I think Abigail definitely perpetuated the trials and suspects to cover her lies. She was getting a charm to help murder her lover’s wife, if anyone found out she’d be killed for attempted murder despite the witchcraft claims. She knew she was in deep trouble once she was caught. She is trying to pass the blame. As seen on Page 48 in Act 1, Abigail is literally pulling names out of thin air to toss into the mysterious suspect list. She’s attempting to make the wild goose chase even more wild to draw her suspect attention away from her. She also does it viciously. She honestly and religiously hates the Puritans in her town, mainly due to her failed affair with John Proctor. She says on Page 24 of Act 1, “I never knew what pretense Salem was,
