPH.
Mr. MANN has much pleasure to announce that he has now a first class apparatus complete in every respect, with some 60 views of recent interesting events. Owing however to present depression he does not consider it in the interest of the Syndicate to come before the boards before the first week in October. August 18th-2n. (Advocate to copy.)

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Barbados Agricultural Reporter, Bridgetown, jeudi 18 août 1898, p. 2.

Il s'agit d'un nouvel espoir sans lendemain. Pourtant dans les mois qui suivent, il va bien disposer d'un appareil cinématographique, même si la presse n'évoque aucune présentation à Barbade, mais elle signale en revanche que L. H. W. Man quitte l'île pour Demerara :

Personal.
MR. L.H.W. Mann left here last night for Demerara and Surinam where he purposes giving exhibitions with his Cinematograph. He expects to be absent about six weeks.

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The Barbados Agricultural Reporter, Bridgetown, martes 11 de julio de 1899, p. 3.

Peu après, des séances sont organisées :

Mann's Cinematograph Co.
We are pleased to set that Mr. L. H. W. Mann is succeeding with his Cinematograph shows in Demerara as the following from the Argosy of the 22nd ulto. shows: —
The Mann's Cinematograph Company have this week been entertaining and instructing the Georgetown public, in the town Hall, by an exhibition of the Cinematograph. There have been good houses every night, and at the opening night admission had to be refused to late-comers, there being no sitting or standing room. The views are all up to the mark, some amusing, some instructive,—all good. The entertainments have been enlivened by piano music. We can recommend the entertainment to those of our readers who have not seen it.

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The Barbados Agricultural Reporter, Bridgetown, mardi 1^er août 1899, p. 3.

Il poursuit sa route vers le Suriname où l'inauguration a lieu le 1^er août, mais le public n'est pas au rendez-vous et Lindsey Mann décide de ne pas faire payer. Ce n'est que quelques mois plus tard, en novembre, qu'il organise de nouvelles séances, cette fois-ci à Barbade. Par la suite, Mann semble n'organiser des séances que de façon occasionnelle et, en tout état de cause, discontinue. Ainsi, il exploite à nouveau son cinématographe en juillet 1900 pendant très peu de jours. Au cours des mois suivant, il se fait plus remarquer pour ses activités commerciales et ses contrats avec l'Armée et la Marine:

The Boers and Antigua,
Mr. L. H. W. Mann, the well known Army and Navy contractor, has been officially notified that the detachment of Regulars assigned by the War Office to act as a guard for the Boer Camp at Antigua will arrive there on 14th proximo, and that the prisoners will arrive on the 1st June. Mr. Mann will enter on his contract as meat purveyor on the former date.

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Barbados Agricultural Reporter, Bridgetown, jeudi 17 avril 1902, p. 3.

Puis, à la fin de l'année, il renonce à cette collaboration. Si des séances cinématographiques sont organisées au cours de ces années-là, il n'y en pas de trace dans la presse conservée. Pourtant, il n'a pas abandonné son intérêt pour la projection animée. En effet, en 1905, il est directement impliqué dans un conflit au sujet d'un appareil cinématographique. Au cours de cette année, un certain J. L. Reid propose à plusieurs reprises à Lindsey Mann de servir d'intermédiaire pour la vente de son projecteur. L'affaire se prolonge dans les premiers mois de l'année 1906 et porte, en particulier, sur le prix de vente et le rôle assez trouble joué par J. L Reid. Le procès va mettre en lumière, en creux, tous les enjeux de cet appareil et l'intérêt qu'il suscite même au-delà de Barbade. Il montre enfin que Lindsey Mann semble bien avoir renoncer à l'exploitation du cinématographe sur l'île:

