Salt Lake Herald | 1890-08-29 | Page 1 | Sorcery in France

SORCERY IN FRAKCE A Recent Case Near Tours France Ends In the Suicide of the Victim Special to THE HERALD Examiner Cable PARIS Aug 28A remarkable case showing hov far sorcery is from being stamped out in France was settled at Tours a few days ago A woman named Gerard persuaded a coachman named Jahan that he would discover buried in the earth near his stable a box full of gold if he would dig at midnight after having candles and burned incense in given quantity t render higgood genius in a favorable state of mind to fight with skeletons who had charge of the treasure Jahan paid very dear for the revelation He turned up his stable from end t end never finding anything Jahan paid the woman 4000 francs every penny he owned When he saw he was ruined and still had found no treasure he hanged himself Gerard received eight months imprisonment for fortuno telling