Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-12-28 | Page 15 | Sun Worshiper Chief Arrested

SUN WORSHIPER chief mm , j "Little Master" Hanisch to Be Taken to Los Angeles to Face Charges. CHICAGO, Dec. 27. Ottoman Scar Adhust Hanisch, sell'-stylcd "Little Master' of the Mazdaznan cult of bun worshipers, was a-rcsted toutKbt and started for Los Angeles, where he was indicted on June 4, 1918, several revolting; offenses being charged. Hanisch Han-isch was convicted in the federal court here in 1913 of sending indecent matter, mat-ter, his cult book. "The Inner Circle,'' through the mails, and was sentenced Lo six months in jail. Hanisch and a number of his followers follow-ers were said to be celebrating a holi-da3" holi-da3" fete known as " Eahan Bar," in a private home when Lieutenant Charles A. Jones of the Los Angeles police and local detectives invaded the place. The cult's high priest was attired at-tired in white flannels and golden slippers slip-pers and, according to tlie police, roared a profane protest at their intrusion. At the- detective bureau Hanisch agreed to waive extradition, declaring: "They have nothing on mo in the west. " The police lieutenant said he had been trailing Htinisch, who was said to have planned leaving Chicago soon for Zurich. Switzerland, ever since the Los Angeles indictment was returned. Among the complainants against Hanisch, Han-isch, according to the police, are Bado Tahbel, a boy, and Miss Angelica Sand-berg, Sand-berg, IS years old, both of Los Angeles. An-geles. Hanisch claims to bo 70 years old. His real name is said to be Otto Z. Hanisch, son of Richard Hanisch, a Milwauli)c music teacher. He was said at the Chicago trial to have been a sheepherrier in Utah. The Mazdaziian cult had a pretentious preten-tious temple on the shore of Lake Michigan, Mich-igan, on Chicago's south side, when it was raided prior to his conviction ill 1913. Later he established headquarters head-quarters in Los Angeles, but fled following fol-lowing the indictment. It is said the cult now has a half million dollar temple tem-ple in Zurich.