Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-12-26
LOCAL NEWS.
Arrest of a "Trick Doctor.-


sUrERSTITIoUs COLoREp PEOPLE rHE VICTIMS OF
NoUDOoIST.
A queer case was developed yesterday ac
police headquarters. Two colored women called
there 20 complain OF having peen swindlcd by
''voudooist." better known among the colored
people as trick doctor one of these women
Is the VIE OF colored man named DAOney,
who resides on New Jersey avenue between NJ
and y streets, and WhO had been sick Tor sew
erai months with rheumatism. They had tried
white doctor for some time without encOur-
aging results. and tile.r coiored friends per-
SuadCu th"E 10 send for This TRICK doctor who
goes by The name of - MINUS Middleton" but
whose real name il said 10 ba SO. Clrroil ana
who Il ven known 10 Ire police aS sharp fel-
low. Sab with his tongue and p.diG~r IA extra
ordinary &d .eC;iHeS and voud1O wiSian. Dr.
Jo. Carroll. alias MINUS Middleton q lsNcrei
the call, and. 3Ittr 4 diagnosis OF the case. or
Tered 10 cuiF Nr. iab.tr "a a short SPACE OF
tine Tor IS. Il wCu,d be necessary faT him ID
have some silver, he said, ana 5 lUe Cpii 10
start Win. and a part cf tllc money odd Dab
noA 5 silver watch, = hllf-doilar, batter KATE 4
par ~ god earrings. gold pin. -cid peacil
watch chain and several other trinkp'S with
$50 in cash. were given him Ito WORK W n. as
lie stated, win TIE understanding tAa- all OF
these articles except the money were 10 he re-
turned after lie removed the spell" waica he
stated the Ole ulan vas Sufierin, from. These
he took away with him. after Sayinr some YOU
600 SlhheriSh. making some mouth CoaI ortfonS
and going Though considerable paniomime
Eefole leaving he said that some one nal
planted
a THICK on THE PREMISE.
which he would have TO remove 50 s;0ol as he
could ascertain where II was. This yaald take
three days ahd three hours TO ind oat The
Dabneys waited patiently, the old man feeling
better from tie start. and word was passed
about the HeiI hb0rhood that the trick" doctor
was curing Tie SICK man. This coming 10 the
know'GdGe of Roberta Ford. a sicSly-lnOkinE
colored woman, living near by on sth street
between * and l. streets who had as She
stated. been troubled for several weeks with the
tgripeS. and afterwards With miSeftt.S I'm her
spine. She went for the same doctor " no after
hearing her story. said at once that she had
been conJuIcd IL was one ot the plaineSt cases
he had cNeT seen. but he could cure her IN
twenty days. lie must have silver and gold 10
work with, and = in money us an advance paw
ment on -. Which would be his price for the
Job: The silver and gold articles 10 be returned
10 ECr in three times three days. making nine
days. Roberta says She gave him TIE 81 her
gold cross and chain worth S20. gold breastp
silver tniinn'e, a spoon. silver goblet, and
promised To pay him the whole amount in in
stallE-eLtS. AID he left, first telling her that
there was something In the ground in her ward
which lie would have Ia md out and remove
teioTe She would get well. In three daNs and
three hours lie Wojild be able Ia ind IL Al the
end Of tie tine stated In the first ease ha re-
turned, ana going 10 certain spot dag down 4
HitlC Way 2hu found bottle containing some
thing they didn't know what. and toON il away:
then going 10 RODerTa's house he went through
anoul the same performance, finding bottle,
which was also removed.
TIE PATIENTS FEEL BETTER. BIT AFTERWARDS
FEEL WORSE.
Mrs. nabney said the Old man thought he felt
Better, but hc got worse again. Roberta Ford
(nteiluptlng) said she thought her miseItaS
was little better. and the grlpeS was clean
gone. but she got wuSS agin.' The rest OF their
story was thai the doctor came back again and
said he knew what the matter was he would
have 10 change the bottle from one ward to the
other, and wait three days and three hours
then remove the contents OF each and both
would be well of their pains. Both patients
waited the time stated. when he calne and dig
giEg up the NialS took from each some whitiSh-
looking stun, which he said was salt. pepper
and some graveyard dirt and some hair This,
lie said, would settle the difficulty and they
would lie troubled no further but, to make sure
OF ii. in the case OF Roberta. he would have TO
take away her fat-irOns, lluting iron, teapot,
and severafotEer things all OF which would be
returned in nine days, when they must have
some more money for him. This was the last
they had seen Of him.
Detectives McElfresh and Miller to whom
these Sirlpie-minded women told them story
we've convinced who the fellow was long before
they had finished, and telling them TO wait i'm
the ofiice awhile they went straight to Jo Car
rolls shanty. on u. street, near Maryland aV-
enue. and in less than twenty minutes had him
locked up at the Central guard house on the
charge OF obtaining money and goods under
false pretenceS, the warrant having been pro-
cured by the women.
The ease was called in the Police Court this
morning and postponed until Tomorrow the
accused ''vOudCuiStn being committed in de-
fault OF 500 bonds.