Cindy Lange-Kubick: Her neighbors filled the courtroom, the air heavy with hate and dread.
The alleged witch sat before them on the witness stand, shrunken as an old apple.
Tillie Lauber opened her mouth to show her long yellowed teeth.
The mob of mothers and housewives listened, hushed, waiting to hear the case of Matilda Lauber vs. Anna Small.
"We live down there right next door to each other," explained Lauber of 615 L St., in the bottomland west of the city.
"This morning I threw some ashes and dirt out in my own yard and she got mad about it and struck me in the face."
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