Fourteen Freemasons spent a night in a Fiji jail after local villagers complained they practiced witchcraft.

The men were holding a late-night meeting when the police arrived and dragged the men off to face charges of sorcery. One Freemason said the whole experience was "wretched," and he sharply criticized the "dopey village people" for their superstitious ways.

The charges were eventually dropped and the men left town after the police returned their magic wands and ceremonial skull.