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Thomas Mozette (clairvoyant)

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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

Advertising in Cambridge

Skipping out of Beantown

1920s

Captured in Akron, Skips Town Again

Prosecution of Tufts

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