Assistant Court of Appeal.
(BEFORE JUSTICE BRIGGS AND ACTING JUSTICES GOWSEY AND SMITH).
Wednesday, 18th July, 1906.
L. H. W. MAN ... ... ... Plaintiff
W. A. WORRELL ... ... ... Defendant.
Action of Conversion.—An action was brought by Mr. L. H. W. Mann, of Baxters Road, City, against William A. Worrell, clerk of the O.K. Manufactory, High Street, claiming £50 damages for the conversion of a cinematograph machine, on the 30th April, 1906.
Mr. Williams instructed by Mr. F. G. B. King, of the firm of Cottle Catford & Co., solicitors, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Reece instructed by Mr. P. P. Spencer, solicitor, appeared for the defendant.
The plaintiff deposed : Some time last year I was the owner of the article mentioned in my plaint. I was then residing in Roebuck Street. My shop was frequented by J. L. Reid. He asked me whether I did not have a cinematograph machine to sell. I told him yes and I would let him know the price. 1s October last year I received a letter from Reid who was in Grenada at the time. I have misplaced that letter but in it he suggested that I should visit Grenada and exhibit the machine as I would make money by it. He also asked me to quote him the lowest price and I replied $300 cash. I sent him a list of the views connected with it and mentioned that the outfit was complete. Subsequently Reid turned up here between November and December and saw me personally. He had a conversation with me concerning the machine. Eventually he expressed his desire to see it and I showed it to him. He again asked for my lowest price and I told him $300 cash. He told me that a gentleman in Grenada wanted a like machine and had spoken to him about importing one. He told me he had no money to buy my machine but that If I would allow him to take it to Grenada he felt sure he would be able to sell it. I agreed to allow him to do so with the understanding that he was to give me $300, and if he sold it for anything exceeding that sum the excess was to be taken by him as his commission, but if he only got $300 for it there would be nothing for him. I delivered the machine to him packed for shipment on 13th January. Reid said he was going to Grenada by the sloop Profit. I saw him on the following morning and he said the sloop had left him. He went the following Monday by the schooner Neponset. Some time after he returned to Barbados with the machine. He told me he had put up the machine at his aunt's place in King Street and I could send for It whenever I wished to do so. He also informed me that a man in Trinidad wanted a machine and he suggested that I should allow him to take it there and sell it. I consented on the same terms as before. l am not aware that he ever went to Trinidad. Some time in March or April Reid told me that one Mr. Abbott who had arrived from Trinidad wanted a machine and he was going to see him about the sale of it. Since that time I have not seen him till to-day. In the latter part of May I went to the Crocodile store in Roebuck Street and Mr. Worrell the owner, who is the brother of the defendant, had a conversation with me during which I received information from him as to the where-abouts of my machine. In consequence of that conversation I went to the defendant. I told him I had learnt he had bought my machine from Reid. He admitted he had bought it for $70. He said Reid had asked $100 for it and said it was his machine. He also said Reid bad been trying to work it in White's Alley. I gave Reid the machine with sundry invoices. Defendant admitted that Reid had shown the invoices to him and they were torn where the name of the purchaser should have been. All the invoices were in my name as purchaser. I had authorised Reid to sell the machine for not less than $300. I regarded Reid as my agent to sell the machine on my behalf. I did not sell the machine to him. Reid had never before nor since acted as my agent in any transaction. He has not yet paid me any part of the $70. I claim $50 damages.
Cross-examined: Had it not been for the defendant's brother I would not have known who had the machine. I have seen the machine at the defendant's place. I had it three years. The machine and all its accessories cost pretty nearly $1,000. When I gave it to Reid I examined it and found it in perfect working order. I did not give Reid the invoice for the machine itself. I could not find it. I gave him the invoices for the accessories. I gave Reid an open letter stating it was my machine and that he was authorised to sell it for me. I did not mind what representation he made about the machine so long as I received $300 for it. I did not tell Reid he was to get rid of it in Trinidad or Grenada. It was understood that he was to pay all freight expenses in connection with it. I was to receive $300 net. Since Reid had the machine I never advertised it for sale in connection with him. I went to the defendant's place and saw the machine. He showed me the receipt he had for $70. The receipt produced is the one shown me by defendant. I made a copy of it at the time. Before I gave Reid the machine to sell I asked Oscar Bourne about him and he said could trust him all right with it. Bourne asked me what was the arrangement between us as regards the machine and I told him that was best known to myself and Reid.
Re-examined: I never authorised Reid to inform anybody that the machine was his. If it had come to my knowledge that he was doing so I would not have tolerated it.
