Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-05-25

"'u LNNuiu blohpps VI bdlCUh ' H'"SS
hus%bandman, and Sarah his wife, anc
Mary Black, a negro of lieutenant Ma
thaniel Putnam, of Salem Village; also
Mary English, the wife of Philip English
merchant, in Salem; who stand charged
with high suspicion of sundry acts Of
%witchcralt, done or committed by them
lately upon the bodies of Ann Putnam.
Mary Lewis and Abigail Williams, OF
Salem Village; whereby great hurt and
damage hath been done to the bodies Of
the said persons, according to the COM
plant of Thomas Putnam and John Bux.
ton, of Salem Village, exhibited; whom
you are to secure in order 10 their Gurth
err cXaminalion.-Fail not.
John Hothorn,
iona Curioin, assistants,
Dated Salem, April %, 1892.
Before we proceed to narrate the mode
of trial, we will give another, not singu-
lar, but very characteristic case OF the
barbnriIies Of commitment.
On the oath of May, Mrs. Cary, the
wife of Mr.. Jonathan Cary, Of Charles
town, was examined and committed
As our object is to give the %clcarcst pos
sible insight into the manner oil the lhing,
and not 10 work up Il tale of horrors, we
will copy from the account given by Mr..
Cary himself, who attended the eXamin-
alton of his wife, and seems to have been
a person Of considerable influence. Mr..
Cary first describes the mode of examin-
alton, in regard TO several others, which
was substantially the same as that we
have already related. While these eX-
aminations were going on, no notice was
taken by the afflicted Of his wife, who
was present, except that once or twice
they came near her and asked her name.
Through the Rev. Mr., Hale, Nj. Cary
had obtained the promise Of an interview
before the examination should COM
mence, with Abigail Williams, a little
girl OF II or 70 years. who was Mrs.
Cary'S accuser. As this could not BE-
had in private al Rev. Mr.. Parris's house
where the girl lived. they repaired to an
ale house. Says Mr.. Cary:
can Indian mar attended us, who it
seems was one of the afflicted to him
We gave some cider he showed several
scars, thai seemed as if they had been
long there, aud Showed them as done by
witchcratt, and acquainted US that his
wife, who also was a slave, was impris-
oned for wilchcra(t. And now, instead
Of one accuscr, they all came in, and be-
gan 10 tumble down like swine; and then
three women were called in 10 attend
them. We in the room were all at c
stand, to see who they would cry out of.
but in a short time they cried out, Cary
and Immediately after a warrant was
sent from the justice to bring my wife
before them, who were sitting in a cham.
Der near by, waiting for this.
Being brought before the Justices, he
chief acuscrs were two girls. My wife
declared 10 the justices, that she never
had any knowledge of them before tina
day. She was forced to stand with he
arms stretched out. | requested that
might hold ono of her hands, but it wa:
denied me; then she desired me TO wipe
The tears from her eyes, and the swea
from her face, which did; then she de.
sired she might lean herself on me, say.
ing she would faint.
''Juslice IIathorn replied, she ha.
strength enough 10 torment those per
sons, and she should have strcngtl
enough to stand. | speaking something
against their cruel proceedings, they
commanded me TO be silent, or else
should be turned out Of the room. The
Indian before mentioned was also brough.
in, TO be one of her accusers; being
come in, he now (wheu before the jus,
lices) fell down and iumbled about like I
hog, but said nothing. The justices ask,
ed The girls, who afflicted the Indian
they answered, she, (meaning my wife,
and that she now lay upon him; the JUS,
ices ordered her to touch him, in order
to his cure, but her head must be turn
ed another way, least, instead Of curing
she should make him worse, by her look.
ing on him, her hand being guided lC
take hold Of his; but the Indian took hole
of her hand, and pulled her down on the
floor, in a barbarous manner; then hi,
hand was taken off; and her hand put or
his, and the cure was quickly wrought
being extremely troubled at their inhu
man dealings, uttered a hasty speech
THAT God would take vengeance OF
them, and desired that God would de
liver US out of the hands of unmercilu
men" Then her mitlimus was writ.
did with difficulty and charge obtain tn,
liberty Of u room. but no beds in it; i
there had been. could have taken but liz
tie rest that night. She was committed
TO Boston prison; but | obtained a habea
corpus 10 remove her to Cambridge pris
on, which is in our county of Midilesex
Having been there one night, nextmorn
ing the jailer put irons on her legs, (hav
ing received such a command) IA,
weight OF them was about eight pounds
these irons and her other Affections sool
brought her into CONFUSION fits, so that
thought she would have died that night
| sen 10 enlreal hat the irons might b,