CANNIBALISM IN HAYTI. Horrible Practices of the Voodoo Worshippers.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 187, 15 January 1887, Page 4

CANNIBALISM IN HAYT I. Horrible Practices of the Voodoo Worshippers.

The New York " World" of December 5 pvint a bix-oohimn article on cannibali&tn in llaj'ti from which it would appear that while the Government i^nnvious to suppres" the tor'ihlc practice, it is almost helpless in the face of the geueial worship of voodoo by a considerable part of <he population. The writer, avliosg name is withhold in order that the revelations may not be followed by inuiry to his business associates, tells in detail of a scene witnessed on the evening 1 of April If), li>S(i. A friend who wanted to convince him that cannibalism was not extinct went with him to a voodoo temple in which the negroes' superstitious anniversaries were celebrated. Both were disguised as negroes, and smuggled into the throng by a friendly ne^ro. The ceremonies wove closed by cutting the throats of a boy ami rid 5 j-cais os age, the blood from the wounds being caught, in vessels. The writer fled whon the boy was killed, but tho-friend remained to the end, reporting that the bodies were cut up, cooked, and eaten by negroes. The greater part of the article is devoted to the history of cannibalism on the i«lnnd, and it is paid that the belief prevails that President Salomon is himself a voodoo worshipper, and encourages the worship.