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SHE MURDERED 17HALF BLOOD NEGRESS ALSO AD fi MITS DIRECTING THE KILL-ING OF AS MANY MORE.VICTIMS HORRIBLY MUTILATEDLOult Is Composed of Religious Fanatics Who Believe That by Taking Human Life They Can %/ Reach Eternity.lt;N»\valniT^fayctte, La., April 3.—Acting on her own amazing confession that she ^ killed 17 persons with her own hands n and directed the killing o^ as many more that she might gain immortality by sacrificing human life, the grand jury will at once return an indictment 81 against Clementine Barnabet, a half n blood negress. Furnished with con- * * vincing clews the authorities are now uinvestigating one of the most astounding series of crimes ever committed. n For weeks past the authorities of n southwest Louisiana and southeast “ Texas have been completely baffled by murders of the most brutal de-scription. Whole families would he *1slain in their homes, the assailants a Invariably using axes and apparently a always makiirg the slaughter a bloody orgy. No less than 35 negroes have ai been murdered in this manner. HIWoman Directs Slaughter.Clementine Barnabet, suspected of la having been implicated in the most tl recent killing, confessed that it was I® she who directed the slaughter. By tfi her own admission she is the head ot cia cult known as the “Church of the nfSacrifice/’ which is composed of negro si religious fanatics who believe that by Ct taking human life alone they can cr reach eternity. The cult had no re* er Sard for the law.From the woman’s story it was ap-parent that there was never any mo- at five but fanaticism behind the rnur- dc ders. The homes of the victims were s!lt; seldom robbed and many of the vie* In tims were not known personally to th the assailants. As many women be- wi longed to the cult os men, and they vi shared equally with the men in the Ti sacrifice of human lives. , wjVictims Horribly Mutilated.It is believed that the victims were to •chosen indiscriminately. Usually the tl* head of a family would be marked for slaughter/ and every person foundjinfpg house when the members of the cult ^ •descended upon it would be killed |All the victims were horribly mutila J ted. I Heads and limbs would be sep- Ls a rated from the torso and strewn over co the house. From the Barnabet wo- an man s story it is evident that when fe; every spark of life in the cottage had Tt been extinguished and the degener- pllt; ates had completed their work of dis- ca memberment, the slayers participated ga in a “sacrificial ceremony.” In no in* a stance were the police able to find , lo1 substantial clews. I haNegroes Rejoice. ! ofHow many negroes belonged to the of cult Clementine Barnabet did not th nv, but she did recall the names pr of many besides herself who had par- be tiripated in the crimes and these she 1s gave to the police*. The round up of T;imost of the cult has been begun and, sti with the aid of the Barnabet woman, foi the police believe they will he able to ini arrest and convict at least 50 ne* ♦ coKfigropi* - : ;.fThe confession of the head of the•cult has caused great rejoicing among the negroes in this section. Prayer meetings were held in hundreds of cabins to offer up thanks for the so- ! Relution of the mystery. It was the first night in months that the black communities were able to sleep without the horrible fear of a visitation by the “death hand.” [ *ntj
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Norwalk Daily Reflector
Norwalk, Ohio, US
Wed, Apr 03, 1912
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