Detroit Free Press , August 18, 1897 As stated previously, if Elizabeth Soop was a witch she practiced in her spare time. Her day job for many years likely consisted in aiding her husband and family in their many business enterprises from the Hawkins House in Ypsilanti during the Civil War, to his dining Hall on Washington Avenue to the Cass Avenue Hotel venture which he retired from in 1895. Detroit Free Press , September 5, 1897 Mrs. Soop and her daughter-in-law launched the Imperial Cafe in the summer of 1897 at 214 Griswold Street. I couldn't fi nd much on the enterprise though there were several other Imperial Cafes in the area during this time, as well as before and after. All seemingly on Cass Avenue and at various addresses. Whether they were related or not is inconsequential though it's doubtful that they were a franchise. Detroit Free Press , December 24, 1899 I still haven't found any incidents of seances or black magic rituals by Mrs. Soop. Maybe she only be...