COREY, Giles
Corey, an 80-year-old resident of Malem, Mass., at the time of the
infamous witchcraft trials, was none to well Tiked by his contempo-
raries who considered him a stubborn and intractivle man, It was
said that xm sixteen years eaklier, in 1676, he had an argument with
“a man who worked for him named Goodell and that he beat and stomped ~
Goodell to death, His wife, Martha, had been hanged for witchcraft _
on August 19, 1692, and it was the testimony of Giles Corey and his
~ four sons=in-law that phayed a major part in her conviction and exe=—
__cution, though Corey recanted later, Subsequently, he also was
accused of witchcraft and stubbornly refused to plead either inno-
cent or guilty. As a result, for "standing mite," Corey was sen=
"oressed to death", This meant being laid out naked on a stone
floor and having weights placed on the body until the pressuxe
_killed the victim and it is the only instance in history of this
means of execution being carried out in the United States, Giles
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COREY, Giles
Corey, an 80-year-old resident of Salem, Mass., at the time of the
infamous witchcraft trials, was none to well liked by his contempo=
raries who considered him a stubborn and intractivle man, It was
aman who worked for him named
Goodell to death, His wife, Martha, had been hanged for witchcraft
on August 19, 1692, and it was the testimony of Giles Corey and his
four sons-in-law that payed a major part in her conviction and exe=
cution, though Corey recanted later. Subsequently, he also was
accused of witchcraft and stubbornly refused to plead either inno-
r~ cent or guilty. As a result, for "standing mute," Corey was sen-=
tenced to receive the unusualk_and terrible punishment of being —
"pressed to death". This meant being laid out naked on a stone
floor and having weights placed on the body until the pressune
killed the victim and it is the only instance in history of this
means of execution being carried out in the United States, Gile
~ Corey was executed in this manner at Salem on September 16, 1692¢
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