The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-22
HACkENsACKs WITCH
Justice Heath Thinks She Is ,
Voodoo PriStess.
All the coIored PeoIe Frightened
by Her Agent.
Mrs. Perry ThinE the stranss
Woman VIII Kill Her. =,

An alleged witch has been maxim.
trouble lately In lsckensack. N. ].
She is a negress andweighs good deal
over 20n pounds. SD has scared half
The colored populatIn Of the town, and
they speak of herin a way to show
that they believe tn less they say about
her the better 1t jill be for them. -,
The supposed with goes by the very
prosaic name Of MS. johnson, but she
is sma-t and car talk in a way that
frightens the braest.
Mrs johnson lppeared suddenly in
Hackenack a f<v days ago. She was
followed In her walks about town by
stumpy little jan-colored darby, who
carried 3 big sachel. The witch went
straight to Mrs, james Perry, who lives
in little houe out beyond the toll.
gate on the Iackensack plank road.
What she had b say to Mrs. Perry was
told by the later on several visits sub.
sequentY madt to Justice Heath.
10 ni1 Mrs. Perry said that the witch
had said IL have come to put you under
ground 'ins. Your husband is going to marry
James Perry the husband, is the driver
for one pr the local doctors. He has been
arrested a number OF times for drunken
ness. he leftnis wife and children about
SIX weeks ap and has not lived with
them Of supported them since. He says,
1t Is a.fged. that ne is going to marry
another woman and that he was never
marriedat a. to Mrs. Perry. Mrs. Perry
says tht sf was married to him six
years tgo. Justice Heath says that II
Perry harrls another woman he viii
have hfn arrested and get at the trds
inwardtess u the matter.
The stcalled witch has so worked upon
MRS. Pirry's fears that the poor woman
night ne asked Justice Heath for a
warrant forlher husband for threaten.
Ing he lif, through the medium Of
Mrs. Jhnsol. The Justice told her 10
swear dit a warrant for the woman her.
self. BIT MIS-. Perry was afraid to DO
Te;da Mis-. Johnson was not vislbl.
gone toperssy City, The colored people
say thai she sells love-speils, and can
cure ali manner of diseases simply BY
| touching the afflicted ones. What Is IN
ries no !ne can say. but 1t is supposed
70 be sdne-hing very dreadful. Justice
Heath, Who comes from South Carolina,
says says tha Ie thinks the woman is q
over sse S Workh hst us Saa s 5svs
Coming back from the Hackensacg
plank roai to the town this morning
talk kaS % w. stel nfpoFt 81 t hss
Hill. Mr.. etelling was driving a wagon
piled higl with chicken crates. Hs
knows a feat deal about witches, and
says that Hackensack and Little Ferry,
about thrs miles distant. contains lott
Some ppple don't believe in EN-" ht
said with livery serious face" but thati
said, with very serious face, but that's
| tell you! don't want no truck with
,,em. ] hadtwo for my next door neigh
bors, and hey dried up my cows when'
ever they peased. There had ought u
be law ain them havin' the books" /
What boks?' r
Why To books about witches. Ths
books is ~ of spells to put on peapIs
and all then as has them has to d, 4
have no pfyer agin them. They could
stop my tam right here in the road
an ] conld't bulge 'em until they lei
Wy on rs spell an r. ssd some son oo othe.
" Did yopever see the books?' !
Yes. ] sen EN-. They're four or fiy.
hundred yers old. and are printed 10
seven languages. Most part is in what
that is; butif had one OF them book,
! could doAnyth,ng I wanted, an then
Ia be a pitch. too. Them books !.
worth worth a hap o. money, but Their
"The boas is mostly kept quiet b,
those as his 'em, but the witches
we'll knowI to those who have live
here long. They're mostly old folks, bu
they can mt Il spell on a man SOS h
will go intt sickness an die, an TIN
doctors cant do him no good.
Little Grry's the place for 'erA
There's LOT OF 'em there. an a maj
wants to seer clear of them, 'ceptir
he's got thethree greatest words. The
he amt 80 no need to be Altered q
EN-" =
What az, the three greatest words?
II don't how 'em In English. only
know EN- II Dutch, an I've forgottei
one of 'eIn The books gives EN-
though
~ wish had one O. them books
tho" he csacluded.