The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1889-08-03
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t.s.e.-As'=s .AsNis4 fs.s-ti fi'ttf iHl'h All tbc
wit,heEMt OF ls0se dark year, noDl.1.,
etc J., M vtl,h in.s shocking mania Of Old
Word sgFogsut,ln bars, oHt On this sido OF
the Atlantis. u hia cgcn been denied that
I tho d.lgsicn ever gained n ipOth0ld IN Con
ncctica,; nul tho TspSrIs ~ executions in
! Connecticut have no. only been denied. but
have remained 70 MI nut Gloss staiVnts y
very doubtful matter NJ most But We sus,
| p,cl, says th0 Hartford Times, that this Is
an err1Beout view OF tuc subject, and that
! Conncoiicut was really not 80 very much
! frccr ftoui the horrible superstition than
her fist~r colony " Mas -achnset,s bay. A
god many old woneH were popularity ae-
cuncd Of criminal Familiarity with
/ Sathr," and some ~ them certainly were
tried lor that sln-anr, II the truth must be
told, there wsn more than ore execution for
/ .ichcraft Ia C,uutcflcut. But the Con-
neciicrt deiuslIu, thopgh u seems 10 have
been earlier than tho similar misfortune in
Massachusetts, nvvcr,.d reach such shock
ing proportions, nor 90 To such extremes
that There were tHo executions here in
Hartford ia or ab9ut 1908 Of two women.
Greensralih Ggd Barnes, convicted Of
witehcTa.L Tie former, We think, made
AN cxtr5. .aEary confession after she
n..i been convicted 81 the truth of her
"fami.iarity with the devil a. this Gus
6,n.aly charge IA huch cases wa, wurded,
hsr conc as''n- Nhieh IA NOT NJ Tor PRINT
~. 80 o. ',ss' teou,' H.' 'Ao>' i.'s1o
AZ" y -. ~ - ~ =. $50
suH"Ap 's-,.''.o y. we. VIZ nlAi''A,
hs.u 'N" "a 'a, , .'HH'''e, .sl'' 20 many "
soconfsss the truth of tho charge made
against them. IL must have bcsn All illus
lr.iIon OF UNCONSCIOUS psychologtEing, by
great ware or surrounding atmospAer re OF
faHa,icsl snpeE,tiilcus dcluSion which
',Hsne' W .""'e :" '.'''n p.-sS, $50
",1'u ~ 800,
w. ',.,'N 80 80 "' '' .' ',
~" 'tl''t' -" N"'t' '''' 5000 '""H
niA''oha ana'H 20 80 o'.'u eHoa oss .n.'
VOC NNu' - =. IAN.
a. - " 70.
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sHhu"' ~ ~ l."4 =. ''l"L' s''o'' h1'
ias sI'uh iI'N'5 'e'.'su voc 'lA' t.has
ss'o f.uSp oI ulAo "l 't-l'I,sS' hA'afAA,
P..-'. '.' 'l,.'.e-'. .4-9 W., gu "Po'
az 'Hut''''' "'''' ~ s'""' .'' u'A'.o"s
-'-' w.. A'' 'p"" s"'o'ea
s"n.1u'''pu p''IN"h ~ ,"h"'''s1'. 100
n.-H." W-> '"t hluto WA. s.h'u.y ..'fo.
s''' EN"N" "a "NsuN' "A'' W ~.
MO" 'ua' 'l'S "'h'f N'"hs' Wrf' nsnsru
thrfr' toe uslus'on seems 10 have bcrn
wors". si.i 10 have orSa followed ny n'ofu
rho.ul'ohs, IN Fairfield coun'y u
was FAs az la'sr. simultaneously Win Tho
MANI a. aA4em an l"S.-
In the Tines OF August :, ls-o. arc srv-
-rai colgnin, Of an Ercouu, 81 Connecticut
w1ichrrail, written - William L.. Stone IN
Tho New tuf- Commercial! Advertiser, OF
witch L. was thea tic odiior. and FROM
which iapsr the nine. quoted " IL seems
TO er ohly "a part OF stone long account,
AMI u w-s obtained whoa 10 was editor Q!
III" Connecticut Mirror. here IN Hartford.
ruin n 4 a u.
scripts uron which 10 CHANGED ~ como la
loosinE ogrt large lot OF aneisn, Iairrs
that had bsrn btotEhi 10 light 'ruun tho old
sarrst o! the Nylita tuAnsinu. Wyi.is was
Tho old Colonial srcTrtary, aHi naturally
would 30 In tho way OF having charge OF
such Old rapcr, a. these. which were
IN sepAr alto packet, Isb-.ei Wi'.hcrafi
1r.sI.,' and that was ~ha, attracted
Colan.l S,on-'s s'icn't7a nnd led him To
sear-f.I study ~ tho IaI-rs. What after.
ward bcea;nc OF ihe's w Know not; but
tho extracts 10 fully ta-fia by s'onr arc I'M
i-or;aHt a. THROWN. light on tho pArt taken
by Connecticut IN the Ltaiosy Of tho witch.
rra'. ariu.'"r. The irrirfErnss OF QUO
A"rvy h.t-''ssSh sro" t"o t'a's 81 tS"'
'"iphc1 S'ear !4uE'i. was OF the custom
AIRY sort IN wh,hefs', easrs' @sunohy TO
W" NY ,''fsoss A'a sspe'hs'afa' CHARACTER
OF vac r''''euupN' 'n' 'ph'ps'ohs wrought
80 = "
'hs' te'sun'ftoo'i. Ns''y H''enf"urh was
"aoo' !. hutluo o. "..'nS = 20. sa" .,-'"
OF whom . .'1's VIZ ."u.s''' ~ 'no sah'c
nta'-'n Nio cay epu's 'i "s'' az" p"t'a''
re.sr o,sAhli'' W '''ssH.. '" VIZ
A''sy ps"p'elsn 'ha i..'s-- "a va. 10,
S..s - " ..'-ou, W. a'r'y
ps"I"ash' OF '"Hlo q" 'no pf'>sh' t~h'
AhP"t "'s wa. h"' :" 1H'AS' to'n
N't. p,s.". nau" ahu 'o''' "''"talhEWN W.
"n fhEu," evsso",' M" " ."'N hca"
mr. INV" voc WH',' inr ~ was 'H'' +" '..n
.'Nsa'' sank az" or0N,."' was ptaa
'a''n .i's' OF 'hn".cH'r. ~ she hn-'"u' she
was e'.ai hWN'h am mus - oa''u''u.
Mrref pisSoro"sh ~" e'p'y lawson eo'n
hoS''i hsn e"rs nor "la oae P'ous
servant OF INC i',su succeed w P'os,hS W.
former Hhu.r' ae'f "" ulh usNis'iy and
.'"Hi'y Wy. 1hn dawson woman, however,
and "" hcueFr on" OF Two o'hor witchos'
were rclH!i'ch' nu' N'rsy n'sNorou.n was
not 80 easily ici on she hah sorciy nn''ei.d
diver. persons " Aurcrna'urni p'nchinIs,
pr'cA'nFs anu Au'l worse punIshWoh's bst
there wa. another trail, aud though she was
again convicted. it ia pretty well asccria.ncsi
that for some occult reason she never was
executed. The Times says, cdiurially usspl.
that ono whole family. named Godfrey. In
.sr A.a 4.