an of 38, was questioned first (24). She said she didn't go to church because her clothing wasn't respectable enough for the house of God (24). She was also known to wonder around the village going from door to door asking for food stuffs (24). Magistrates asked her about her saying she mumbled as walked around the village, and she said they were here psalms. However, when asked to repeat them in front of the crowd, she could not remember them (24).Sarah Osborne was an elderly, sick woman (Wilson, 24). Mrs. Osborne had been absent from church for over a year in part because of her illness, and in part of town gossip (25). Several years before, her husband had died, and she allowed her man servant to live in the house with her (25). Latter, she married her man servant, but the town's people still talked about her "Sin (25)." She was amazed at the amount of suffering that the children were going through, but she still claimed she was innocent (25).Tituba was the last to be questioned. At first, she claimed to know nothing about what could be causing the children to suffer (25). Magistrate Hawthorne then asked her, "What is it that hurts them (Wilson, 25)?" "The devil for ought I know," she replied (25)"How doeth he appear when he hurts them?" he asked. "With what shape? What is he like that hurts them (25)."Tituba replied, "Like a man, I think (Wilson, 25)."After this point in the questioning she confessed (25). At the same time she named four other witches, Good, Osborne, and the other two no one knew (25). Tituba spoke of tall man from Boston, and of witches'. She described the devil as "a tall man with black clothes," the man had the ability to change shapes (25). He could appear as a man, a black dog, a hog, or red and black rats. A yellow bird accompanied him on his journeys, along with a book he encouraged Tituba to sign (25). If Tituba served him well, he would give her pretty things, if she served him poorly, h...
