Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-12-05 | Page 3 | Thrust Needles into Her Flesh for Pity

THRUST NEEDLES INTO HER FLESH FOR PITY Trick of Kentucky Which She Had Practiced Practiced Practiced a Year or More Finally Exposed I LEXINGTON K ICy Kyt Dec Dee 5 For For a n year car or more Sis Carter a n. ha has been supposed to be bc hoodoo hoodooed and W was S called the human pin n and needle cushion At Intervals she he would fall rail In a a. fit fit nt and doctors would remove needles and pins from her and toes and In several everal Instances from her mouth The doctors It Il to he a peculiar dl disease supposing the needles to have been awai- awai lo lowed c She was recently arrested for or Injuring private property She lay hay down on the floor noor nn and began belan to yell ell an and called for Dr Toles a n. negro hoodoo doctor and he tic came and administered to her He said sold that he had been taking from her for the past twelve c years yearB lIe He claimed chImed that the she was hoo hoodooed b by her The police pollee did not believe In this so M sent ent him about his business and called In Dr Helm who examined the girl Irl and questioned her hel He lie then he began an anto to extract the thc needles and had hardly before ho he understood th the whole affair and exposed It It- The rhe bits of or needles and pins which In each Instance had the he heads cut off oN had harl hen been forced Into the he flesh by the nc for the sake of or eliciting sympathy She used the thc dOI dodge e at nt the station house In an effort to Act tet et out and It worked to tD perfection a as she he set up such a howling ho and yelling that there was no 10 peace peRce until f she hc had been st Rt fre free The doctor tor said the girl would push the pins and needles Into her flesh and at nt rare times Into the gums sums In h her r mouth lie He fIll said eald that It Il was but hut another Instance similar to the self inflicted ulcers of or the European lI street beggar I