The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-28

as an animal would ID was the first
time the visitor had seen a snake drink
Nhen rs rejection was ended it eraWied
under the lounge.
Dolores-Jo aquina IS the queen Of her
cult. lu Louisiana. Florida and the YOU
doc states south Of the Potomac. Her
STOCK IN trade is IN some fortune tellins,
but not much.
1T 81 not money enough Tor me-. she
said. Her chief business is in the sale
or love powders, and putin under
spells. in other Wouds. "cuuierin'." The
person desiring the spell receives small
image, perhaps three inches long. made
IN the shape Of q man or woman This
is stuck fun Of pins. and placed under
the head OF the victims bed WHAT hap
pensE Sometimes nothing. The cunning
'cunier woman" usually manages 10 have
the 'cunI one informed of the spell
cast upon him or her To the ignorant
and even the more intelligent negro. there
is no terror equal to the fear OF being
"cunJured.' So a second fee is usually
made IN removing the spell from the ter
rifed victim The fee for this service, II
was learned was not very high, SO being
the usual figure for casting the SPELL and
as much from the victim for removing
Here is a story Of coniuring. Oscar J.
ana when Gov. WarmOth was chief eX-
ecutiNe in 1869. He was of pure negro
blood, black as a crow, but we'll educated.
for ne was a jamaican. and had gradu-
rumOred among the negro members of
the legislature-then sitting in New or
leans-that Dunn was "cunjured," and
would die on the might of the 18th OF that
month. Dunn. as an educated men, laugh
ed he idea to scorn.
"Why. you don't think I believe in such
superstition as this, do your" he said TO
some friends. who wanted Marie Lee
vaux, the greatest NOudOO queen of her
time. consulted. Dunn was a man of pow
erful frame, about 40 years old His
friends became more uneasy as the mid
die OF the month drew nigh. ON the fatal
night three of them insisted upon sleeping
IN the same room with him. He appre-
eiated the kindly s0licitude, but said it
was needless.
why. i am amazed at you air. CThey
were Louisiana born .negrOes9 Members
of the Louisiana Senate, to entertain such
a feeble superstition"
They remained with him until quite mid
night, and then, escorted him home. Ad-
joining his sleeping room was anOther,
the two connecting by folding doors. In
this room was a bed. The friend-after-
ward Lieut.. Gov. G. G. Antoine-Who was
most anxious aboSiS him. said:
II will sleep here If YOU viii ct me-"
Certainly" Dunn cordially responded.
81 viii be glad to have you"
They went to bed 1t was then almost
O'clock The friend had just fallen into a
sound sleep. when he was startled by
what he thought was a shout from Dunn.
He sprang up in time 10 hear him groan
heavily. t1dNly scared ne iikuleu tue Eds
In both rooms and went 10 Dunn's bed.
He was dead. His face was distorted, and
a hand was bleeding. There was nothing
upon which Il could have been struck 70
cause the wound
The death made a profound sensation.
Two of the very first physicians--one had
been medical director on the stan Of Cen
Bcauregard during the war-exa mined the
dead man. They found the brain normal
no sign of'apoplexy or heart disease They
would never say-if they knew-of what
disease this man died. Under the bolster
beneath the pillow on which Dunn had
been sleeping for six months The terrified
negroes found a little image Of wax, with
a pin stuck through the head, and anOth-
err through the body, and the last held a
slip of paper on which was written in a
very fine. faint hand in French the words:
20. J. Dunn win surely die on the night
Of the 18th"