Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-08-18
MAZZININANDA GETS
ONE SQUARE MEAL
SPook FAkER FEEDS AT BLOW
OUT OF COLLEAGUE
Hugh Moore Invites Friends to Party
at So Much Per invitation,
and "Mizzy" Hits the
Free Lunch

Mazzininanda had a square meal last
night.
How long it has been since the little
rat-eyed faker has had anything to eat
is unknown, but he evidently does not
expect to get another meal for some time.
In six minutes the little cockney ate
five ears of corn, four sandwiches, three
biscuits and drank three cups of coffee.
Mizzi would have eaten more, but the
victuals gave out. This appeared to dis
courage him, but he still hung around,
hoping that someone would spring some
more corn so he would be able to get
in line for the title of the only cornfed kid.
Mizzi was the principal object of in
terest at the grand. blowout of spooksters
given at the home of the REV. Dr."
Hugh Moore, just at the end of the Eden
dale street car line.
Moore is the man who was chased out
of New York, Brooklyn and Philadelphia
for taking; and who was recently refused
a license. to act as a medium in Los
Angeles by the board of police commits
sioners.
Unable to practice his favorite graft
in this city, the pompous little faker
moved outside the city limits and threw
wide his doors. Business has not been
very good, and, despite the fact that
Moore has not been accustomed to living
on the fat of the land, he wanted a little
more food than he could get from his
neighbors.
Then Moore got bunch. He decided
to hold open house and invite everybody
to bring their own victuals He expected
there would be enough left over to supply
his family with food until he could think
up another scheme. There would have
been if Mizzi had not been invited.
Invited at a Price
| Word was sent to the gullible following
of the arch CRATER, and invitations were
scattered broadcast Then Moore got an
other bunch. He decided to sell tickets.
Every person who attended had TO buy
a ticket. The tickets We're two bits each,
and many of the victims of the fake
spooksters, unable to afford the money,
did not attend. This was a sore disap-
pointment to Moore, but he took all that
offered, anyway.
A monograph was provided, the dining
room of Moore's house was cleared for
dance hall, Chinese lanterns were
strung through the yard and everything
was ready for the fun.
Early last night the gullible following
of the spooksters began to arrive. The
first sight which greeted their eyes was
Mrs. Moore, wife of the father of the
plan, and the woman who recently paid
a fine in the local police courts for graft
ing. She stood with palm extended ready
to, receive the money and no one was
allowed to pass without handing over the
coin.
This done the visitors were then ad-
mitted to the place, where burned a small
bonfire Beside 1t stood several bushels
of corn. All were invited to help them
selves, toast an ear of corn and eat.
Nearly everyone did so, while the re-
mainder helped themselves to sandwiches.
After eating the visitors were invited
to the dance hall, where a few couples
whirled around the room as if they were
ashamed of themselves.
All the grafters in Los Angeles were
present at the blowout, There was
Brother Roberts, former spieler for the
Princess Rajah, but who has found there
is more money in doing spiritualistic
stunts; Brother Barnes, formerly a gull
lible, but now one of the wise ones;
Brother Eddie, one of Moore's principal
hackers, who looks like a minister, but
generally acts as ticket seller; Mrs
Moore, assistant to her husband, as we'll
as fifteen or twenty others.
According to Moore, other blowouts of
the same nature will be given in the
near future. He said last night he was
we'll satisfied with the outcome of the one
held, but looked disappointed when he
examined the receipts.