The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-07-22
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people, and consequently She ii afraid 30 do
SO. This proves very serious iuconyenl.
euceto the female portion Of the l,oilsebold.
strange as it may seeu. Having t,ndertagen
70 work for YOU, "a eoiored WOMAN may neg
lect her duty half the time without fear of
being supplanted by another. 81
There resides In an adjoining county. near
the border of this, negro who enjoys the
reputation OF being !. conjurer.n So widely
was The evil influence be exerted, telt blythe
colored people To his neighborhood that they
determined upon bis death. Accordingly.
some time last year quite number armed
themselves with guns. scy blades, or what
ever weapon they could lay their hands r,lon,
and marched down to his house little be-;
fore day break, But afraid TO advance d.
rectiy upon his house lest his magic. power
should prove too much for them, they se-
creted themselves near his door and waited
until he came out. Having succeeded in
capturing him, the more humane counsel
of q few negroes, a little less savage
than the rest; prevailed, and they deter.
mined to take him before magistrate and
have him committed to Jail: AS they were
nearing the house of the magistrate the
prisoner suggested that the approach Of SO
many armed negroes might frfghten the
family; that it would be better fer q feH of
them to stack theft attns aud take him up,
leaving the rest behind with the arms.
Thinking this very good advice, they adopted
it. No sooner had they gotten out of sight
Of the remaining party than the "tficker"
broke from his guards and Sought safety in
flight. After running short distance, find
ing that he. was holly pursued and likely to
be retaken, he stopped, ran his hand into his
pocket, and pretended to sprinkle something
in line across the road. He then walked
deliberately away. This was enough; not
another inch did his ,purstiefs proceed In
that direction. No inducefient could have
made them cross the charmed line.
Still convinced that the presence oflthes
copiurer" was injurious to the neighbour
hood, the negroes procured the assistance OF
white man and arrested the common
enemy, this time finding no difficulty in
bringing him before the magistrate. A part
of the sequel is somewhat amusing. DR.. -,
perhaps the ablest physician in this or in
several counties around, found, after the
close of the war, that to be successful In his
prartice ariohg the hegtoes he must, in a
measure at least, yield assent to their super
stitious notions. Having thus gained their
confidence, their credulity insured the most
implicit obedience to his directions, and by
this little ruse lie has placed himself in a po-
sition to be of great service to them, at the
same time winning wide reputation as ga
trick DOCTOR"
When the professor of the magic art, lDeD-
toned above, was taken before the magis-
trate by his captors, "his Honor" informed
them that he had no jurisdiction in the mat
ter, as g trickiDg was not crime known to
the law-that it had no existence except in
colofed imagination" They stoutly affirmed
that it did have real existence that many
of the party present bad experienced its i'll
effects, and finally concluded by insisting
that DIR. - be summoned to prove the
fact. - .'r
On what ground it is hard to determine,
but the negro was sent on for trial at Boyd
ton, and the worthy Doctor, very much to
his disgust, found himself summoned to ride
some thirty-fve miles to prove that one ne
gro has the power to trick another, and that
the art is constantly practiced among. them.
Of course the trial resulted in the acquittal
of the accused. The tricker in neighbour
hood is generally the smarteSt negro and the
greatest rascal. He or she is hated and
feared by the rest, but never offended.