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Show CHARM FROM AN OLD GRAVE. One of the moat m,stetlous enses of negro superstition has Just como tn light near Adilrsvllle, fia. The grave of Clod, fiey Ilirnesl,, who nis been hurled for more than thirty jenrs, was found open and his right hind had been cut orf, iv I-ncntly I-ncntly by a iieRro for tho purpose of obtaining tho first Joint of the middle fltiRcr ns u chnrm It whs first thought the motive might hive been robber,, ns there were stories nround that Barnesly had been burled with a lot of money nnd Jewelry. Itola-tlves, Itola-tlves, how even soy this wns not the case. Indeed, upon Investigation, the body seemed not to Invo been tampered with except in (ho cutting oft of the hand. It was In a fairly good state ot preservation, except thnt the flesh, of course had withered away nnd crumbled to dust Tho hnnd, however, wns missing, nnd It Is explained on the theor, of the negro ne-gro superstition that If u person inrrles nlwova with him tho llrsl Joint of the middle linger of a man who has been burled ho will never be nrrested, no nintlir whit uline. Iu may commit llrcumstnntlnl tvldciica olnts otrong. ly tnwni.l a negro who has been loafing nround Adnlrsvlllo foi some time lie borrowed a wrup recently from a friend for the purposo of attending lo some woik, ns he said hen tho wrap was rcliirmd ll (ontnlned red mud. An ex. ninluatlon shown It wns practically the samo as that found In tho ginve. Tho necio hns nlso made some remarks re-marks ub mt n charm ho possessed that woul 1 prevent him from being nrrested Hlnco tho discovery of tho opened grnvc tho negro hna not been seen around tho comiuvinlt,. |