on september 19, 1692 Giles Corey was crushed as a form of interrogation. the 83-year-old, inquisitive, muscular elder had been put on trial. the act of his punishment was cruel and unhonorable, as the man himself wouldn't admit to being a witch. the beginning of it all was that he had accused his wife of witchcraft by accident, the accusation was very unreasonable. he had went to help his innocent wife out of jail when he had withheld information from the court. the reason he had withheld information from the court was because Giles Corey had been accusing Thomas Putnam of murder but didn't say the witness. since Giles Corey was a man of his word and an honorable man he had not said who told him this information. when the judge asked him
