St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-03-09

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tian name is unknown to this
Grand Jury, of the parish of
St. Landry, on the 9th day
of January, 1912, feloniously
did steal, take and carry
away four h un ed and
twenty-five dollars ia gold,
lawful money of the United
States, Of the goods and
chattels of Louis Devilliers.
SO reads an Indictment re-
turned by the Grand Jury Just
adjourned.
It reads like an ordinary billof
indictment for larceny, but back
Iof it is q tale Of an itineranf
magician, dreams OF hid a
wealth, q belt filled with gold,
and q magician hot footing it BY
the light of the moon.
Prot. Earl is, Of course, the
black art, and Mr.. Louis De-
Villiers. an estinaable young man
living q few miles from 0pelou-
sas, is the unfortunate who paid
SS425 in gold to dream Of buried
fortunes.
The trick by which the young
man was made to part from his
gold is an old one, but il worked
| like d charm in this instance.
The simple story is this:
Last summer there came TO
OpelouSas a rather attractive
fellow, calling himself Prot.
Earl, " who claimed to possess
supernatural powers. He was
as poor as the traditional church
mouse, and worked making
garden for q local boarding house
in exchange for board. He met
young Deyilliers. An intimacy
sprung up. He painted to Da-
Villiers his wonderful powers To
see into the Unknown, I'm the
young man became inte
Then the Professor struck.
He told young Deviiliers that
he (the Prof had seen ID
dream fabulous wealth buried
somewhere on his premises, or
thereabouts. The fhereaII0slf
he could not tell, as hard as h
had tried to do SO.
H ] just had the money
could find II, and then we would
both be rich, nonchalantly r.
lated the magician.
He explained however, that
he did not want the money for
exploring purposes at all all be
wanted was the use Of twenty
one twenty dollar gold pieces,
which he would place ii a bell,
which belt was to be tied around
the waist Of the owner Of the
money, and was never t0 come
into his Prof 81 possession ex
cept during the process of 1lac-
ing 1t III the belt.
Surely. thought j on De
villiers, the money being iii his
possession he had nothing to lose
The young man had some two
dollars of his oW1l he
borrowed the rest of the nloney
Iomakethe $40, got all this con-
verted into $40 dollar gold pieces,
and he and Prof went TO Prof D
boarding house to begin their
deIve into the dark bowels 81
mother earth.
Prof got a belt an ordinary
belt ia which he placed the
twenty one-dollar gold pieces
each piece in q pocket to fit the
coin.
He placed the belt around lie
villiers' waist, and told him O
go home, and to sleep alone for
five nights, and during one 0
these nights he would dream c
the location Of the buried weal It'll.
Devilliers did as directed, but
at the expiration Of the tirale
came to see Prof, and I'd inform
Prof that bis belt had not
worked worth a continental
Prof was surprised, but after
thinking a while he suggested
that perhaps that particular belt
could not generate the proper
amount DE charm to start De
villiers brain working in the
right direction, and perhaps il
they would try another belt It
would work better.
DeVIlliers consented.
The money was all there
was taken out of the stubborn
belt, and placed III nay pres
ence, : insists DaViIliers, in the
new belt, and again tied around
Devilliers waist, and Devilliers
was told to sleep nine nights this
tirae.
Nine nights, and nothing do
lng and Deviliiars came to t0v
TO see Prof.
Upon inauiring for Prof az the
boarding house, he was told that
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