San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-01-03
voUDoo DooroRs' METHOD.

The RigamaroIe by Which Scamps
Get Money from Sorthern Negroes,
Savannah News.
A white man who claims to be q
hoodoo doctor of unlimited ability,
and calls himself "Doctor" Johnson,
and sails under the alias of "Sam de
Leon" has been swindling the sup
erstitious negroes who live on the
Waters road, near Deiter's store, for q
long time.
The eminent professor OF hoodoo-
ism got into trouble yesterday on ac-
count of Robert Fletcher, one of his
negro patients, on occount of the
strange aud weird manner in which
he cures all the ills that flesh Is heir
to.
johnson, alias De Leon, has a big
clientele among the neproes on Wa.
ters road, ana his remedies, which
ere guaranteed to cure anything
aud everything were bought up by
the wholesale. Johnson geve glow
ing accounts of the wonderful cura-
tive powers of his hoodoo physic, and
his unsuspecting patients wers
charmed. as 1t were, by the graceful
euloglzlag Of his remedies, which he
usually sold at SOC and 75c.
The hoodoO doctor met his Water
loo when Re succeeded in inducing
Robert Fletcher to hand over 75c for
a small, dried-Up herb, ,enveloped in
strip of fiery red flannel. Johns, n
met Fletcher In his house and talked
"root medicine" and hoOdOo'sm so
glibly TO him that Fletcher finally
agreed to ouy one of the charms. The
doctor told Fletcher that before his
charm would act IL was necessary for
him TO hand him over the price of it.
This done the doctor" proceeded to
business.
He made number of hideos gyra-
ti0ns, walked around the room, aud,
standing up in an erect position, he
lifted his right hand in the direction
of the SKY aud opm nenoed to revolve
on his feet, pointing with his index
finger as he revOlved to the north,
south. vest and east. He then rolled
his eyes around, looked out of the
door. AMI sad:
"Gim me a piece of red flannel"
Fletcher produced the flannel. and
the doctor took from bis pocket q
small rule and measured off 6 inches
OF IL. He then placed his hands in
the shape OF an arch over his head
allowed them to slowly descend, and
as they reached the red flannel he
cut and measured another piece, but
this time only took inches.
The negro was somewhat awe
stricken at the strange specta, lie. and
he regarded the "doctor" as a sort OF
semi-dpvil That was just what the
"doctorn med. The doctorn then
took two small pieces of some hard
su Distance, having the appearance OF
dried h srbs, and, wrapping them up
in the two pieces OF led flannel, gave
them tn the negro.
Johnson ca led It the "Kiug of the
WorId,n and said that the hard sub
stance enclosed In the red flannel
was load (?) stone, but that it was
$500 times stronger tn IN Nanytnlng."
Another remedy he called the
'-Queen of the World" and the two
powerful influence over every hing,
aud effected M .rvelous cur--
The hoOdOo gave the negroes a
lengthy statement concerning him.
self, and told them that his ability
was such that thu doctors i'm Ssvan-
nah had compelled him to leave the
city, and. Consequently. he had to
pracl ice among the colored people
Fletcher waited patiently for the
remedies to assert their powers, but
they didn't work Yeste' day the
BAN bOoz ed negro came to town and
swore out warrant in Justice Rus
sells conrt tor Johnson's apprehen-
sion on the charge of cheating end
swiniliug. Fletcher was so excited
in making his statement that the
magistrate made him kiss the Bible
twice to be sure that his statement
was true.
Johnson was Brought TO Justice
Rus-ell's office by Constable Albert
son. and he made an earnest appey
to the pro- ecutOr to drop the case He
was very nervous. and talked about a
stol anu q lot of other things. His
face was sun-tanned and he was
dressed we'll for a man who trav-
eled on foot in the country.
He said he was from New York
but with all his pleading Fletcher
was not inclined to drop the case.
DIR" Johnson went to Jail. He
showed Justice Russell his stock Of
medicine aud hOOdoo charms, and 81 9
sight of them nearly took his breath
away.
"A surprise party was given last
ptuht OF tha HiIdenrandt res su,;,, on