some of the accused like bridget bishop were caught more than once. about 121 free 1692 trials involving 85 women and 36 men and of these 121 cases 38 were slander suit brought by the suspects, 27 women and 11 men against their accusers and most of them won. the 83 actual which trials resulted in 11 to 17 executions. one or two of men, three guilty verdicts reversed but little about the 16 men was ordinary. most especially the supposed victims convulsing in public in the courtroom itself. the matter appeared to most people to be a public emergency at first rather than the usual neighborly disputes, appeared to many to be a plot by the devil and his forces to take over new england even if the french king louis aspired to do was sending military forces to accomplish this in real life. unlike other such outbursts the 1692 panic spread to 22 other communities and people from maine to new york were the wealthiest and escaped and from the cold of winter to a long hot summer in to fall with more suspects surfacing after every arrest. from 1691 through 1693 a

whereas bridget bishop, wife of edward bishop of salem at a special court before was in stone, esquireand his associate judges -- justice of the said court was indicted and arraigned upon five several indictments are using, practicing and exercising certain ex-of witchcraft in and upon the bodies of abigail williams, and putnam junior, mercy lewis, mary walcott and elizabeth hubbard of salem village, single women, whereby their bodies were hurt, afflicted, consumed, wasted and tormented. what utter nonsense, bridge thanks. in the name of the magistrate, now king and queen over england the sheriff continues, reading through the order for him to proceed on this day, between the hours of eight and 12 to say the conduct -- to the place of execution and their causes to be hanged by the neck until she is dead. then somebody else is talking. the ministers to her look like girls, a lot of them. a few of the other onlookers seemed disgusted by the official parade. she recognizes the troublemaking quicker the blamed her for his district he smirks and rolls his eyes at the ministers prayer. two y

continues, the order to proceed on this day, between the hours of 8:00 and 12:00 to save the conduct bridget bishop from her majesty's jail to the place of execution to be hanged by the neck until she is dead. then somebody else was talking, one of the minister's who had walked with the crowd praying for her soul. ministers to her look like crows, the lot of them. a few of the other onlookers seemed disgusted by the official for air. she recognized the troublemaking quaker who blames her for his

trying 52 defendants 30 were found guilty of the charges and paying to 19 including bridget bishop. the majority of the trials of occurred monday already subsided by aid accords but most of the trials were held with the capital crimes with the governor's council of the higher court of 1682. into the jails those three counties. those that convened in salem. is to bring so many suspects and witnesses. those considering mostly the same judgment. and then only three or found guilty and from middlesex county from boston nobody was found guilty in either of those. only the third time in the history of witchcraft but the tragedy is too often remembered symbolic of the misery of a stereotype of how other people in other areas not like fisheye the samples. but that is just the statistics. but to realize the tragedy. real living individuals. before the time when everything seemed to go wrong. despite the intervening centuries looking through their eyes what was it like to be convinced invisible evil was a lie if the person that you had never liked those that word deliberately toward sharing o