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Show MODERN WITCH. Che Plays Upon a Sentimental WomH Heartstrings to the Tune of 1,000 Francs. A very curious case of witchcraft which carries us back to the middle age has just been examined by the correctional correc-tional appeal court A middle aged lady, la-dy, 42 years of age, living at Fontaine-bleaa Fontaine-bleaa Mile. Bauchet wished to know whether her lover, a handsome soldier, would ever return, so she went to consult con-sult Mma Bretheaux. That reputed witch immediately announced to her client that she had been placed undet spell, and that it wa3 urgent to remove it To accomplish this 64 francs 50 centimes, cen-times, a sheet and a chemise were necessary. nec-essary. The money and the articles were Wrought the next day by Mile. BaucheS. Nine days. latetMme. Bretheaux said that shw had removed the spell which I had beeu thrown, on Mile. Bauchet, but Ehe had discovefid that the witches of the country in vniich her lover was living liv-ing had thrown a spell on him. The "witch" declared she would succeed in saving him, but to do so she wanted 191 francs and a dozea linen pocket handkerchiefs. A few days later the ingenious cheat succeeded in getting her victim to give her an additional sum of 500 francs on the pretext that she had been obliged to burn a gold crucifix at the shrine of the Virsin, and that she must go on with her incantations if the soldier's life was to be saved. It was not till some time after this after Mme. Bretheaux had swindled her of Sli francs 50 centime to say nothing cCntEheet, handkerchiefs, handker-chiefs, etc. that -,he confiding victim related her adventure to a less credulous friend and at length discovered ehe had been swindled. The case was tried at Fontainebleau, w:iere Mme. Bretheaux was condemned tothree months' imprisonment impris-onment The ;pptal court confirmed the sentence. Paris Correspondent |
