Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-04
GULLLBLES
OBSTINATE
VICTIMS OF FAkERs CLING TO
DELUsIoNS
REFUSE TO BELIEVE EVIDENCE
OF THEIR OWN EYES
spook Ralsers Spend Night In jail and
VIII Be Arralgned This Morn
ing-PoIice Say convic-
tlons Assured

G. F. Baxter and wife, the fake me-
diums, who we're arrested Saturday night,
occupied cells at the city jail all night
and Baxter still remains there. Mrs.
Baxter was released yesterday afternoon
on a deposit of $25 cash bond by Alex
ander Anderson, one of the Baxters'
loyal supporters and firm believer in their
demonstrations"
Mrs Baxter went to her home at 1858
Twenty-second street. Anderson said ne
would have deposited bond money enough
to release Baxter as well as his wife,
but did not have the cash and check
would not be accepted.
The Baxters will be arraigned this
morning and will, according to Ander-
son, plead not guilty to a violation OF
the ordinance in conducting spiritualistic
meetings without a license.
Anderson attended almost avery So
called seance at the Baxter house. Yes
terday after securing the release OF Mrs.
Baxter he declared he would assist the
husband and wife financially IL they
wished to fight their case in the courts.
"I cannot believe I have been duped,"
said Anderson. 'I have attended the
meetings for a long time ana nothing
I have seen has made me think they are
other than proper. am a spir1tuans'
and have seen so many evidences OF the
truth of my belief that will never give
1t up"
'But,", said an officer, ''you witnessed
the disrobing of the supposed spirit; can
you believe that the piece Of soiled and
i'll smelling cheesecloth could possibly
have been the raiment Of spirit?'
s'That is something I don't undeer-
stand" said Anderson. Some one tells
me the officers brought that cheesecloth
with them and when the spirit was
graspeed the cloth was pulled from the
officers pocket.
IT know that spiritualism gives many
opportunities for taking, and II Baxter
was carrying on his work in a dishonest
way am glad his place was raided, for
such things do great deal to hurt the
religion, and the more of these places
closed down the better 1t will please me
and those who believe as I do"
Anderson said he believed the Baxters
would make their fight not on the ground
that they were practicing without IL
cense, but that the ordinance providing
for the imposition of a license was un-
constitutional. He said he knew the
Baxters charged certain sum for their
work and this was violation of the or
dinance unless they were operating under
a permit.
Alfred Chaudet, a real estate man. ac-
companied Anderson to the police sta
tion yesterday. Chaudet is the man who
usually took UP the collections Of money
from those attending seances at the Bax-
ter home These collections were gathered
after the so-called spirits ended their
ghostly visitations and after other al
legged spooks had finished their whisper
ings and loud mouthings through the
long tin megaphones.
Enough evidence. the police say. has
been gathered against the Baxters to Sc
cure a speedy conviction. The raid of
Saturday night was not the first one of
it's kind in Los Angeles and. according
to the officers. the Baxters carried on
their work in the same manner as others
of their class in the past. =.
Previous cases of this sort have invari-
ably resulted in convictions with fines
of from $s5 to $3.50. and in some instances
heavy jail sentences.