During the interrogation, Betty, Abigail, and six other girls would often scream and tumble on the floor of the meetinghouse. After the harsh questioning by the two magistrates and the strange actions of the 'afflicted' girls, Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne maintained their innocence. Tituba, however, confessed for three days (Fremon, 28). Tituba spoke of red rats, talking cats, and a tall man dressed in black. She stated that the man clothed in black made her sign in a book, and that Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and others, whose names she could not read, had also signed this book. No one knows for sure why she confessed to witchcraft. She might have thought that she was guilty since she practiced fortune telling, which was considered a form of "white magic," or perhaps thought she would be released if she confessed to the charges. Whatever her reason, they didn't have to torture her to obtain her confession. After Tituba finished her lengthy confession, she, Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne were taken to a Boston jail. Sarah Osborne would later become the first victim of the Salem witch trials when she died two months later of natural causes while still in jail (Zeinert, 29). Even though three accused witches were jailed, the accusations continued. To sum it up, basically all hell broke loose. By October of 1692 there was a cloud of tragedy lingering over Massachusetts", Salem Village.
A Saintly old woman named Rebecca Nurse. A pipe-smoking beggar .
named Sarah Good and her new born child. An outspoken tavern owner.
named John Proctor. A brash old woman named Martha Carrier. An .
eloquent minister named George Burroughs. A forgiving grandfather.
named George Jacobs. An eccentric woman named Bridget Bishop. A .
bedridden woman named Sarah Osborne. A stubborn old man named .
Giles Corey. A conscience stricken public servant named John Willard.
Common people named Alice Parker, Samuel Wardwell, and Margaret .