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| The Detroit News, November 17, 1960 |
Lula Tennis (great name!) had the gift of soothsaying but didn't have a license. So she used the opportunity of her aunt, Madam Mary, going out of town to surreptitiously fill in for her. Unfortunately for her she encountered Patrolman John Ruane and his "daughter" who was supposedly suffering a terminal illness. After directing Ruane to bring back a pound of coffee and five pounds of sugar Mrs. Tennis would brew up a good luck compound. It was then that Ruane pulled the curtain off the charade and identified himself. She was fined $25 by the court. Of course, the session likely wasn't her first so the money likely came out of her profits and not her own pocket.
Keywords: fortune telling, 2920 Chene Street, Judge Joseph A. Gillis,
