The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-08-16

fellow who looked like tramp about
q week before, and 1t had all the
marks of one Of the watches which
had been stolen. 1 took the watch to
Mr.. Baldwin, and he said that it was
his property. :
II made up my mind that the tramp
did not have any hand Tin the rob-
berry, and had got: possession of the
watch in some other: way. i hunted
high and. low for this fellow. In the
cheap dives, and finally landed a fol-
low answering to his Description. I
took him to the liquor dealer, and he
was fully identified. locked him up
and squeezed him very hard for in
formation. He persisted that he had
found the watch In the. street. but
after he was put through the mill.
and charged with killing q man to
get the time piece, he admitted that
he stole It from man who was ly-
ing drunk in a hallway In Greenwich
street. e..
From the description that he gave
me and the knowledge Of crooks
which I had, concluded that 1t was
probably Danny Mcbride. 1 dropped
downtown, and, after hanging around
for a few days, felt satisfied that
Danny was in hiding for something. I
could not find him in any Of his
haunts, and knew from his friends
telling me that they had not seen him
that he was keeping out Of sight for
something. I had never known that
Danny was in the house cracking bust
ness. as he had always figured as a
river pirate. and bad one at that.
lone evening, while going through
Blocker street, I met Frank Carroll,
and he told me an amusing story
about voodoo woman, who sold
charms to the superstitious negroes.
She was from Cuba, spoke Spanish
and had wonderful powers. She could
destroy witches who followed ne
groes, and could cure diseases by the
laying on of her hands. Carroll said
that there was report going around
among the negroes that she had
healed the wounds and destroyed the
evil spirit which was bother1ng ne
gro at single sitting. for which SER
vice she had received fabulous sum.
Ordinarily, l wouldn't have listened
to this story, but by some strange
influence l associated this negro with
the one who had been bitten by the
dog at Baldwin's house.
"A good detective always run down
every idea, no matter how foolish it
may seem, and decided to have
chat with the voodoo doctress. She
lived in a rear building in Wooster
street, on the top floor, and received
me with a great show Of suspicion
I told her that l believed in her pow.
or to kill my enemies, and l offered
to pay her literally for one Of hsr
misunderstanding charms. Moysey
would not tempt her to do anything
for me, and she said that she could
not treat white people. 1t is agsinst
the rules Of these doctors to talk
about q patient, but I told her about
the story l had heard about hey get
ting a large sum Of money for heal.
ing one of her patients wounds.
I'm a few moments she linbered
up little and made q statement that
fairly caused me to jump Tor JOY. She
said that the voodoo which he'd this
man in his power had bitten him all
over the body, and his flesh waa filled
with deep indentations frolu the
teeth. That was all she would say
then, and she would not tell who he
was or anything about him except
that he had gone to Cuba. I got a
detective from the Mercer straet sta
ton to watch the house and in the
evening l got AL Pender, a colored
man who could be depended on to
play part.
HE called upon the voodoo woman,
and the first thing he did was to pull
out a big knife and sharpen it. He
said nothing while doing this and the
woman became very uneasy. When
he got through the pantomine he
told her In very solemn tones that
the object Of his visit was to kill her.
He gave her one alternative. II she
would tell him who the man was
who called on her with the teeth
marks in his body, her life would b
spared and she would get $1,000 In
gold. Pender shook bag full Of
metal and gave her three minutes 10
answer. She whispered the name Of
Spanish Forbes. -Pender knew that
he had the woman in his power, atd
pressed the question. under the: sane
conditions, as to where Forbes Wa.
She told him he was in 2 certain cal.
lar in Wooster street.
II had heard all she said from tne
hall, and at this point opened the
door. ordered her to take me to
Forbes, but 1t took a prod from Pend
er's knife to make her move. She
had told the truth. Forbes was in the
cellar in a semi-delirious state tram
morphine. He talked all the time.
and made the woman sit on his bed.
He seemed to be frightened when 10
saw her. asked him who was With
him at the Englewood robbery, aad
when I told him that the woman hed
told me everything, he gave the
names of JEFF Reynolds, Danny Nc
Bride, Sam Wiley and Ben Harper,
and told where they could be found.
THAT was enough for me, and I
sent Forbes to hospital under
guard. The same night captured
Mcbride, Wiley and Reynolds. Thsy
were tried, convicted and put away
for fifteen years In Jersey. I caught
Harper two years later, and he rot