Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 290, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1911 — CAT HAS SOUL OF DEAU KING [ARTICLE]

CAT HAS SOUL OF DEAU KING

Sacred Siamese Feline, Personal Gift of Prince DJamahranji of, Royal Siam Family, Is Stolen. Boston. —A sacred Siamese cat, In which the soul of a departed Siamese emperor is alleged to reside, has been stolen from its owner, Miss Florsell Silverado, No. 24 Somerset street. The cat Is a personal gift to Miss Silveiado from Prince Djamahranji of the royal family of Siam, having been given, to Mr. in Bangkok. Siam. The Siamese believe in the transmigration of souls, the souls of emperors taking up their habitation in the bodies of this species of cats. Accordingly, the cats are kept only in the royal palaces as objects of religious . veneration, with capital punishment prescribed for the man who kills one.