08-15-2003 . Florist Code
08-12-2003 . Overdue Books
07-05-2003 . Past Regrets
06-12-2003 . Luminaries
05-05-2003 . Chemicals?
03-11-2003 . Psychic Driving
03-01-2003 . Trek Dream
02-27-2003 . Agent Resigns
02-14-2003 . Valentine Love
02-07-2003 . Coffee & Pudding
01-20-2003 . Groundhog Wardrobe
12-24-2002 . Christmas Stockings
12-13-2002 . Burger Messages
12-05-2002 . Don't Die Again
09-17-2002 . Shopper Confessions
08-20-2002 . Reading My Mail
08-12-2002 . Happened Again
07-10-2002 . Abraham Lincoln
07-09-2002 . Fuzzy Satan
06-19-2002 . Machenes
06-16-2002 . Too Many Dwarves
06-11-2002 . Fish Story
05-13-2002 . Green Clovers
05-03-1997 . Lotto Fever
Thursday, June 12, 2003
FBI
Box 1068
Victorville, CA 92393
Dear Sirs,
I may not be alive tomorrow when you receive this letter. I am the grandson of
who immigrated from Frankfurt, Germany in 1864. He was a butcher and opened a small shop in Philadelphia, PA. Soon, his business became quite successful. Sometime in the Spring of 1870 he was visited by two men, Michael O'
and Phillip B. They called themselves Luminaries of the Sphere and encouraged my grandfather to join their fraternal organization. At first he refused. But, according to letters he wrote to his brother who was living in Bad Kreuznach, Germany, my grandfather joined the organization that Summer. By the time my father was born, he was a Third-Order Luminary with the LOS. That was September 6, 1885. My father knew very little of the organization, at the time, and just remembered that his father went to meetings late at night, sometimes until morning.Then, when my father was 14, on Christmas Eve of 1899, they all rushed down to Union Station and boarded a train for Chicago. Eventually, they ended up in San Francisco. There, my grandfather worked for a variety of butcher shops until he drank himself to death in 1904. That was three days before my father's 19th birthday. My father joined the Army and stayed until he was 27. After his discharge, he met my mother, Sophia
, and they married in Pasadena, CA, on December 12, 1912. They had three children before me, David, Henry, and Geraldine. But,
tragically, they were all killed in a house fire November 4, 1927 after the Lompoc earthquake. My father was badly burned and lost his right arm.When he was in the hospital recovery ward, two men from Philadelphia visited him. One was a much older Phillip B
and the other was Samuel K. They said they were friends of my grandfather and after news of the quakes reached Philadelphia, they recognized our family name. They said that my grandfather had entrusted several business ventures with them, and one of them, involving a manufacturing process, had done rather well, and my father had inherited $62,300. This was all before I arrived. On June 13, 1933, I was born. My father was 48 and my mother was 38, so my birth was quite remarkable for the time. That makes tomorrow my 70th birthday.My father became very involved with the men from the LOS. Like my grandfather, he would disappear for up to a day at a time, with little explanation. But, unlike my grandfather, my father began taking me to the meetings when I turned 12. And, what I have to say here, was entrusted to me in secrecy. That is why, it is likely, that I will not live long after I mail this. If I am found dead or missing, the associates
and 
are the most likely suspects. They are my closest business partners.In 1832, outside of Kedzie's Grove, Michigan, (later renamed Deerfield) a meteor crashed to the earth. A pioneering farmer saw the impact and went to investigate. Three days later his desiccated corpse was found. The sheriff blamed it on wolves. This sheriff,
, was new to the territory (it would be five years before Michigan was a state) and people didn't trust him very much. One by one, the people of Kedzie's Grove were being found dead. Each time the sheriff would blame it on wolves. Then, in 1834, the sheriff was found dead on Cole H's farm. In his possession was a perfectly round, totally black, metallic ball. But, when placed in a totally black room, the ball would
glow brightly. During this state, Cole found that he could manipulate people at will.Over time, a group of businessmen became involved with Cole H
, and they all relocated to Philadelphia. This group became the Luminaries of the Sphere. In 1899, the group killed their first person, John , and my grandfather fled in the night to escape their influence.I have not personally seen the Sphere, but I have seen its influences, including the rise and fall of several large corporations in the last decade, such as
, , and . I'm supposed to retire from the organization tomorrow, and, at that point, disappear into the world. But, I'm afraid of where the group is going. They are exerting great political power in California and Washington and control at least 22 politicians. Within the next six weeks, there will be an assassination attempt in a South American country using the collective mind powers of the Luminaries.They say absolute power corrupts absolutely. I am afraid that this is true. Enclosed are photographs of several key California members of the LOS. Be careful of
, , and . They are the most dangerous and unchecked.Sincerely,
