Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-12
TOO RAW FOR
NEW YORK, He
TRIES IT HERE
Spook akers Have
New Leader
Rev. Or. Moore, Exposed In Gotham by
New York World, Comes to
Los Angeles to Give
Seances

The fame of Los Angeles as a city
beautiful has spread to all corners Of
the globe, but its notoriety as the
Mecca for takers, swindlers and graft.
ers of all descriptions has spread
equally as far and word of the easy
attitude maintained by the city Off
cials toward these different classes has
been carried to their numbers through
out the world until scarcely a day
passes that some new spookster OF
easy money politician does not hang
out a shingle bearing his name and
telling of the wonders he performs.
Recently the infamous little faker
Leo de Mizzinnandi. the leader Of the
spook fakers In Los Angeles, was shorn
of his false colors and held up to the
world at large as a petty law breaker
q false prophet and a cheap CRATER
The evidence against him was Sc
strong that when he was arrested
charged with telling fortunes without
a city license jury of twelve men
in Police Justice Chambers court found
him guilty of the charge and Judge
Chambers assessed a fine of $3.50 against
him.
Fakers Help Leader
Knowing that the downfall of their
leader would mean that all Of his
CLASS WOulQ De llSlu up u oCOIu auO
that many of their victims would learn
Of the way they had been shorn OF
money Mizzi-etc.'s friends rushed tc
his aid and appealed the case to the
superior court. There Judge Smith
affirmed the decision of the lower
court and Mizzi had to come through
with the heaviest fine ever assessed
one of his class in Los Angeles, or go
to the chain gang for term of 100
days.
Dizzy Mizzi, with the aid of his few
remaining friends, paid the fine, but
his term as leader of the CRATER host
in Los Angeles was at an end, and the
little cockney went back to his hole
to sneer and snarl at his enemies and
curse those who had been responsible
for his downfall.
Still the grafters remained in Los
Angeles and many inquiries were made
in regard to who would now be select
ed as the best one among them to
champion their cause and tell them by
what sly means they would be able
to evade the laws made for the protec-
tion of honest citizens, and tell them
how not to make mistakes.
Soon the word was passed. A man
whom the New York World says Is
an arch CRATER, sly, sharp-w1tted
man, who knows the game from A to
q and who has outwitted the sharpest
members of anti-fakers' societies in the
country, has come to Los Angeles and
will open an office here.
Is Reverend octor!
He is the Rev. DR.. Hugh r. Moore.
pastor of the Church of Harmonial
Philosophy, spiritualistic takers, false
trance medium and the man who re-
Gently was driven from New York city
by the newspapers and police Of that
place.
Rev. DR.. Hugh r. Moore, said by the
New York World to be former bar
keep, arrived in Los Angeles several
weeks ago. With him were his wife,
Mrs. Cora H. Moore, and their two
daughters, Niobe and Irma, all assist
ants of the reverend doctor.
Apartments at SIG West Ninth street
were engaged by the party and within
g. few days advertisements began to
appear in the daily papers that the
great and only spookster of them all
had arrived in town and would give
seances at the rate of so cents per
seance to each visitor.
From the first his rooms were crowd
ed and marvellous tales of the wonders
performed by the spook friends of the
reverend doctor were told by those
who attended. Stories of mysterious
lights flashing from the dark corners