Thomas Mozette (clairvoyant)

Thomas Mozette
Alias(es)	Francis Cook
Died	February 1926 Rutland Prison Camp, Rutland, Worcester Co., Massachusetts

Thomas Mozette, also known (in California) as Francis Cook, was a clairvoyant and medium for hire who was repeatedly prosecuted for fraud and larceny in various American jurisdictions, most famously in Boston (and Cambridge), Massachusetts, where his case was tied to a political scandal that saw Nathan A. Tufts, District Attorney for Middlesex County, prosecuted for dereliction and relieved of his duties.

Press Coverage

1910s

Sued as Swindler in Boston

• "Sore Servant Sues Seer, Says Swindled", Los Angeles Herald 42 (10): 21, 12 November 1915, https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19151112.2.326&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-%252527Thomas+Mozette%252527-------1 

Advertising in Cambridge

• "(Ad.): This Wonderful Man; SIR THOMAS MOZETTE, LATE OF LONDON, ENG.", Cambridge Chronicle: 8, 8 January 1916, https://cambridge.dlconsulting.com/?a=d&d=Chronicle19160108-01.2.122.3&srpos=5&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-%22Thomas+Mozette%22------ 
• "(Ad.): Sir Thomas Mozette, Spirit Medium", Cambridge Chronicle: 10, 26 February 1916, https://cambridge.dlconsulting.com/?a=d&d=Chronicle19160226-01.2.161.3&srpos=11&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-%22Thomas+Mozette%22------ 

Skipping out of Beantown

• "POLICE LOOKING FOR SIR THOMAS MOZETTE, Claim Spirit Medium Hypnotized Mrs. Justine H. Gordon, of Dorchester, Out of $11,000 — Another Victim Claims He Lost $100 — The "Gifted Man" Disappeared, Leaving No Trace", Cambridge Chronicle, 25 March 1916, https://cambridge.dlconsulting.com/?a=d&d=Chronicle19160325-01.2.134&srpos=2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-%22Thomas+Mozette%22------ 

1920s

Captured in Akron, Skips Town Again

• ""SIR" THOMAS MOZETTE, READER OF FUTURES, SAW HIS, SO DISAPPEARED", Akron Evening Times: 5, 7 March 1920, https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/228195914/ 
• "HAS EQUITY IN GREAT BEYOND WORTH $1000", Arizona Republica: 20, 14 April 1920, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020558/1920-04-14/ed-1/seq-20/ 

Prosecution of Tufts

• "Tufts Defence Begins Will Take Stand Today", Boston Post: 11, 27 July 1921, https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/74572454/ 
• "SPIRITIST MEDIUM ENTERS TUFTS CASE; Attorney-General Says Accused District Attorney Failed to Prosecute", New York Herald: 4, 23 July 1921, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045774/1921-07-23/ed-1/seq-4/ 

Captured in S.F. (as Francis Cook), Trial in Boston (as Mozette)

• "A warrant for Francis Cook, charging the distribution of circulars In violation of a San Francisco ordinance, was indorsed by the San Mateo county authorities.", San Francisco Examiner: 4, 13 February 1924, https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/457767732/, "When Cook was taken to the bureau of identification by Detectives Hoertkorn and Harris he was identified, they said, by a picture and finger prints as the "Clairvoyant Mozette," wanted in Boston for larcenies alleged to have been committed in 1915, the victims being Alice E. Richards and Mary Chapin." 
• "EXPOSE FAKES OF SPOOK RING", Madera Tribune 33 (86): 4, 13 February 1924, https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=MT19240213.2.42&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1, "SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13. "Professor" Francis Cook, who claimed to be a "clairvoyant extraordinary" and adviser of the elite on matters of importance, was arrested in a raid at Daly Mly, near here yesterday. A quantity of data showing that took and other clairvoyants in California worked in co-operation with each other, exchanging dope on clients and advising each other of the movements of spotted suckers, was seized[...] The “professor" was identified as Thomas Mozette, who was made to flee from Boston in 1916 under an indictment for grand larceny[...]" 
• "'Sir' Thomas Was Arrested at San Francisco", Boston Globe: 5, 5 March 1924, https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/431047640/ 
• "SIR THOMAS MOZETTE GIVEN 3 TO 5 YEARS", Cambridge Chronicle, 13 September 1924 
• "ATTY WALSH CLEARED BY PRISONER'S NOTE - Larceny Indictment Nol Pros'd by Reading - T. O. Mozette, Dying in Prison, Exonerated Lawyer", Boston Globe (Boston, Mass.): 28, 17 Feb. 1926