Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-06
SPOOKs CREATE
SCENE IN COURT
so WRATHY THEY CHOKE ON
THEIR WORDS
Call Herald Reporters Liars for Daring
to Write the Truth-Crusade
Against Fakers Plnches
Some

That the spookists we're stung by The
Heralds fearless exposure of the fraud
perpetrated by Mrs. Sanford johnson
and the alleged investigators who
signed whtewash report after the
pretense of an investigation, held on the
night of December 20, was shown by
the scene created in the corridors of the
city police court Friday afternoon by
Arthur s. Howe, president of the State
Spiritualistc society, and his wife.
Howe rushed up TO Herald reporter
and said:
Ibid you write that report of the II.
H. johnson investigation?
Upon receiving a reply in the affirma-
tive Hove grew excited and shouted:
"Then you wrote lie. 1 didn't call
Webster liar. 1 don't use that kind
OF language"
Mrs. Howe then broke in with: "Oh,
you contemplate liar. You-you-you
are not man--you are mere boy"
Mrs. Howe was choking with rage. 1T
was suggested to her that this mere
boy had been able to outwit and ex-
pose the shrewdest takers in all the
nest OF sWindlerS in the city.
Yes" she stormed, "he did 1t by false
pretenses, He used sneaking methods to
see those medicines: that beardless
boy'-with unspeakable scorn.
The beardless one, at the tender age
of 20 years and months, shrunk up to
the insignificant size of feet IL and
dared to smile
THAT investigation story was awful.
Here is the true account" and Mrs.
Howe handed around few copies of
the Occidental Mystic, declaring them
worth 10 cents apiece, but saying she
would give them away.
They are certainly worth the price.
In the Accidental Mistake Is printed
an account of the great whitewashing
scene and the two statements signed by
five of the pseudo investigators, the
sixth man, namely The Herald reporter,
not being in the pay of the spiritual
lists and having too great a regard for
honesty to sign either of them.
Sign Whitewashed Report
The first statement was signed by II.
Aylmer Harding, DR.. X. d. Wise and
John S. Daetweiler and sets forth that
after witnessing the work of Mrs. San
ford Johnson they know it was a piece
of genuine independent slate writing.
Their reasons for signing this bald
statement were obvious. II. Aylmer
Harding claims to be student of
spiritualsm and is a contributor to the
Accidental Mistake. He is a friend of
the members of the State Spiritualistic
society, and it was manifestly to his
advantage to prove Mrs. Johnson any
thing but a fake.
DIR. X. d. Wise admitted at the So
called investigation that he was a per-
sonal friend of Mrs. Johnson and sew
eral times had readings from her
Even before she entered the room he
pronounced 1T as his belief that she was
a genuine slate writer and he endeav-
ored to influence the minds of those
who were present in that manner.
John S. Daetweiler was introduced &c
the others who were present by c. Ime-
son, the man who acted as Mrs. john
sons counsel He is a big German, IL
literate, uncouth and bull-necked
Previous to Mrs. Johnson entering the
room he passed the time discussing bis
great strength and glaring at the Others
who were present.
He decided that a verdict should be
brought in in Mrs. Johnson's favor long
before any test was started and even
after the lights had gone out in order to
allow her to make few scribbles on
the slate During the confusion which
reigned he still insisted that the woman
was acting honestly, and seemed
porter laughed at him.
The second statement in the case de-
cIared that F. H. Willis and A. M. Buck
believed that the test was genuine. This
report was so evidently whitewashed
one that The Herald reporter refused
to sign 1t, and as a result was told in
no uncertain terms that his opinion
didn't count, anyway.
The miserable showing made by the
would-be medium at that time and the
work which was done by her confed-
crates were of such a raw character
that none but the blindest dupes could
be taken in, and yet they tried to make
it appear that it was genuine work and
that all those who We're in the room
were there to give an unbiased de-
cision.
According to the report which is pub
lished in the Accidental Mistake Mrs.
johnson is held up as the greatest of
go-betweens between spookdom ana