The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-11
TooDOoIsM AND ROMANCE.
The Powerful Mixture That an Adept Pro-
pared for Her Rival.
From the Mempht, Commercial Appeo

from M heHUhl5 Nc8iWcFStut dppcui.
Out on Handwerker's hill, east Of st. Peters
Cemetery. dwell u settlement OF negroes who
apparently have not proiitcd by the advance
black art AS ~practised largely in Africa. Tho
srpcTstition OF the negro is well known, and on
irnoraut class. The yoodoo practitioners have
rcapei a rich harvest oil shekels among them,
and likewise have occasioned a large number
OF disordercd imaginatiUnS. Many u back art
spell has been broken. it Is said. and hauntS
and witches chased away.
strangely appearing negro woman of the name
OF Belle Ram, who p~raCtiscd the yoodoo art
and made lots OF money thereby. This woman
has been regarded as unusual by her neighbors.
and there was something about her that caused
consult her about the mysteries. of her profess
sion. Many a spell this woman Is said TO have
brought about in love affairs, and II paid
could enlist the services Of the devil, witches,
and ghosts TO make miserable the existence of
fLcre came n time. however, when Belle
Ram had TO resort to her mySsteriS%a a power to
with ali her power and failed, and as n result is
now in the county workhouse.
a yoodoo doctor as quickly as any other person,
and Belle Ram. not proving an exception, fell
wildly in love With a negro named George Lee.
On this blaCkamoOr she lavishcd all OF her pow
dcavor to prevent him from sharing his affcc-
ever. failed to work TO PERFECTION. and Lee. who
WAS something of a mashcr. soon began TO pay
Afternoon 10 OlneT5 OF Inc IcIlltlnc stN, HOlhlly
one by the name OF Florence Rlcdsoc. As her
yoodoo articles failed 10 work upon the blunt
pcrCcptibilitieS OF GEORGE Lee, ne woman con,
Guided thnt she would give her rival, Florence
Bledsoe, "A round or Two.
The intensity OF Belle Rams love can only
be measured by the careful preparation she en-
tered into TO remove Florence Bledsoe from
the affections OF her lover. George Lee, Wheth,
er she intended Florence Bledsoe to die or
shrivei away and assume tho form OF q witch is
not known. She tried TO yoodoo her, however.
and evidently spared neither time, nor pains in
Urppurinp Al miNturp 10 do the evil work. The
mixture was wrapped securely in TWO bags and
PLACED sdo under SGw the fro fTSnt y doSSTs'HP b, OF icE,nini
With merit, to exert tho desired spell; as in i
string root, snakeroot, a piece ~ pctrlilcd rsf
secretion, negro wool, bent hairpint, eowhaeo "a
airline, "a lock OF chestnut colorel hair tied with
q match. AN old screw, saasafras root; cLnshe,
tablets OF some kind, watermelon seed. rind o.
poacgranale, pepper pods, powder q an IN
OF plug tobacco. In addition was a coppor con
{ bearing 9s1S of 1880 +. and Rrr a large ir God iH,n ni, e
0 incense to keep witches away.
5 One day when Florence Ii'cd7 soc was feeling
' bad she found tho voodoo bag. The horribi
i truth flashed over her, and in fear and trcm
/, bling she went to "A negro male voodon dorlo
! near ler ZONE aud pad MIN 10 tel her how I
I break tho evil spell watch shr declared had al
} to take the bag to tho MISSES ippi River an,
would no longer he evil influence in IL. Thi
t tho woman did, and came back swinging n
Y bag in one hand. she made straight Tor ia
i home OF Belle Ram and confronted her Will
= the accusation Of trying TO make a spirit o
: witch OF her. The Elcd %. woman, in fact, AZ
Q pearcd no longer to rear Belle Ram, aud alnIs,s
a her in such n manner that the Ram wgnia
n had her arrested and placed under u pace bon
by Squire Hudspcth. The quarrel. hO"eLe
( caused the Blcdsoe woman 10 lose IN" hfr'
tions OF tho negro George Ice, ana for a I'm
q Belle Rann had him all TO herself,
Tho desire for revenge, however, that rankle
y in the bosom OF Florence BlcdsOe did not pc
u NIT the course OF true love 10 run smooth Yer
d long, She had the couple arrested for liyin
Q together as man and wife without being ma
ried. Squire Goats, before whom the cave w
!. tried, fined Belle ltann and George Lee ~
and costs each, and rs they could not pay the
are now In the county workhouse.