The U.S. Post Office has issued fraud orders against two astrologers and soothsayers, H. S. Lewis and F. T. McIntyre, charging them with taking money under false pretenses by selling generic horoscopes and charms. They are also accused of teaching hypnotism for money. A previous fraud order had also been issued against McIntyre. In addition, a fraud order has been issued against Hugo Wiaterhoff, the American agent of the Great Hamburg Money Lottery in Germany, labeling it an illegal lottery.
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Fraud order issued against H. Spencer Lewis ("crooked Harvey") and F. T. McIntyre.
The U.S. Post Office has issued fraud orders against two astrologers and soothsayers, H. S. Lewis and F. T. McIntyre, charging them with taking money under false pretenses by selling generic horoscopes and charms. They are also accused of teaching hypnotism for money. A previous fraud order had also been issued against McIntyre. In addition, a fraud order has been issued against Hugo Wiaterhoff, the American agent of the Great Hamburg Money Lottery in Germany, labeling it an illegal lottery.
The U.S. Post Office has issued fraud orders against two astrologers and soothsayers, H. S. Lewis and F. T. McIntyre, charging them with taking money under false pretenses by selling generic horoscopes and charms. They are also accused of teaching hypnotism for money. A previous fraud order had also been issued against McIntyre. In addition, a fraud order has been issued against Hugo Wiaterhoff, the American agent of the Great Hamburg Money Lottery in Germany, labeling it an illegal lottery.
FRAUD ORDER ISSUED AGAINST SOOTHSAYERS. 1 Mr. Meyer Alao Frown* on Economi cal System of Batter Making. Astrology follows healing by absent treatm ent as a suffering victim of the Pest Office 1 epartment fraud order. This ancient and honored system of taking money from the credulous has, it is charg ed. been practiced by H. S. Lewis and F. T. McIntyre a t 43 West 27th street, Few York, mall being received under m e mtb d r m of Prof. H. Spencer Lewis. Prof. Lewis, the Lewis Company and E. SmKh. It Is charged that for horoscopeswhich were kept ready printed in stockthe men asked the sum of *3, but were willing to take 12. or even $1, if they could not get the larger sum. They also. It is said, sold charms anl Instructions for becoming ex pert hypnotists. A fraud order for a simi lar offence wan issued some time ago against McIntyre. Another Herman lottery has come under Uie ban. This time it is the Great Ham burg Money Lottery, whose agent is Hugo Wiaterhnff. against whom a fraud order has been issued.