Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-30
Daily ShOTt Story
White Mans Magic
By CHRISTINE AMES

SHOW simple IL would he,
III said young Murdoch III
we could actually Kill a man 10y
mst thinking death nj him
His tone was family tingcd with
sadistic glce.
sEurope's No. One Heel would
have been eliminated from The
scene long ago. Too bad there
isr't something 10 that mumbo-
Jumbo stun the natives practice
In the jungles! We could use
little witchcraft very effectively
these days"
ave seen man die oi
wltchcraft."
The eray-haired doctor spoke
slowly. As though living over again
the scene OF his experience.
KILLED BY IT
Murdoch laughed.
"You sound a. though YOU
really believed that tnmnlN rot
surely rs "A medic0 =.
81 didn't say that l believe Ia
wifchcraft," the older man m
terrupted him II said that I'd
seen a man killed by IL. And !
believe in that. The mumbo-
Jumbo stuff. as YOU call II,
actually works for the natives
who practice it,"
Don't tell me you've really
seea witchcraft work." Muir
docks tone was family dcrislNe.
oh" the doctor smiled. Il
don't ask you To believe me. hut
i say I've seen a man sicken and
die through the power of H.
SIP OF BRANDY
Lets have the story" Muir
dock urged. sounds like II
might he a good one"
The doctor took a sip Of his
brandy.
81 made n trip to the Malay
Peninsula shortly after i gradu-
Ated from medical school," he
began.
The father of one Of my
classmates was manager Of
rubber plantation out there. MY
friend was going out 10 bring
hin father home. He'd been
there for n number Of years, and
hin health had failed rather
badly. went with my friend
for the sea yoyage."-----
SIGHED REFLECTIyELY
The doctor paused and sighed
reflectively.
"Strange, isn't IT," he unused,
show greatly our present day
civi1lEation depends upon the
rsw materials men wrestle from
tn kodforsakeR places Of the
wNRld?
AEvery year armies of white
men BY the thousands, sacrifice
their lives In the tropics, or re-
turn broken In health that we
may have such simple convent
ences rs, well, say rubber
bands"
"True,- agreed Murdoch, "but,
the 'hoo-doo' stuff: I'm more
than curious, after you've just
told me what you've actually
seen happen. So far, the setting
IN perfect.
REBELLIOUS NATIVES
"a Malay rubber plantation
!. rebeIlious natives despising
white man strange drum
beats In the dark OF the moon.
.'Then a long night OF
agonixed fear and the next
day. dead white cargo! Witch
craft strikes again"
The gray-haired doctor smiled
tndulgently.
az know you think I'm about
20 pnll your leg or something"
he said.
However, my friend and. I
arrived safely ut the Peninsula
and found his father In pretty
bad shape.
The rotting- damp HE
climate years of unpalatable
native cooking the monoto-
nous loneliness that eats into a
mans soul.
They'd all done their slow.
destructive work. I'd seen pic
lures of the man, and I was
shocked at the change In his APP
pearance.
NEW MANAGER
HE told us that the rubber
company Was sending out a new
manager TO take over. About a
week later, the new man arrived.
"MacDougal was his name, a
sandy-haired, powerful built
Scotchman, rs hard-headed and
as stubborn a. they come.
next morning, the three Of
ms rode over 10 the plantation
with MacDougal on an inspec-
tion tour.
His dour expression clearly
showed his disapproval Of the
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