Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-03
Three Shots Fired at
Man in the
Darkness
SSp00kist Believed to
Have Attempted an
Assassination
Robert T. Hale Shot at in Darkness.
and He Believes Fakers He Has
Driven Out of Business
Did 1t

What the victim calls premeditated
and deliberate attempt was made last
night, soon after o'clock, to murder
Robert T. Hale, senior member of the
real estate firm of Hale & Co. of 5051a
South Main street and president of the
Anti-Fakers society of Southern Cali
fornia, as he was walking rom the
spiritualist camp near Edendale, at the
city limits to the car line which was to
bring him into town.
Mr.. Hale declares three shots, evil
IDENTIFY from an automatic pistol or
other rapid fire gun, were fired at him,
and only the bad craftsmanship of the
man who held the weapon is RESPONSE
BILE for the fact that he is alive and
was able to report the outrage last
night.
Mr.. Hale tells the following story:
"At an early hour yesterday afternoon
/ received a telephone message from my
friend, Prof John McLane, who is
member of the recognized spiritualist
colony of this community, to call on
him at the summer camp of spiritual
lists, which is being conducted near
Glendale. Prof. McLane is building
on the grounds a bungalow and when
Ns@OSS -
The afternoon in work about the new
house. All afternoon we cheerily
worked, doing such jobs ,as we found
about the place, and at the close of the
day left the camp to catch the $50
o'clock car into town
Threatened with Death
1.-THE road from the camp to the car
line runs, through a small stretch of
woods which lines both sides of the
walk. AS / reached the far end of the
woods report rang out and bullet
sang uncomfortably near my ear. That
/ was startled goes without saying, but
for the moment L had no idea that
was the object of the shot. The next
instant undeceived me in this respect,
as second shot rang out and the bull
let came much closer than the first.
I'm an instant l remembered several
warnings that / had received that my
life was to be attempted and also many
threats that had been sent through the
malls.
GAS the second shot sounded on the
air ducked for cover, and as did so a
third report sounded. The bullet winged
It's way close to my lodging figure and
left no doubt but what I was the OBJ
jective point of the missile.
''I ran for the car line to get away
from what to me was plainly an at
tempt at assassination. The shots were
heard in the spiritualist camp which L
had just left and a number OF people
ran from there down the road and
soon joined me. Under the escort OF
these friends / continued on my way
until l arrived at the street car line,
and then came on into the city, where
the matter was reported to the police
and sheriff's departments.
'"There is no doubt but what a delib-
crate attempt was made to kill me, and
that the people who made the attempt
chose the time with knowledge of my
movements.
''While never before has an attempt
been made upon my life, 1 nave re-
ceived numerous and threatening let
ters that 1 would be killed unless let
UP in my campaign against the fraud
ulent mediums, psychologists and other
takers of like ilk in this city and vicin-
ity, and l have been warned time and
again to look out for myself or l would
be done away with.
I'm the battle which has been con-
Quoted against the taking and bunco-
ing class of mediums IN Los Angeles
and vicinity no one hasfbeen more en-
ergetic than myself. L have exposed
and driven out of the business scores
of takers and earned the undying en-
nifty of the leaders of this gold brick
band by my actions. That they would
have the temerity to attempt my life
/ had not believed UP to this time.
consequently I have paid no atten-
ton to the numerous threats that have
been made against me, but have pur-
sued my way without deviation from
my fixed purpose to drive ever.- faker
in Southern California out of the busi-
ness of hoodwinking the public by
false representations and seances and
meetings. That these takers are seri-
Gus in their threats to put me where l
can do them no more harm is evil
denced by the attack made last night
Chief Of Police Flammer and Sheriff
Hammel have detailed men to search
for the would-be assassins and should
they be caught they Will be shown
Mr. Hale Y that lonely wood road yes
terday evening