Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-10-08
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. CASE OF A NEGRO BOY Irl
 SOUTH CAROLINA.

voice In His SSoTnach-Doctors
 Case of Natural r-entrilo9uism. e.ar.titious Negroes Say That ua possessed of a Devil.
 ,narkable case of natural and un- ;ons yentriloquism-a phenomenon I Is scientific men believe was respon- for sr most 1.-the cases in which per ance were supposed to be possessed Sr;ls-.bas caused much consterna- among the superstitious and great ssf among the scientific in Orange q The history of the case is hv William L. Bulk'ey of Claflin prs;ty Oraageburg, iB The Appeal. nhenomenon appears in a 13- old colored boy, the sos of poor S1literate parents. He was taken ill 2 month ago with violent pains stomach. The doctor was called +reated him for week or more, |ba boy grew no better. After he bean i'll about nine days his parents to hear strange noises, apparently stomach. They were inarticulata Faint at first, but daily grew stron 4 They described them as like the ;ng of a cock, the barking of a dog he lowing of a COW. In a few days |1ipible sounds. expressions in hu- sneech. 9 were heard. A voice, sound- as from the boys stomach, said, I ord. I want to get out, Z "I'm so ;, "Im hungry, 1" and "You hurt
 The doctor was puzzled, and re-. the circumstance to other doctors. neople in the village, especially egroes. became much excited over lbhenomenon, and the boys home thronged daily with curious visit The voice would answer questions it. The boy averred that he could ontrol the voice, and that it was, fleet, a thing apart from his owu ionsness. The voice said it's name Iosephine. The superstitious col folks became terribly wrought up the case, especially as they treated |oiee as an oracle, and the voice Id very willing to accept the part. bnanner of questions on religious bersonal topics were asked, and the ers were taken as having super Eal importance.
 doctors thought it couldn t be 'bf yentriloquism, because the boy ed really unable to control the and the sounds came without his lion. The boys parents asserted the voice prophesied and foretold banner of things that came to pass. than one superstitious person went d and doctored himself because the nny voice had predicted, directly Edirectly, his early death. MT. Bulk listed the boy, and gives this ac- ' of his experience with him:
 visited the boys home and asked to tell me his name. He did SC b his mouth). I then said, Talk your stomach. , He replied, 1
 Well, then, make Josephine
 And he, to my great astonish- said, Talk, Josephine. The voice sIwon't do it. Don't you want candy?' No, don't Thus I kept fusillade of questions to notice the
 The response always came in fedly different voice from his, but remarkable feature is that he makes any absolutely distinct tones in his ach or bottom of his chest, with he least motion of tho face or lips. throat, however, moves. I put my there to make the test. His father bed that Josephine could talk while |ge was eating, when he was sleep Pr Simultaneously with him. '
 Pdical men have gone from all parts be state and surrounding states to
 the case; One physician, Dr. J. gdrlck, thus sums up the case:
 ktfrst it was case of unconscious Filoquism. The boy did not know Tt. The noise surprised and fright him. But now he knows his power gan speak or keep silent at will Will notice if any one holds his ear stomach he will make the sounds,
 the investigator places his ear to oy's larynx or holds it he will re-
 from speaking. !" The theory of spirits taking possession of men women is very old and common 10 'leally every people. Tho old sorcer- no witch doctors used ventriloquism fly out their impostures and mirac-
 cures but once in awhile case a9uial and unconscious ventrilo- U occurred and helped out the situ-
 all around. Most of the people 2 oranSeburg are illiterate and be- strongly that the boy is possessed usVll. Not few are expecting the ' the world very soon, while all Apectlng something interesting.
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