Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-12

it was seen that many persons had not
profited by the exposure of the forHer
spook leader. Thirty-five men ana Woih-
en- were crowded into the two rooms u,
which the seances are held, and gazeu
with interest at the different opJecls
laround the room. %
IT was "cinch" for the VISITORS "
ipick out at once the new spirit Irieh4h the
nf the "Rev. Dr." from among tne
crowd while IL was also "cinch' u
pick out his victims.
Two young men, both well puhc aiiu
with the unmistakable swing OF tne
professional boxer, held seats III pnu
corner Of the first room. Eagerly tney
scanned each face, deciding in their own
minds the ability of each one aa a @
fighter for these two young nlen wei y y
what is generally known as "pouncgss, cy
and had been engaged py tle f.o,,
Dr" TO protect his sacred person lrolli M
+he hands of some enraged victim
si,ouid II he found out how he had VIC
timized his audience.
Sings His Praises
] One elderly woman, with short curry
gray hair. was much in evidence auoue ~
! the room, and in low voice Whispered ~
| The newcomers of the miracles the
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while the said REV. Dr." sat few rect
awav and pretended not to near his
praises sung. no,+
one little girl, a dainty child OF apoue
II years, was playing in the room; Sle
was introduced to the visitors as NloDe,
q daughter of Moore, and WonuerIul
healer, whose marvellous cures -lau as-
tonished the medical world.
She also is one of the asslstanI9 ",
! Moore and has frequently heipeu nm I'm
in the deceptions he practiceu oh 'Ne
public. ,,,, ,,ee
arranged a cabinet of the kind usdally
carried by spirit takers. "A black cloll
strung with tin bells was hung IN iront
of this cabinet, while small taple On
which were several musical Instruments
stood in the center. 4,o,,
After the victims had taken their
seats "Rev. Dr." Moore arose ana Ior
1fteen minutes held forth with long
talk on spirits and spirit actions.
Minstrel His Guide
Moore is a broad shouldered man,
with irongray hair and mustache.
dirty white vest, over solied shlrt.
an old dark sack coat and a pair Oh
fraved trousers formed his attire. AL
together he made a ridiculous appear
ing spectacle as he stood petore tne
siinple-minded crowd and told or the
wonders he was able to perform WITH
the aid of spirits and spirit guloes.
ben Sayer is my guide" said the
"Rev. Dr." land Ben is a vlry hne
guide. I knew him in life and he al
ways told me he would return after ne
had passed into the spirit world anu
would visit me at my seances.
ben was, during his life, a memper
of George Christy's minstrels, and al.
ways starts the evening with some Oh
mis- old minstrel jokes. During his lie
time Ben used the typewriter and was
considered a fairly good operator
Since his death, however, he has be-
come a master on the machine and can
now write as many as 150 words
This typewriter which he used
was presented me by it's inventor, VINO
attended several of my seances and
was delighted with the way Ben used
the machine.
II will not allow any person TO IN
terrupt during this seance, and If any
one does l will have him put out.
try to make things as easy as possible
FOR Ben.
Old Ballot Trick
"Now I am going to have my daugh- |
ter, Niobe, who, by the way, is Won |
derful healer and will soon begin CIV
ing q series of lectures in a public hall
in this city, pass a number of envelopes
and cards to you.
81 want you to write on the card the
name of some dead person. Then, II
that person was a relative of yours in
this life, write the relationship. Then
write your own name on the bottom
of the card. Seal these cards up in
the envelope and pass them to Niobe.'
After those present had followed in
structions the sealed envelopes were
handed Mrs. Moore, who tied them into
a neat bundle, palmed the bundle and
held up another in it's place. The false
bundle was then tied in plain view
in front of the audience and Mrs.
Moore departed to the kitchen. There
she carefully opened each envelope,
read the contents and wrote an answer
on smooth running typewriter.
Gives Fake Seance
While she was absent the REV. Dr."
kept the audience amused with a fake
seance at which he and the elderly
woman and man named ]. Clark
were the principal figures of amuse-
ment These latter two were confed-
crates of Moore and sat with him in
front of the screen. At odd moments
the strings of a guitar would be heard
twanging from behind the curtain and
now and then a slip of paper bearing
a spirit message" would be slipped
over the curtain. All the time Moore's
laSeA "a g,sSSs&.ss,