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HEADBOARD AND FOOTBOARD OF MURDERED MAN'S GRAVE EXCHANGED
Volume 4, entries 7494. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → MURDER → HOW MURDERER CAN BE CAUGHT. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 7494
I know how to do dat if dey wanted tuh ketch dat man. Said yo' go to de cemetery where dey bear [bury] dat man. Jes' lak dey bear de person. Den yo' go dere an' change dem stakes, change dat footbo'd an' dat headbo'd. Jes' lak yo' take de footbo'd an' put it tuh de haid an' take de head- bo'd an' put it to de foot. An' said dey would have tuh come back if dey gone.
(You go to the grave of the man who was killed?)
Yes.
(And do that to bring back his murderer?)
Yes, an' he have tuh come dere.