Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24
SLATE WRITING
FAKER OPENS
A SHOP HERE
Fred Evans Raises a
Few SpOOks
Another lIIterate, Clumsy Fraud Joins
the Colony Of charIstans Who
swIndIe euIIible People
Of Los Angeles
ny l.. r. PARTON

There is nothing more to be said on
the subject of life after death. A man
now in Los Angeles has settled the
question and knows all about It, lie
will tell you so himself, and will bring
witnesses to testify that he really
knows. SO If the question has ever
worried you any, forget about It; or If
you still feel any curiosity, ask Prof"
Evans. The professor is in on every
thing that goes on behind the veil and
will tell you all he knows for SO.
Prof" Evans took a day off once
and found out about those things. Since
then he has been a slate writer. He
admits the charge He is no ordinary
spiritual dopester, but is the shiftiest
atCh-as-Catch-can Independent slate
writer in the business and challenges
all cOmers. He has spread enlighten-
ment and gathered in shekels in Eng
land. America, Australia and nearly all
the English colonies. The spirits have
used up tons of slate pencils and whole
lodges of slate in inscribing endearing
little messages to the professors eli
ents at SO per throw. The professor is
at the head of his craft. Los Angeles
was first honored by his presence three
weeks ago. He is at the Pembroke ho-
tel. 339Is South Hill street.
Says He's Noble Spookster
Early last week, not having known
Prof. Evans, I had felt some vague
curiosity as to the mysteries of life after
death and decided to find out for sure
about it. 1 was led to the professor
by his advertisements and by his book
called "Psychography," which he dedi-
Gates to "all souls seeking for truth, or
a knowledge of life beyond the grave"
Seeking for truth!
Life beyond the grave!
The book was not written by the pro-
fessor himself. 1t is an apotheosis Of
the psychic marvel written by a
friend, j. ]. Owen. The professor isn't
much on writing, anyway. The spirits
do so much of it for him that he has
gotten out of the way of it.
AS a preliminary to the story of my
visit to the professor. here is an ac-
count of his birth and ancestry, taken
from his book:
Fred came of truly noble ancestry.
One of his great-grandfather was no
less a parsonage than that great hu-
manitarian and reformer, Robert Owen.
His great grandmother, Catherine
N'ven, was daughter of Hugh Hughes.
l1Is grandparents were of Welsh ma
tionality, his grandmother being first
cousin to Lord Dinorben of Cimal hall
Denbigshire." H
An lIIiterate cockney
The professor has two rooms, one q
waiting room and the other the abiding
place of his spirit counselors, where he
holds his seances.
l waited a few moments when the
door leading to the spirit cage opened
and a man emerged.
Mistaking the man for an attendant
I asked for the professor
"W'y, you know, Him the professor u
was the reply. His there anythin Hi
can do for you?"
This the man who had peered behind
tine veil! The man who had been sought
by scientists and philosophers all over
the world to explain to them the deep
mysteries of life and death! The man
who, with the assurance of Moses de-
livering the law, had said he knew the
secrets of the afterworld This the
man of noble ancestry" with the
speech of a Liverpool fishmonger and
the walk of an English sailor
] told the professor that 1 was inter-