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A Voodoo Case in Illinois.Cbntbalia, 111., Dec. 4.—Drs. Thompson, Broomer and Marshall performed the autopsy on the body of Mrs. Mollie Collins, and the coroner left for Chicago to-night,carrying the stomach of the victim. It will be taken to the Rush Medical college. During this afternoon a colored man testifiedbefore the coroner that Mrs. Collins had j come in contract with a quantity of lead-stone, quicksilver, anvil-dust and human hair, and that the young wife had come to her death by being voodooed. Ho swore that the voodoo instrument had been found I on the person of Anderson Collins, and that when it was thrown into the fire blue, black and green blazes issued forth.
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Bloomington Daily Leader
Bloomington, Illinois, US
Mon, Dec 06, 1886
Page 3
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