Richard Nutter was convinced that he had been bewitched .
Some locals believed that Alice had picked up a wax image in her husband 's room , stuck with pins , and that when she had thrown it on the fire Richard had died .
Richard Nutter was convinced that he had been bewitched , and some locals believed that Alice had picked up a wax image in her husband 's room , stuck with pins , and that when she had thrown it on the fire Richard had died .