Evening Star Newspaper, January 30, 1927, Page 14

14 = WESTPHALIA FOLK KILL BRIDE- WITCH Fortune Teller and Husband Are Arrested After Tortur- ing Woman in Dark Room. By the Associated P DORTMUND, Westphalia, January Belief in witches is by no means extinct antong some of th tivus peasant folk of W torturing to death of a an to drive out a *w her is reported from Halter Three weeks after her marria Frau Martha Haltern Hospital w cred with wounds fr mately died. In her ante mortem statement the woman described how shortly _after her mar > a fortune teller of Gel- senkire m which she ulti- 1se among their cattle. As a reme- dy, the fortune teller prescribed con- finement of the young wife in a dark room, where the witch could be driven out of her body by starvation and whippi a fortnight, a neighbor tter to the police, who s as well as fortune teller. PLANS FOR CARABAQ DINNER COMPLETED Army, Navy and Marine Officers to Be Among Guests Wed- nesday Night. Plans for the annual dinner of the Military Order of the Carabao have been comple The dinner will be held at the New Willard Wednesday. Many prominent officers of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, as well as s of the Government, will at- Maj. Gen. George F. Elliott, retired, former commandant of the Marine Corps, and one of the oldest living members abao; Senator Harrison, Representative Longworth, Brig. Gen. Fi fines of the Vet- t Secretary of are included in the list of guests. e Taft is the only hon- of the order. He was s connections in the *Philippines as governor general. COUNTERFEITS $290,000 AND GETS $325 FOR JOB Prisoner Confesses Activities of Midwest Ring—Was to Get $1,000, He Says. d Press. ovember 29.—A negro printer, confs d member of a un- terfeit ring, ived only $3 for printing 0,000 in bogus $20 bills, it was learned here yesterd: Five other alleged members of the ring are under arrest here as the re- sult of activity of secret service agents in attempting to stop the flow of bogus currency into Middle Western cities. ‘ Louis Pascow, local restaurant pro- prietor, also charged with being a member, -burned $50,000 of the notes after reading of the arrest of another member. Waltel . Blocker, the ne- gro, was to receive $1,000 for his serv- fees, but s paid only $325, which, however, was in real currency | | | | | | | | | | | | |is conce hody cov- | | | | | | was_ second choice THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON. D. €., JANUARY 30, 1927—PART 1. TRIAL OF TEXAS GIRL BANDIT IS DUE TO BEGIN TOMORROW i | “Co-Ed” With Unloaded Pis- tol Holding Up Bank Pre- sents Crime Marvel. Charge of Arson Will Be Pre-| ferred Against Demure Maid | of Slight Build. By Consolidated Press. AUSTIN, Te> that the out, Vew hed as this section of Texas d, public interest centers dit—a tiny s than 90 once more in the co-ed bit of fimininity weighi s pounds—who put two bold Texas he-men in the safe and walked out of the Bank of Buda with $2,000 in per- fectly good currency. For sheer naivete, bandit, never used rouge or lipstick, also never known an equal. When asked why she con ed to the robbery, her deep brown turned with the surprised look child. “But I didn’t confess,” she pouted I didn’t tell any one but Sheriff Allen. I waited until all the others room.” to the State authorities, the bank at the little town of Buds lying between here and San Antonio, | with the demur he first visited the where 10 Baylor all player: ere crossing a few days this _flapper REBECCA ROGERS. the tiny bit of a bandit naively explained that she just knew she would have the money in a little while. And so on Monday next, at the count seat of Georgetown, Rebecca Br ty of Te o ses in eight diffi- bandit. They say bank at Roundroc Univ basket Killed at a grade ago. Marvel to Criminology. With the astonishing frankness and | qi Hortly R i directness which has made her a | ygdenly turned bank robber, is to be marvel to students of modern crim-| .;jied for trial on the charge of arson. Inology, she is sald to have There was no suspicion of her connec- into the bank at Roundrock and asked | There Was ho SP ST B ars L intil if all the people in the town ‘turned |, yo\ gays later, when the Bank of S hel thers Wasa fire. . 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