The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-18
BLACK CAT WAS A HOODOO.
Lee Hays Has Proof That 1t Did the
Work

] Lee Hays and family have returned
from a months visit to ST. Clair Flats in
Michigan where they had pleasant visit
until the weather began 10 get too cool.
Lee Hays told representative of the
Eagle yesterday that he enjoyed his trip
| in spite of the fact that he was hoodooed.
Mr.. Hays says he is not a particle SUI
| persititous but he knows that he was hoo
dooed on this trip and a black cat did
it. He does not ask his friends to take
his word for the hoodoo but he just tells
them the story and then let's them say
whether there is power in a worthless
black Tom or Lucy eat to hoodoo him.
Mr.. Hays says when he and his wife
were on the way TO theh Frisco depot
in this city TO leave on their summer
outing they concluded TO walk from their
home to the depot. Just when nearly in
front of the Eagle Office a black cat
started TO cross the street ahead of them.
Lee made a dive to head of the cat but
ii was too quick and crossed the street
just ahead of him. Mrs. HAYS only
laughed and said her husband was fool
ish for being superstitious but the Wich-
tia wholesale saddler insisted that the
cossing OF the cat meant bad luck.
Mr.. HAYS took his seat in the car ex
pecting the train to run off the track
or collide with grasshopper or some
thing else but II didn't. When he got
out OF the car at st. Louis he discovered
that the gold head had dropped from
his cane and it could not be found any
where in the sleeper. The cane had
49,
OF his factory and he valued IL very
highly and he said 70 Mrs. Hays now
there is hoodoo number one
At Grand Point. Mich, he sat down 70
write a letter He. took out his wallet
TO get a stamp and left it on the table
while he mailed the letter IN the hotel
and when he turned round 10 pick II up
il was gone and he has never heard Of
IL from that day 10 this Il did not con
tain any money but there were some
valuable papers in Il that he needed
very much. He told Mrs. Hays. now
there is hoodoo number two
Then he boarded steamer 70 run over
to Buffalo. y Y. and when the boat
pulled out 20 return Il eolided with an
other boat and the slie u the boat was
FaEsl in ana TIE tiS-@Hn-ete were PAM
stricken. The hole in the boat VAS above
the water line and the passengers we're
all right hut Mr.. Hays f. certain thai
the black cat got IN its work Just the
same and he said that was hoodoo NUM-
Der three.
When he vas coming home be thought
the return trip would break the hoodoo
but when the train arrived ~ Decatur
Ill. one OF the passengers In the SLEEPER
wanted to change cars and the porter
went along % carry his baggage. After
tne train pulled oy5f of Decatur Nr
HAYS found that the porter had taken
his hand bag containing al us clean
shirts and wearing apparel not IN az
t,IsI use and deposited = 81 THE car f1r
the stranger Al she e1plarsfton tn
Porter could give was that ne thevEhi
both she han5hagx belonged 70 tA.st otheT
man NJ HzFs sayz TIA; vas hoo6oo
number four and he Euesses his property
Is gore for good a. that stranger has
rot returned he hard tsz yet
He SAYS the next tine Re starts O.
a tourney ard a black cst crosses TIE
stree, ahead ~ him ~ vii ;u-n back
and try 3, z7osher tsy.