William Worrell (defendant) deposed : I am a clerk and engineer at the O.K. Factory. I purchased the machine on 30th April from J. L. Reid. The machine was being tried in White's Alley. A man named Clarke came to me and asked whether I would look at the machine for Reid. I consented and went to the house and found it on a box. I could see it was being tried. Reid was there but that was the first time I had ever seen him. I was not here when the last cinematograph show took place. Three or four years back I was in Grenada. It was about 5 o'clock in the afternoon when I went to the house where the machine was. I examined it and found it was an old machine. Reid told me he could not get it to work. He fixed an evening for me to try it, and arranged to get chemicals for the purpose and then to send and call me. About a week later Clarke came to me and said Reid would prefer to sell the machine than to bother to try it. He asked me if I would buy it and I told him to see what Reid would take for it. A few days after I saw Clarke again and he told me Reid was asking $100 for the machine but would take $70. Later on Reid came to me and asked what about the machine, and whether I knew anybody who wanted one. I told him I was the person for whom Clarke wanted it and I understood he would take $70 for it. He agreed to take that amount and I paid is to him two evenings later, and took the receipt marked" A." The machine and all apparatus in connection with it were packed in a box and handed to me and I took them home. I had no idea to whom the machine otherwise belonged. I thought it belonged to Reid and that when he sold It to me it was his. I knew nothing of Reid until I saw him about the machine. I had no cause to enquire as to the owner of the machine as Reid told me is was his. On the 28th April when Reid came to me about buying the machine he had some papers with him. He showed them to me but I did not peruse them. I however noticed that some of the papers were torn at the top but I asked no questions about that. About four weeks after the plaintiff came to me and asked me if I had bought the machine from Reid. I told him yes, and gave him all the particulars of the purchase. He said the machine was his, but made no demand on me for it. I subsequently received a letter from his solicitors demanding its return to them and threatening legal proceedings.
Cross-examined: When Reid showed the papers to me I said invoices would be of tin use then as the machine was a second hand article. Reid told me the papers were invoices.
James Lemuel Reid deposed: On 30th April I sold a cinematograph machine and some views to the defendant. I gave the defendant the receipt marked "A". I had only known the defendant a couple of weeks before the sale. Mr Man gave me the machine to sell about five or six months before. I negotiated with Mr Man for about two months before he delivered it to me. He sold me the machine for $300 on the understanding that no money was to be paid to him until I had disposed of it. No paper writing passed between us for it. I shipped the machine to Grenada the same night it was delivered to me. I went to Grenada later but failed to sell it. I brought it back here. I saw the plaintiff on my arrival and all he asked me was whether I had disposed of the machine. I did not tell him I could not bring the machine to his place on account of that day being a Sunday and his shop was closed. As a matter of fact it was at the Customs two or three days. I never told him then that it was at my aunt's house in King Street and he could send there for it whenever he wanted it. Some days after I reshipped it to Trinidad but did not succeed in selling it. I never asked plaintiff for permission to ship it to Trinidad. I went to Trinidad to sell it to Mr. Abbott but he had left for Barbados before I reached there. I returned here and saw Mr. Abbott but failed to make a sale. I paid the freight expenses of the machine in taking it about. Mr. Man's name was on the invoice. I did not allow persons to know that it had been Mr. Man's. I found out after I had it that it was not in order. A witness named King who has experiences in working similar machines said the cylinder was choked. I do not remember showing the invoices to the defendant. In selling the machine to defendant I did so as my bona fide property. A man named Clarke negotiated for the sale of it to him. During the time I lied the machine in my possession plaintiff never made any demand on me for it.
Cross-examined : I know Herbert L. King. I never told him I bought the machine cheap from a friend in one of the neighbouring islands. I sold it for $70 as I could, not get more for it. I have not paid the plaintiff any part of the amount. lam a horse dealer. I told my home circle and Oscar Bourne that the machine previously belonged to the plaintiff.
Further evidence on behalf of the plaintiff was given by Herbert L King and John Philip Mayers. King swore that on one occasion Reid told him he had purchased the machine from some one in one of the islands cheaply ; while Mayers deposed that Reid told him he had it from Mr. Man to sell.
Mr Reece argued that no agency was disclosed to the purchaser during the transaction. It was proved that Reid had the machine from the plaintiff; he never told any one that it belonged to the plaintiff but dealt with it as his own, and even the plaintiff allowed him to act and deal with it as his property. If a third party therefore did not know there was an agency, and there was no means of his knowing it, whether there was a special or general agency that third party could not be liable in trover because the agent by his action held himself out to the world as owner, Authorities were cited on the point,.
Mr. Williams contended (1) that Reid was a special agent in a single transaction, and having exceeded his authority the principal was not bound by his act but was entitled to recover from the third party ; (2) that Reid having possession only of the machine could not show anybody that he was clothed with sufficient indicts of property as would afford protection to a third party. He cited the cases of Whitehead v. Tuckett, Boyson v. Coles, and Fenn v. Harrison, decided by English judges.
After argument the Court adjourned to a week for judgment. 

