The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-01
NINE. HOUSTON
HADPATR0NS IN
MANY SECTIONS
SHE WAS NO CHEAP FORTUNE
TELLER AND HER HOBBY WAS
GOLD, WHICH SHE GATHERED
IN WITH EASE AND GRACE.

That the fame Of ozeI1s Houston,
the missing fortune teller, has pene-
trated every nook. Granny and corner
Of Pensa cola. and that she had more
customers who paid her 500 or more
each than a Central American army
has generals. is almost certain, as
complaints continue TO reach Chief
Sanders from persons who claim that
they were duped by the madame. The
claim made by Nine. Houston that she
Is one of the most celebrated delinea-
tors Of character within the purview Of
human knowledge is believed by many
when the large number which she Sac
ceeded in taking is taken into consid-
Grafton, but her further claim that she
was honest in every act and expression
leaves room for doubt.
One case has come to light OF where
a young lady called at the fortune tell
er's parlors. which were SO arranged
to secure privacy and seclusion, for
the purpose of securing the key to the
vaults Of happiness, friendship, wealth
and fame, for all which she paid the
nominal sum of 81, but the fortune
teller is said TO have not given the
young lady that which she sought and
she will have to plod along vainly'
hoping that luck or chance may open
the door to her.
1t was a plain case in the eyes OF
the fortune teller that it was a shame
TO take the money" but before the
young lady left her apartments the
madame told her to tell her mother to
call, as she wanted to tell her where
some treasure was buried in her back
yard. But the mother of the young
lady did not respond to the invitation
4 young man. son of a wel-known
couple of this city, called on Chief of
Police Sanders yesterday and conf
dentially told him that his mother gave
Nine Houston 800 in gold to tell her
where a large sum of money was
buried. The young man requested the
chief not to give his name to the news
papers.
A well-known barber Of Pensacola
was "stung'' for SAL by the fortune
teller, this amount, according to the
statement of a close friend of the bar
Der, being paid at different times for
different advice. but the last payment
was to cover the cost Of an automobile
in which he and the fortune teller
were to take a. trip to the plantation
owned by his father. near Pensacola,
where she was to reveal to him the
location Of hidden treasure. The for
S0AAO ICtANi 4CLI TIC OAtS OA -sAOiHAaJ
night.
Motorcycle Officer Albert Anderson.
who called at the parlors OF Mime.
Houston on instructions from Chief
Sanders weekly to remind her not to
forget during the great rush of bust
ness to pay her weekly license fee of
$25, says that on the occasion of his
visits to the place in the afternoon
both parlors at the home OF the for
tune teller were Always filled with men
and wornen-old and young-who
wanted Nine Houston to point them
the way to the clear skies, beyond the
gloom that overshado-~7 tFen. Others
husbands and wives-wanted the
marvellous woman to reveal to them
the cause Of the GOODNESS that has
come between them Some wanted to
know if their land con tanned any min
era1, oil or gas and to what extent.
Many of those who visited the fortune
teller wanted her to explain to them
the method of arousing personal mag
netfsm, which may be nurtured and
cultivated and caused to- blossom into
fullest fruition. They often wondered
why some people seem able to Always
make a favorable impression while
they cannot. They believed that many
people possess personal magnetism