THE SUNDAY WARRANT AND ITS SUNDAY SERVICE To the Constable of Topsfield: You are in theyr Magestyes Names hereby Requested to Apprehend & bring before us Elizabeth How ye wife of James How of Topsfield Husbandman on tuesday next being the thirty-first day of May about ten of ye Clock in ye forenoon. at ye house of Leut Nathaniel Ingersolls of Salem Village Whoe Stand Charged with Sundry Acts of Witchcraft done or committed on ye bodyes of Mary Wolcott Abigail Williams & others of Salem Village, to theyr great hurt, in order to her examination Relating to ye abovesd premises & hereof you are nott to fayle. Dat’ Salem May 28th, 1692. p us JOHN HATHORNE } JONATHAN CORWIN } Assists. In obedience to this warrant I have apprehended Elizabeth How the wife of Jems how on the 29th of May 1692 and have brought har unto the house of leftnant nathaniell englosons according too ye warrant as atested by me Ephraim Willdes constabell for the town of Topsfield. Dated may 31st 1692. THE PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION SHE NEVER HEARD OF HER ACCUSERS BEFORE Mercy Lewis & Mary Walcott fell in a fit quickly after the examinant came in. Mary Walcott said that this woman the examinant had pincht her & Choakt this month. Ann Putnam said she had hurt her three times _Question._ What say you to this charge? Here are them that charge you with witchcraft _Answer._ If it was the last moment I was to live God knows I am innocent of anything of this nature _Q._ Did not you take notice that now when you lookt upon Mercy Lewis she was struck down? _A._ I cannot help it. _Q._ You are charged here what doe you say? _A._ I am innocent of anything of this nature _Q._ Is this the first time that ever you were accused _A._ Yes Sr _Q._ Do not you know that one at Ipswich hath accused you? _A._ This is the first time that ever I heard of it. _Q._ You say that you never heard of these folks before. Mercy Lewis at length spake & charged this woman with hurting & pinching her. And then Abigail Williams cryed she hath hurt me a great many times, a great while and she hath brought me the book. Ann Putnam had a pin stuck in her hand. _Q._ What do you say to this? _A._ I cannot help it. _Q._ What consent have you given? Abig Williams cryed out that she was pincht & great prints were seen in her arm. Mary Warren cryed out she was prickt _Q._ Have you not seen some apparition? _A._ No never in all my life. _Q._ Those that have confessed they tell us they used images and pins now tell us what have you used _A._ You would not have me confess that which I know not