HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1957-08-15, Page 7!Justice Done
After 265 •Years
Justice has seldomcrawled so
tortoise -slow as it has done for
Goody Ann Pudeator. It has
taken ,just two hundred and
sixty -fine years to catch .up on
her.
Nicknamed "The Hag of Hell"
Mother Pudeator was tried and
convicted of witchcraft and
banged, to the delight of the
men, women, and children of
the =New England village of
Salem, Massachusetts.
That was ,in 1692, when a ,
strange and horrible phenomen-
on transformed the peaceful life
of the colonial village and turned
decent, kindly folk into fear
crazed fiends. Before the out-
break ended nineteen victims
had been publicly hanged and
one pressed to death for' 'refus
, ing to plead.
Terror stalked throughout the
village in that year of horror,
for no man, or woman was im-
mune from the pointing finger
of the accuser. And it was so
easy to accuse — so bard to
prove innocence.. For Jonathan
Corwin, grim, ignorant and su-
perstitious, it was almost enough
that the poor trembling wretch
before him had been accused at
all. (You can still see the little
court -house.)
But why should a, God -fear -
lug, ,Puritan community of quiet
and sober habits suddenly be-
come convulsed by fear of wit-
ches and of the presence among
them of their master the Devil?
You might as well ask why
influenza epidemics occur, Hys-
teria, that strange, uncanny con
tagious mental disorder, strikes
as mysteriously as any virus di-
sease.
There were ten nice young
girls in Salem in 1692. They went
to meeting on Sundays. They
knew their Bibles backwards.
They feared God and they feared
the Devil. They were typical of
the Puritan children of New
England. But, for a spell at least.
they were very different from
other children.
Their first victim was a guile-
less old Negro who was servant
--lC, to the village pastor. Old Tibula
was a popular character a de-
cent, friendly man,faithful to
his master and pious and sober
in his Ways,
But those virtues did not save
him when ten piping voices ac-
eused him of bewitching their
owners.
Vbry soon after the accusa-
Bion of Tibula, the same nice
little girls claimed to have been
bewitched also by two old wo-
men. Both strenuously denied
Hie charges, but were fiercely
Interrogated and brought •to
trial.
Now began a fantastic land-
slide of reason. The whole vil-
Iage was seized with witch-hunt
mania. The first accusations had
been made in May. By August
hundreds of men and women
•had been arrested cod brought
to trial. Most of them were con-
victed.
Among these, Mother Pudea-
lor, a harmless old woman, went
to her doom.
The charges levelled by the
!censers followed a general pat-
tern. The witch had caused
fowls and cattle to die; had
brought disease to the victim;
had been seen in talk with the
Devil.
In the case of Mother Pude-
ator the charges were excep-
tionally horrible. She was ac-
cused of the most vile crimes,
and before her hanging had be-
come known far and wide. as
Salem's Hag of Hell.
Then, when it seemed as
though half the people of Salem
were either addicted to witch-
craft or the victims of it, the
governor of Massachusetts de-
cided that it was time to take
official action. In May, 1693, he
ordered the release from Salem's
overcrowded lock-up of no few-
er than four hundred prisoners,
all held .on charges of witch-
craft.
° This firm action had the hm*-
mediate effect—et, curingthe
people of Salem of their tempor-
ary insanity. As mysteriously as
Satan had got to work in the
little town, he departed.
And so the years rolled on.
Then, not so long ago, a film di-
rector decided to make a film.
His subject was the witch-hunt
mania of old ySalem. Its central
character, Goody Ann Pudeator.
One day, Senator Leverett
Saltonstall of Massachusetts
happened to see the film, "Satan
in Salem." It made 0 very deep
impression on him.
The Senator" arranged for his
fellow legislators to see the film
and then said: "What we ought
to do is to have a re -trial in the
light of ,modern knowledge and
on the known facts of the case."
At first this seemed a some-
what crazy idea, but it took root
and, early this year, the legisla-
tors of Massachusetts solemnly
re -tried in her unavoidable ab-
sence) Goody Ann Pudeator on
charges of witchcraft, and duly
found her not guilty,
Then the Senator drafted a
bill declaring Goody Ann Pude-
ator wrongly convicted of witch-
craft. > He brought his bill be-
fore the Massachusetts State
Legislature and it was passed
without opposition and to loud
cheers.
But lawyers pondering this
bill began to have doubts about
its validity. The State had the
necessary 'power, it was con-
ceded, to legislate upon domestic
matters not reserved for Wash-
ington. But could it undo by
law acts done before there was
any such thing as a State Of
Massachusetts? For at the time
of the Salem witch-hunt, Mas-
sachusetts was a British colony.
So now Senator Saltonstall is
going to take the case to the
United Nations General Assem-
bly. Before long, it seems, the
cruel injustice done to Goody
Ann Pudeator will be hauled
out for inspection before the
eyes of the modern world.
