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Witch Doctor
Volume 1, entries 2387. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → HANDS: MAGIC HELPERS. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 2387
Well, I know of a fellah here, he used to sell bolita - that's like de numbers. Well, they used to ketch him a lot of times. So they caught him with free stuff one time and he was on a $500 bail. So he had a - there was a fellah they used to call witch doctor around here. I don't know whether he was or not, but he used to go around here and he used to help a lot of people out of trouble. So he tole dis heah fellah if he would ketch one of dese here black house rats, one of dese big rats dat run around de house - you ketch one of dem and kill him and skin him jest befo' he gits cold, see, an' take dat skin and wrap it up tight inside of a silk han'kerchief and take it an' tote it next to his heart. Said dat when he's go down befo' de judge, dat no matter how strong de judge wanta give him a sentence, de judge would always send dat sentence on him. He tried dat. I don't know whether it'll work out but he always would be lucky enough to come out of it.