Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-22
vOUDOOISM.
How "A Washington Doctor Imposed Upon
Ignorant Colored People.
Washington Post.l

Washington Post.
A large number OF crooked transac-
tons on the part of Joseph Carroll
alias DIR. Brooks, colored voudoo doe
tor, was brought to light yesterday by
Detective itati, who served n warrant
on the accused at the Jail in the after
noon, charging him with having
swindlel an old colored woman named
Jane Orange. Carroll Is now serving
six months sentence for the larceny
of some clothing, which he obtained
by means OF false pretenses.
Ii Is reported that Carroll has many
ways of duping the ignorant by his
magic and fraudulent art. The speci-
lications in the Orange case are that
Mrs. Oranges son was convicted In the
police court several days ago and Is
now serving term in the work-house.
The voudoo doctor having learned
this, called uron the mother and
claimed that he could conjure the boy
out of the work-house if she would fur
nish him with some silver with which
To perform the operation. Three dol
lars in silver were given him, which
he weighed in his hand and said it was
not heavy enough. A silver watch
was then handed Carroll, and he pro-
ceeded To go through with series OF
queer antics, ut the time repeating in
Il low chant iargun which much re-
sembled Il Fiji love song or an Arab
solo. Having finished this weird re-
train, which sounded something like
n repetition of "u-la-u-la oh, oh-ha-a,N
the doctor left.
Later in the day he returned, ano
pretended 70 get very excited. -
must work the moon down." he said
and at once proceeded TO get through
more queer actions.
The process of working the moor
, down" Is somewhat as follows: Thu
voudoo looks up, clasps his hands, ant
begins to chant. Then quickly ant
excitedly he falls upon his knees, an,
uses number of voudoo expression
instead of the chant. This is followe,
by exciting gestures, and he eXclaims
1.-The moon Is working. i see the me
ton ~
z After the ceremony, Carroll CAV
Mrs. Orange four cards 10 lay in eacl
, corner of the room, with the in
struction to turn them over ut the eX
, act moment that the sun went down
,, and the prison doors would fly open
Z allowing her son TO walk out. q
/ course, Corroll disappeared with tn,
!. money and watch, and the son still
wears the stripped garb OF the work
house, despite the iact that the SUI
went down rs usual and the card
were turned as directed.
/, There are number of cases pending
y against Carroll for similar ollenses
: most of which We're played on igno
rant white and colored persons livin
In the suburbs.
: He has worked nearly all of TN
!, youdoo games since his soiourn In thi
y city. Among them are the skull an
i bone trick, In which red fire figures
: !, the firing of silver from Il gun ut tn
picture of an enemy To remove tn
. effects of conjuration. This operation
must be performed at daylight, an
the picture must be placed upon n tire
q ten PAGES distant. Another game IL {
II take n live bird, cut its head of, AM
L catch the blood in glass. The bloo'
q must he taken To the door OF the persol
!, to be conjured at midnight, and eli
d Gle drawn In front of the door with II
e The result claimed by the voudoo
n that the person so coniured will b
II powerless TO harm you, and will b
IS totally in your power. There are fit
n other operations, the simplest OF all
perhaps, being the laying on of haads