The Magistrates and Ministers also did informe me, that they apprehended a child of Sarah. G and Examined it, being between 4. and 5 years of Age And as to matter of Fact, they did Unanimously affirm, that when this Child, did but cast its eye upon the afflicted persons, they were tormented, and they held her Heed, and yet so many as her eye could fix upon were afflicted. Which they did several times make careful observation of: the afflicted complained; they had often been Bitten by this child, and produced the marks of a smallset of teeth, accordingly, this was also committed to Salem Prison, the child looked bail, and well as other Children. I saw it at Lievt. Jngersels After the commitment of Goodw. N. The: Putmans wife was much better, and had no violent fits at all from that 24th of March, to the 5th of April. Some others also said they had not seen her so frequeutly appear to them, to hurt them....
On the 26th of March, Mr. Hathorne, Mr. Corwin, and Mr. Higison, were at the Prison-Keepers House, to Examine the Child, and it told them there, it had a little snake. that used to Suck on the lowest Joynt of it Fore-Finger; and when they inquired where, pointing to other places, it told them, not there, but there, pointing on the Lowest point of the Fore-Finger; where they Observed, a deep Red Spot, about the Bigness of a Flea-bite, they asked who gave it that Snake? whether the great Black man, it said no, its Mother gave it.
In 1710, when the survivors of the witch trials were requesting restitution, William Good, Dorothy's father, submitted the following, the original of which is in the collection of the Cornell University Library :
To The Honourable Committee
The humble representation of Will.m Good of the Damage sustained by him in the year 1692 by reason of the sufferings of his family upon the account of supposed Witchcraft.
1. My wife Sarah Good was In prison about four months & then executed.
2. a sucking child dyed in prison before the Mother's Execution.
3. a child of 4 or 5 years old was in prison 7 or 8 months and being chain'd in the dungeon was so hardly used and terrifyed that she hath ever since been very changeable haveing little or no reason to govern herself. And I leave it unto the Honourable Court to Judge what damage I have sustained by such a destruction of my poor family. And so rest.
Your Honours
humble servant
William Good
Salem. Sept. 13,
1710.
