Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-13
A COLORADO WITCH.
old superstitions Revived in the West
A Black Cat and Her Blaok-Art Mig
80 Ng LeaarilLs Dlmocrat.

a BLACK Chb ana dsr bAacA-4AFG MIG
tress.
From me Lead0ills Democrat.
Mrs. Voudou Brown, Of State street,
who for many years past is supposed to
have been in league with the devil, has
evidently lost her power to influence his
satanic majesty in her behalf, for night
before last NJ. j. Mcconnell, her familiar
spirit, got the best Of her and gave her a
sound beating. The Voudou woman has
the reputation OF having black cat with
not a white hair on it, which was
cut in half with an axe, where
upon the tail half Of the cat ran
in one direction and the head half in the
other. Since this time neither has been
seen. Mcconnell, it is said, cut this cat
in half a week ago, since which time the
Noud0u woman has lost her power and has
sunk to the level of her fellow mOTtals.
w zen she fights with any person stronger
than herself now she naturally gets
whipped. This was not the case when
Erebus, the black cat, was her companion;
Tor 1t is said any one who struck
at the NOudOu Queen would fall down
exhausted If the black cat only arched his
back, spread his tail INTO a lamp chimney
cleaner and spat and sputtered with anger.
Noudou Browns neighbOrs say that
Mcconnell was perfectly justified in cut
ting the cat in two, and came here from
Aspen for that very purpose. According
TO the story, the NOudOu woman had be-
Witched A. Z. Young so that he had all
sorts Of bad luck. He was first drawn
into her net while working near Le8dVille
and he got along we'll enough az long as
he would do just what the Voudou wO-
man told him. But Achilles Young, the
brother OF Amos, came from Oswego, n.
l., to Leadville and found his brother ia
NoudOu Browns den. He saw that some
thing must be done to get him olsen
Jhralled, so be gave him some opium and
carried him TO Aspen while he was under
the influence Of il. But Amos had bad
luck in Aspen, for ne had no
sooner gotten over the mountain fever
than he broke his leg by falling into pit
on Aspen Mountain. While Achilles was |
watching Amos during his Commissioners |
after the fever, he, too, determined that il |
was necessary TO break the spell which |
the NoudOu woman had over Amos. They |
nnally came across Mcconnell, who I'M /
dertook to do it for 500. This the broth |
ers agreed to pay him, so the story runs,
and Mcconnell bargained that the tail |
half OF the cat should fly into the cabin OF
the Dung brothers, at Aspen, as soon as
he broke the spell which the witch had
over Amos. After consulting a claIrvoy-
ant, lt was found necessary to get some
OF the blood Of young lady in Aspen put
into the arm Of Achilles, who was en-
gagged to her, after which he was to 90 to
Leadville. The young man was in Aspen
got the blood transferred by
physician who understood the
process. This was necessary, because
the tOrtune-teller in Aspen had to know
the very instant the cat was cut in two
IN LeadViile, so that she could demagne-
TIE Amos Young. SO she furnished the
young lady with a bracelet, which she
was TO wear over the place on her arm
Where the vein was cut open to receive
the blood transf FRED to her lovers arm.
Inc fortune-teller IN Aspen knew the
Leadvllle witch too well TO suppose that
any but the most approved plan and
strictest attention to detail in carving il
out would enable her to succeed in break
ing the Noudou wOman's power. The
Aspen young lady was told that She
should sit In the light OF the fun moon
on the path instant and as soon as she felt
the bracelet commence 10 pinch her and
saw the blood commence to run out OF the
vein she should call the fortune
telieFs attention to it. So
II happened that Just as the
hands OF the clock came together at the
midnight hour the young lady began to
scream with pain and woke Amos Young !
and the fortune-teller, who were await
ing the event. The fOrtune-teller imme- (
diateiy opened the oven Of her stove.
which had been kept red-hot the whole {
night BY the time Amos loung opened :
the door Of the house the tail half of the
Noudou's black cat came flying in like a
cannon ball out of a columbiad. The /
pushed the thing into the red /
not oven with a shovel that had been /
creased with lizard oil, and slammed the {
l0or. The stove shook and rumbled for a 4
long time, but by daylight the noise ,
stopped, for the fire had done its work. I
Inc fortune-teller then opened the oven /
door and long cat-tail pOpBed out OF it
and ran up the mOuntainside cooled into
, roll like hoop snake.