"WITCH’S" DEATH.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 10908, 28 May 1929, Page 7

" WITCH’S" DEATH.

! Cl lAK MS STREWN ON BODY. WEIRD I, (IV E LM LJ l/IR 10S. W) lc licr.i 11 is supposed tn In' ;i I t Ij<’ bottom n| the inystrnons limrck'r of .Miss .Marl Im. j’lisse'll, uF Romo, (d'orgm. Miss Russell emigrated From Scotland many years ago, and alter a Few years she li-'c-a nit* popular as a 1 m l une-trller pud purveyor of lucky (harms. In the dim parlour oF her little red thousands enuie to consult the "witch. The great majority of her (Bents wished advice on complicated love problem,s and to obtain some of her famous love philtres. Yip is described as having been of small stature, tier long grey hair straggled over her wrinkled face, which was also adorned by a heavy growth of hair on her chin and upper lip. Jn boxes she kept dried spiders and frog skins, various herbs and roots, and watermelon seeds. These were some of the ingredients of her love philtres, while some of these articles were sold as lucky charms. A mechanic who suffered from n skin disease was advised to consult the old woman. Ho visited her cottage and found her lying in a pool of blood, killed by a knife-thrust. There is a tradition among the superstitious in Northern Georgia that a witch cannot be killed, bv n bullet. Boxes containing her charms had been broken open and the contents scattered round the body; but her money was untouched. Among he r belongings was a letter which shows clearly tlje nature of the old woman’s activities. Part of the letter read: “Dear Aunt -Martini.—l want you to do some work lor me. I want you to bring back this, man to me, 'for I love him and don’t want him to go with other girls. T will see you before long. Please go to work on this man as soon as you- -get this letter.”