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Show Demon Routed 'Hexed' Man Can Enjoy Food Once More LOUISBURG. N. C.-It looked as If that "old debbil" was frightened clear out of Stephen Richardson, 24-year-old Negro who was "hexed" by a witch doctor. Stephen Is back in the kitchen again eating, hoping to fill out his body, which has grown thin from worry over the voodoo spell He had feared death from the curse until "treated" by Marsh Babbitt, a professional hypnotist who flew from New York City. Stephen's tormentor was Adam Alston, 70-year-old "conjure man" who couldn't remove , the hex because be-cause he was already dead, slain by one of his "victims." Babbitt convinced Stephen he was a stronger "witch doctor" than the man who conceived the hex. Stephen smiled when Babbitt brought him out of a final hypnotic trance with a snap of his fingers. "I'm hungry," he said getting oft the bed. Babbitt returned to New York City by plane. |