"How did you afflict folks?—I pinched them.
"And she said she had no puppets, but she went to them that she afflicted. Being asked whether she went in her body or her spirit, she said in her spirit. She said her mother carried her thither to afflict.
"How did your mother carry you when she was in prison?—She came like a black cat.
"How did you know it was your mother?—The cat told me so, that she was my mother. She said she afflicted Phelps's child last Saturday, and Elizabeth Johnson joined with her to do it. She had a wooden spear, about as long as her finger, of Elizabeth Johnson; and she had it of the Devil. She would not own that she had ever been at the witch-meeting at the village. This is the substance.
"Simon Willard."
The confession of another of her children is among the papers. It runs thus:—
"Have you been in the Devil's snare?—Yes.
"Is your brother Andrew ensnared by the Devil's snare?—Yes.
"How long has your brother been a witch?—Near a month.
"How long have you been a witch?—Not long.