Butler Woman Jailed On Witchcraft Charge

She is Alleged to Have "Hoodooed" a Cow

BUTLER, Pa., May 8—Alleged by her accuser to be a witch, Mrs. Laupaule Orber was tried Friday on a technical charge of disorderly conduct, was convicted and sentenced to pay a fine of $5 and serve ten days in jail.

The charge was preferred by Mrs. Julia Kroner, who alleged that Mrs. Orber went into Mrs. Kroner's barn and by the use of witchcraft cast a spell over a cow which had prevented it from giving milk.

--Warren Evening Mirror, Warren, Pennsylvania, May 8, 1909, page 1.