The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-02-13

led the party to the place of sacrifice. It
was deep in the jungle and surrounded by
stately palms. At one corner OF the clear.
ing the searchers stumbled across the
rusted machine gun. In the centre Of the
enclosure were the remains Of large hre.
The gaze of the soldiers fell upon frss-
ments Of human bones among the sodden
ashes.
The skull. was missing. Some OF the
bones bore the marks Of guawing teeth.
There was no longer any doubt Is to the
end Of Pilot Morris.
And. as though to make Identification
doubly sure. as the searching party
emerged from the place one Of them
stumbled over Morris's leather aviator's
helmet lying half hidden in the brush.
Private Lawrence, the third victim,
comes from Mound Valley. Kansas. Under
the command Of Lieutenant Louis ]. Gu
kela, Of the Second Regiment. First
Brigade, M. c., determined and energetic
officer Of the marines. he. with others.
was scouting with q patrol on November
2Sth last in the Mirebalais district. This
is one of the headquarters Of the voodoo-
lists and the centre Of region much in
tested with bandits.
The party had gotten into thick jungle.
Knowing well the peril of separation in
such a wilderness they kept as close to-
gether as possible. Abruptly guns began
to go of around them and bullets whistle
by. The members of the little patrol real
lied that they had stepped into an ambush
and sought cover. There was a brief
skirmish. The firing ended as quickly as
it had began. The marines all this time
had gotten no glimpse of the attackers.
For few minutes the marines lay low.
fearing a trap. Then they began eau
tiously to come out Of cover The Jungle
remained silent; no shots greeted them
ror were there any sounds Of men making
their way through the bush.
Lieutenant Cukela ran his eye over the
group.
where's Lawrence?" he cried.
The men stared at each other. Lawrence
had been with them when the attack had
begun. They searched everywhere for
him, but they could find no trace of him.
There was nothing to show that he had
for help. and If there had been any struggle
the noise of the shooting had covered it.
1t was plain that during the skirmish
Lawrence had been quietly overpowered
and kidnapped. The district was honey
combed for the marine, but fruitlessly.
1t was not until some weeks later that It
became certain that Lawrence had been
sacrificed.
The American authorities arrested
High Priest Of Voodooism named Cadeus
ing to the records of the investigating
commission there was not the least doubt
that Bellegarde was a cannibal and that
he had officiated at scores OF human sacri-
fees. 1t was further testified that he was
the author of a code of rules for the cere-
monial eating of white people.
Having failed to get adequate evidence
against him on the broad charge Of can
nibalism, so great was the fear of him
among the natives, the Americans confined
themselves to a single accusation which
they knew they we're able definitely to
prove. This was that on certain occa-
sion he had sacrificed three negro chill
dren, and had taken part in the eating of
them. Twenty-odd witnesses-all of them
natives, OF course--contributed the details.
The affair was typical voodoo cere.
mony, the sacrifice being made in "sa-
cred she'd" After lighting a fire and going
through certain magical" performances,
Bellegarde brought out the children-two
boys and one girl, seven or eight years old
and, taking them by the feet, one after
another, cut their threats.
The cannibal rites followed.
The ceremony wound up In the usual
manner. with dancing and drunken orgy