In a message dated 4/23/2002 12:00:49 PM Pacific Daylight Time, dorisbarnett@hotmail.com writes: > pressed - not even on the list but should be - that was the way they killed > 'witches' > Only one- Giles Corey, was PRESSED, after the Salem trials. I am unsure if the method was used elsewhere, he was an octogenarian, and withstood it for three days before dying. He reportedly challenged them to keepadding stones, professing innocence, and defied them right to near the end. Jeffery G. Scism, IBSSG, (http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com) ~~ Coordinator, C h u r c h i l l Nevada U S G e n W e b Site Co-Coordinator, Inmontgo-L, Montgomery County, Indiana, U S G e n W e b Site manager of the following Rootsweb Lists: B l a c k s h e e p, L a n d e s, L a n d i s, P e f f l e y, S c i s m, E n d i c o t t, S h i p w r e c k, Inmontgo (Mont. Co. Indiana), NVChurch (Churchill Co. Nv.)