Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-29

NJ. E. G. Howe associate editor of the
Occidental Mystic. According to the
card Mrs Howe is state organizer of
the California State Spiritualists' as
sociation.
Mrs. Howes husband is Arthur
lowe, editor Of the Mystic. The Howes
stood loyalty by Mazzini during his
former trial, even after he was shown
to be a fraud.
The failure of the Howes to repudiate
Mazzini after his exposure has been
hard blow to their cause.
Scores of honest Spiritualists are said
to have forsaken the c. S. S. A. ban
ners on account Of this action.
Moore Caught with the Goods
H. R. Moore and Cora H. Moore were
arrested at 8 o'clock at SIG West Ninth
street by Detectives Ritch and Rob-
erds, the capture being made right in
the midst of one of their trumpet
seances and with a large and appre-
ciative assemblage of dupes present.
A warrant had been sworn out earlier
in the evening for the arrest of Mrs.
Moore and the officers were instructed
to arrest Moore the minute it became
that he was collecting money
under false and fraudulent. pretenses.
The arrest was made as directed and
the fact that there were not several OF
the subjects and dupes of these two
takers sent to the receiving hospital
for repairs is wholly due to the for
arrests, for not only Moore himself but
several of his fanatical adherents
started a rough house which only the
GOODNESS of the officers turned into q
rather lame and abject surrender to
the majesty of the law.
Silver an Open Sesame
When the two officers arrived at the
spook temple conducted by the Moores,
witness the manifestations
There was little difficulty experienced
in passing the outside and inside
house. The ring of the coin Of the re-
public was magic in it's open sesame
qualities and Mrs Moore greedily abb
sorbed two half dollar pieces that were
rendered her as admission fees for the
strangers.
Mr. Wright" and Mr. Buck" were
conducted to a nice cosy corner in
small room in which were crowded
some twenty-five or thirty other per-
sons. After a survey of the crowd had
been made and no suspicious charac-
ters discovered, Moore walked to the
center of the room and deposited on
the floor three telescoping megaphones
or trumpet OF tin. They were of diff
ferent lengths and sizes and while he
was handling them he talked in a IA
miliar strain with all those present,
telling them that as a trumpet medium
and producer of spirits he was unex-
celled except by one person and that
person had been a long time dead.
After this little preliminary talk the
people were arranged around the room
in what was seemingly regular order
and then a number of double states of
the usual bunk" kind were distributed
and the members of the class" in
structed to think real hard of some
message they wished to receive from
dead and gone relatives or friends, and
in time it was stated they would get
what was coming to them.
Little Child Is Used
The lights were then turned out and
the room draped in black hangings
presented the appearance of the bot
tom of coal mine at midnight
Now be very quiet" said Spook
Doctor Moore's voice, "and 1 think
Pansy will come and see u.s..
Immediately thereafter "Pansy' ar
rived.
In a squeaky and rather incoherent
voice "Pansy'' announced through one
of the tin trumpets that she was on
the spot.
"How are you, Pansy," was the
greeting that went up from a dozen of
the throats of the fanatics present.
st am very we'll, thank you, and oh,
so happy over here" was the response
in the squeaky voice.
Then "Pansy" went on to greet each
one present in the room by name and
inquired after their personal health and
affairs.
Even "Mr. Wright and "Mr Buck"
were not overlooked, and they were
informed that there was nice warm
place waiting for them on the other