After going about three miles
a motorist who had given an old
lady a lift on a country road
asked: "And where did you say
you were going?"
"Well," she said, "to tell you,
the truth, I was going in the op-
posite direction, but I didn't like
to hurt your feelings when you
offered me a ride."
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Mee Ott Talks About
A fellow was complimenting
Mel ' Ott.
"You were one of the few
ball players to come directly
into the big leagues from the
sandlots," he said to the little
man who hit more than 500
home runs for the New York
Giants. "Not many made it up
here without minor league ex-
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"Well, I wanted -to go to the
minors when I first came to the
Giants," said Ott, now a play-
by-play broadcaster for the De-
troit Tigers. "In the beginning,
I had no idea I'd stay right there
with the Giants until I retired.
08 course, I didn't know what
Mr. McGraw (manager of the
Giants) had planned for me."
There must be many pleasant
memories of a long career in the
National League.
"Too many to remember," Mel
said, smiling. "It was a wonder-
ful life. I loved every minute of
every inning of every ball
game. The only trouble was,
they didn't last long enough. It
all ended too soon."
This from a fellow who lasted
for 22 years.
"Sometimes you meet some-
body who brings back a flock of
memories," Ott continued, seri-
ously. "Or you read a name in
the paper. Like Paul Waner. I
read something about him the
other day and I immediately
thought about the way he could
hit that ball. He was a wonder
with the bat—could, as they say,
thread a needle.
"He'd watch you hfi the out-
field while at bat, and if you
moved one step in one direction,
he'd aim the other way. If I
edged a little toward the foul
line in right field, he'd shoot for
right-center—and he'd hit it a
surprisingly high percentage of
the time. You couldn't give him
an inch. He stole a lot of base
hits that way.
"I remember his brother Lloyd
Waner, too," Mel said. -"He got
something like 190 singles one
season and more than 230 hits
in all. Any ground ball to the
infield that bounced twice was
a base hit. Travis Jackson was
the greatest throwing shortstop I
ever saw. He played Lloyd shal-
low, but still couldn't throw him
out. The little guy could fly
down that line.
"Lloyd and Hughie Critz, who
played second base for the
Giants, had a home run race
every year. It really was funny.
Neither one ever hit more than
three or four.
"Well, with about two and a
half months of the season to go.
the Cardinals came into the
Polo Grounds, with Dizzy Dean
pitching. Critz always wore
Dean out and he hit two into
the stands that day. Pittsburgh
came into New York after the
Cardinals left and Waner paid
Hughie off. "I'll never catch you
now,' he told Critz. He never
did, either. I think Lloyd fin-
ished up with one and he got
that inside the park."
Lefty O'Doul's name w a s
mentioned and Ott continued:
"Lefty and I made them
change the rules .of batting
practice. We'd walk up there
and -hit 20 fouls down the right
field line in practice, getting our
aim sharp for the game. We'd
take up so much time getting
our five hitsin safe territory
that they finally changed it to
five swings for each hitter.
"That O'Doul really could
'con' the pitchers. In those • days
Old Tomes
they threw at- you even more
than they do today, but if Lefty
got a hit the first time up, he'd
' somehow get near the pitcher
and tell him what a great pitch
it was and how lucky he was
to get his bat on the ball at all.
The next time up it would be
the same thing — a line drive.
He was an artist."
'Do AsISay
..11'
Presiding at a meeting of the
British Automobile Association
in London, Prince Philip ad-
monished his wife's subjects for
the 800 daily casualties on Bri-
tain's roads. "We've got to help
drivers be better and safer dri-
vers," he declared. Later that
day, while driving Queen Eliza-
ebeth II in his dark green 1953
Lagonda sports car to a dinner
honoring the Commonwealth
Prime Ministers, Philip collided
with a tiny prewar sedan on the
London -Windsor highway near
Staines, No one was injured, but
the royal roadster had a dented
fender and a smashed headlight.
"It's all right," Prince Philip
shouted to the other driver, Ron-
ald Sutcliffe. "No damage. Don't
worry. It's all my fault" Sut-
cliffe, a British customs officer,
smiled graciously to the Queen'
and sped off. In a letter to the
Prince, he wrote: "Don't bother
about the dent on my car. It
was a pleasure to meet you."
MAMA WAS PLEASED
Trying to eclipse his brother's
gift of a Cadillac, a Hollywood
producer paid $10,000 for an
amazing mynah bird to send his
mother on her birthday. The
bird spoke 11 languages and
sang grand opera.
On the night of her birthday,
he called her. "What did you
think of the bird, Mama?" he
asked.
"Delicious!" she said.
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ISSUE 31 — 1957
Stubborn Skin Itch
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