Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1850-05-30

execution for wi:chcraft at Salem is given
below, was an eloquent clergyman at S.
lem, and graduate of Harvard College. j
ON the 5th of August, 1902, the
yeal following the execution Of Sarah
Good. the Rev. George Burroughs was
brought to trial for witchcraft. This
was the same Burroughs who had so
very suddenly brought the boy Robert
Eyelett into court during Sarah Goods
trial. 1t SO happened that when his
trial came on q most terrible thunder
storm occurred, which lasted all day and
part of the night, and this too, was
laid to &C the charge Of familiar spirits. -
He stood up heroically, notwithstanding
alfof the false swearing arrayed against
him. Ii
/ The first witnesses examined were
eight female witches, who had made full
acknowledgement of their wickedness
and guilt.
''The confessing witnesses testified
to borrow the language Of an eye wit
ness 10 the whole, that the prisoner
had been at witch-meetings with them,
and had seduced and compelled them to
the snares of witchcraft, that he had
pro Used them fine clothes for doing it,
that he brought popets to them, and
tllorns to stick into those popets, for the
affecting of other people, and that he ex.
horted them to bewitch all Salem village,
but to dot gradually"
Among the bewltched, or afflicted
persons, one declared that Gin her ago.
MES Il tall black man came to her, say
ing that he was the familiar companion
of Burroughs, and bidding her set her
hand to book which he showed her,
Dragging that he was conjurer, and
above the ordinary rank of witches !"
and others, that "in their torments, the
prisoner tempted them to go to sacra-
ment, to which they heard him summons
ing other witches by the sound of
trumpet, who came from all quarters,
heter>skelter to the rendezvous" An
other, on recovering from trance, de-
clared "that he had carried her away in
to the top of a very high mountain,
where he showed her mighty and glori-
Gus kingdoms, and offered them all to her
if she would but write her name in tho
b Ok Of the tall black man who accom-
panied them" His sudden appearance
at the trial of Sarah Good, his look Of
premature old age, after an absence of
only three years, about which every
body spoke with surprise when he APP
peared in court his loud voice and
swarthy complexion, both SO unlike
what they lad been, that few could re-
member in him tie gay. high-spirited
youth whom they had known but few
years before, and been SO well acquaint-
ed with when preacher; his behavior
20 the boy, his production of the lost
knife at such critical moment, by the
help of the boy; his bright, fierce look,
his undaunted carriage, and his remark
able words when they asked him by
what authority he was abroad again, and
he then answered them by the au-
thority of the Strong Man. Who was
that Strong Nan BY authority Of
One who hath endowed me with great
power!' Who was that One
| The Judges we're not long in doubt,
for it being p owed by a great number
of respectable and trust worthy witness
es, that tie accused had lifted gun of Z
feet barrel, with one hand, behind the
lock; nay, that with his fore-6nger he
did SO, and that il the same party, in
the same place, stout, formidable saw
age did the same thing, it was adjud sed
| by the court, after consulting together
awhile, that Burroughs had been aided
and assisted by the Black Man, who was
near, and in bodily shape /; and after this,
it having been proven that Burroughs
i" made nothing" of other feats requiring
bodily strength, such as no one had
ever seen or heard out Of the holy scrip
lures. was solemnly alluded by the
same court, after further consideration,
that George Burroughs had devil
Others now testified that both his wives,
wno we're now dead a ,,aa frequently
complained of their house being troubled
with wicked spirits, and others who had
sworn before the committing judge to
the same story, now repeated it, while it
Numbered and lightened in their upturn-
ed faces-and the big sweat stood upon
the forehead of Burroughs, whoappear-
ed as if his heart was brokes, though
about his mou was a patent, proud
smile for near him were Elizabeth and
Rachel Dyer, two women whom be dear
lily loved and esteemed-both being also
charged with witchcraft, waiting to be
called up. one pale as death, watching
his lock as if she had no hope on earth
but in him, while the other. stood up
with her majestic forehead flashing to
the storm lay, repeated, even at such an
hour, and in such q place, that they had
been visited with the apparitions Of his
| buried wives, who charged him with
having caused their death, and promised
lie he denied the charge to appear in