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Barbados Agricultural Reporter, Bridgetown, jueves 19 de julio de 1906, p. 3-4.

L'affaire se prolonge quelque peu avec d'autres témoignages : 

BEFORE MR. RODEN.
Larceny as Bailee. —James Reid, of Pinfold Street, Bridgetown was charged by Lindsay H. Man, of Baxters Road, St. Michael, with larceny as bailee of £14.11.8. the value of a cinematograph machine on the 30th of April last.
Mr. Williams appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Reece instructed by Mr. P. P. Spencer, appeared for the defendant.
The evidence showed that the complainant, after making some enquiries about the character of the defendant, who had assured him that he (defendant) could easily sell the cinematograph machine in Grenada delivered up the same to him to be sold for $300.00, anything over which he was to take as his commission. Defendant carried the machine to Grenada, brought lb back and kept it for about three weeks at John P. Mayers' place In Chapman Street, where it was sold to Albert Worrell, as defendant's own property, for $70.00. While the machine was at Mayers' place, defendant is said to have told him (Mayers) that it was complainant's machine.
Mr. Williams submitted to the Court that on the evidence a prima facie case had been made out against the defendant who should therefore be committed to take his trial at a sitting of the Court of Grand Sessions.
Mr. Reece argued that., on the evidence before the Court, the case was not at all one of 'larceny as a bailee' because there had been no specific arrangement between the complainant and the defendant. It was simply an ordinary casein which the defendant as an agent had failed to account. He therefore did not see how. His Worship could commit the defendant to be tried at a sitting of the Court of Grand Sessions.
His Worship deferred his decision till the 29th instant.

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Barbados Agricultural Reporter, Bridgetown, sábado 25 de agosto de 1906, p. 3.

La presse offre de nouvelles informations de type strictement juridique :

Police Court News.
Wednesday, August 29, 1906.
BEFORE MR. RODEN.
Larceny as a Bailee.—The adjourned case in which James Reid, of Pinfold Street, Bridgetown, was charged by Lindsay H. Mann, of Baxter. Road, St. Michael, with the larceny as a bailee of £1411. 8. the value of a cinematograph machine on the 30th April last, was concluded yesterday. Mr. Williams re-appeared for the complainant.
His Worship in delivering his decision said that having regard to the fact that the accused sold the machine for $70—a price so much less than &300—and no account having been rendered by him to the complainant, he thought it was a matter to be enquired into by a jury. In a word he came to the conclusion that a prima facie case had been made out, and would therefore order the accused to take his trial at the next sitting of the Court of Grand Sessions.
Mr. Williams drew His Worship's attention to the fact that the accused was a traveller among the neighbouring islands, and in case His Worship granted him bail it was likely that the Court of Grand Sessions would not see him. He therefore urged that if it pleased. His Worship to allow bail, it should be fixed beyond the possibility of the accused to procure it.
His Worship allowed a personal bail of £60 and one surety in a like sum.

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Barbados Agricultural Reporter, Bridgetown, 30 de agosto de 1906, p. 3. 

Et après... (1906-[1919])

Son nom disparaît pratiquement de la presse jusqu'en 1911, où on le retrouve vendeurs de torpilles, de feux de Bengale... (1911) dans sa boutique "The Red Cross Shop". Activité qu'il poursuit jusqu'en 1919, date à partir de laquelle, on perd sa trace.

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