The Washington times., 1902-09-01
POLICEMAN SAMSON
FINDS HOODOO DOCTOR
"Aunt" Belinda Babeock Can
Remove EVIL Spells"
Older Colored Folk Say She Uses Her
Powers Only for Doing Good
Ways of Casting Spell.

| please, Mr. Pleeceman Samson. TO-
Ga wd sake wish you would so through
dis yer alley wid me. Ever since de
| time dat big brack niger woman dope
moved in dere to lib. deed. things has
done gone wrong. Dat dar woman 10
hccdoo doctor TO sho.
! The speaker was colored girl of
the ignorant type. who wanted to go
TO her home in an alley between d and
e. Eighth and Ninth Streets northwest,
a night or two ago, while Policeman
Samson was quietly patrclling his beat
in that section OF the city.
'.Fo Gawi der is. kin sho' her to
you If you goes wild me-
Samson followed the woman down the
alley. both as matter OF protection and
of curiosity.
"Aunt" Belinda Babcock.
The policeman vas shown TO tumble-
down shanty which was pointed out as
the residence OF Aunt Belinda Bah
cock.
reporter FOR The Times happened to
sec tue pOilttltIiu SOiH5 iutO tuc diicys
and scenting a story followed him. The
reporter engaged in conversation with
the aged negress and Policeman Samson
looked on in amaZement.
..Hoodoos is terrible things" said
Aunt Belinda. shaking her head, AN
III tell you how I knows. When was
{; young gal iirin' in New Orleans befo'
de war, when | was family servant,
net hoodoo man first. OF cose. hal
my beau In dem days. Another nigger
gal tried to git him away from me AMI
make love to him. so We all come to-
gether one day and had q tur'b BILE row a.
de scene OF de meeting. When she found
she couldn't win him she say to me,
I'll fix you yet But | only laughed.
wouldn't er laughed IL had er know.l
what she WOULD do.
How Charm Was Worked.
This is some of the hoodoo she done
Tor me. That gal got de hair switch
wore and she got three needles an
three pins an three eggs. an she stuck
dem pins an needles in de eggs an
wound de hair round dem an buried
dem under my door steps. where 1 cross
dem ev'ry day.
Il began to feel as If I was burnin'
Lp. gcS sot CldZy. idNcu iOun1 GIL
de time. So | see I was hoodood. an
went to hoodoo doctor to see what
was de matter an If dere was any way
to git even an he says there was.
Then l had to get nine ground pup
pies. niae puppies that had been killed
and dried In the sun and powdered up
These puppies are mighty important in
hooGooism. After I ground up the dried
puppies like pepper I put dem in jar
for nine days and then he told me to
bury them in a convenient place where
we three could meet again, and di.
it, | put dem in de ground and got my
beau to meet me. and. oh cose, she cum
along to see What We was up to.
We'll. there was a BILE time. AS
soon as she cum where de ground pup
ries was buried the earth began to crack
open. and she was taken awful. She
tore her clothes all to rags in her ter
ror and she ran hollering through de
streets OF New Orleans till she cum to
de Mississippi River. and she jumped in
and was drowned. and de hoodoO was
;coken away from me.
Began to Study Hoodooism.
Den I begun to study hoodooism. ]
learned about de Devils Lynxes. When
you want TO get rid of an enemv you
got to git a snake aud kill it and dry 1t
ir de sun and grind it up into powder
and sprinkle il in de hallway OBJ your
cnemy.s house. Then most turble germs
will invade her system and she will die.
''Or # you will put it in anything she
cats snakes will grow in her stomach
and she will die.
"Or ii you rub it on her bare skin a
snake will grow under de skin and she
viii die.
'Hoodooism is turble.' said Aunt Be-
linda. only you got to believe in every
thing you do and say. Hoodoo won't
work unless you believe in what you are
doing. | amt never hoodood. cause i
carry 4 10-cent piece and pinch of salt
in tho too Cf my left shoe" 7"