The Key West citizen

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FRIDAY. DECEMBER 81, 1937.

hours they battled wind and sea,

saw a shroud and sail track

ripped off, and a jib tom t*

shreds. Their hearts were in their

mouths many times.

They report that in Haiti, it

costs seven bucks to kill a person

by voodooism, six bucks for 4

sacrificial ox and a dollar for th<|

services of a voodod'pri&t Thejf

know of one verified case in

which a wayward husband wa|

enchanted to death at the instruct

tion of his colored wife. While

there, too, they saw a voodol

dance on the island of Tortuga.

At Port au Plata, they met Mr.

and Mrs. Carl Brown and two

children, who said they were

broke and Americans. Good

heartedly, they brought the two

back to Miami. There immigra

tion authorities told them the

couple were of German national

ity. The fine for their offense

ran be boosted to a thousand dol

lars, and the boys though fnt

awhile they were going to lose

their boat, but the authorities

took pity on the plight of the cou

ple and on the boys and let them

off with a fifteen dollar fine.

They were getting tired of their

faithful and battered old boat,

though, and have picked out a 47-

foot one which they|are having

built in the Dofninicdh Republic.

They will retura lateriand start a

world cruise, going ©trough the

Panama Canal to the Sandwich

Islands, then to Australia and so

on. M

Remembsrsd

Henry—Did your aunt remem

ber you in her will?

Tom—She certainly did! She

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Key West citizen. (1937). Key West, Fla., 1937-12-31. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83016244/1937-12-31/ed-1/?sp=4

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Key West citizen, 1937-12-31.