History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the present time . sacra-ments, where they renounced their Chris-tian vows, and had ridden through theair on broomsticks. Such were the con-fessions of poor women who had never intheir lives done any evil except possibly totattle. On June 2d, a special court was held inSalem for the definite trial. Stoughton,Lieutenant Governor, a man of small mindand bigoted temper, was president. Thebusiness began by the condemnation andhanging of a helpless woman. A jury ofwomen had found on her person a wart,which was pronounced to be u
History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the present time . sacra-ments, where they renounced their Chris-tian vows, and had ridden through theair on broomsticks. Such were the con-fessions of poor women who had never intheir lives done any evil except possibly totattle. On June 2d, a special court was held inSalem for the definite trial. Stoughton,Lieutenant Governor, a man of small mindand bigoted temper, was president. Thebusiness began by the condemnation andhanging of a helpless woman. A jury ofwomen had found on her person a wart,which was pronounced to be unquestion-ably a devils teat, and her neighborsremembered that many hens had died,animals become lame, and carts upset byher dreadful devilism. By September23d, twenty persons had gone to the gal-lows, eight more were under sentence, andfifty-five had confessed and turnedinformers as their only hope. The af-flicted had increased to fifty. Jails werecrammed with persons under accusation, 252 ENGLISH AMERICA [1692 and fresh charges of alliance with devilswere brought forward every *4ri^^ ^q ^£ Hi so _>^
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