Logan Republican | 1913-03-11 | Page 7 | Victim for Each Building

Victim for Each Building. Tho liel ef, Illustrated In the ballad of "The llrldge of Arta," that n human victim Is required to Insure the stability sta-bility of a bridge or building sttrvlvcnl in Oreeco today .1 A. Law con siays. There In no murder r.ow. It sutllcen to obtain, preferably from an enemy or nn old person, a hnlr, nail paring, shred of clothing, old shoo or n thread or stick marked with tlio person's height or footprint measure, ami bury these beneath the foundation stono The victim dies within a year, but the building Is biife Even a shadow will do. Mr. Law-son Law-son was himself dragged back by a friend In Santorlnl so that his shndow might not fall across such a fatal spot; and the mayor of Agrlnlan told him that his four predecessors had all died from lettering their shadows fall on foundation stones laid by them.