National Republican., 1883-08-11
A voUDoo DOCTOR.
How Joseph Carroll PrNctIced Upon the
CrcdulIty or Ignorant Colored Persons.

How Joseph Carroll PrRctlced Upon the
CredulIty or Ignorant Colored Persons.
A large number of crooked transactions on
the part of Joseph Carroll, alias DIR. Brooks,
colored voudoo doctor, were brought to light
yesterday by Detective Rafi, who served a
warrant on the accused at the Jail in the af-
ternoon, charging him with having swindled
an old colorcd woman named Jane Orange.
Carroll is now serving a six months sentence
for the larceny of some clothing, which he
obtained by means of false prctenses.
1t is reported that Carroll has many ways
of duping the ignorant by his magic and
fraudulent art The Specifications in the
Orange case are that Mrs. Oranges son was
convicted in the police court severl days ago
and is now serving a term in the workbouse.
The voudoo doctor having learned this, called
upon the mother and claimed that he could
conjure the boy out of tho workhouse If she
would furnish him with some silver with
which to perform the operation Three dol
lars in silver wis given him, which he weighed
in his hand and said it was not heavy
enough. silver watch was then
handed Carroll, aud ho proceeded to go
through with series of queer antics, ut tho
same time repeating in n low chant jargon
which much resambcd II Fiji loves song or
an Arab solo Having finished this weird re-
frain, which sounded something like a repe-
tition of u-la-u-la OH oh, oh-ha-a,' the doc
tor left
Later in the day he returned and pre-
tended to get very excited. " / must work
the moon down" he said, and at once pro-
ceedCd to go through more queer actions.
The process of working tho moon; down,
is somewhat rs follows: The voudoo looks
up, clasps his hands, and begins to chant.
Then quickly and exGitedly he falls upon his
knoVs, and uses number of vOudoo express
sions instead of the chant. This is followed
"a.
moon is workng ] see the motion |"
After this ceremony Carroll gave Mrs.
Orange four cards TO lay in each corner of the
room, with instructions to turn them over at
the exact moment that the sun went down
and the prison doors would fly open allowing
her son to walk out. OF course Carroll disap-
reared with the money and watch and the
son still wears the striped garb oc the work
house, despite the fact that the sun went
down as usual and the cards were turned as
directed.
There are number of cases pending
against Carroll for similar ofionses most of
which were PLAYED on ignorant white and
coloret persons living in the suburbs.
He has worked nearly all Of the voudoo
games since his soiourn in this city. Among
them are the skull and bone trick in which
red liire figures. the firing of silver from q
gun at the picture of an enemy to remove the
effects of CON iuration. This operation must be
perlOTInCu III uaNIlRhtSllu Ihe picture lhuSJ oc
placed upon n tree ten PAGES distant. An
other game is to take II live Bird cut its head
OIL and catch the blood in II glass. The blood
must be takLu to the door of the person to be
coniuicd at midnight, and circle drawn in
! front of the door with it, The result claimed
| by the voudoo is that the person conjured
will be nowerlCss to harm you, and will be
totally in your power There are fifty other
operations, the simplest of all, perhaps, being
| the laying on of hands.
A BOTTLE of Samaritan NCrrine enables ono