In The Crucible, not much happens to the girls who accused innocent people of witchcraft. When Reverend Parris arrives at the jail in Act Four, he tells Danforth that his niece, Abigail Williams (the instigator of all these troubles), "has vanished." She's been gone three nights at this point, and she'd lied to him and said that she would be sleeping at Mercy Lewis's house (another accuser). However, Mercy Lewis told her father that she was sleeping at Parris's house. It is clear that they have simply escaped the situation before the town turned on them because they robbed Parris before they left. He says that they broke into his strongbox and stole thirty one pounds, leaving him "penniless." He believes that "they [are] aboard a ship" because Betty had heard them speaking about ships a week ago.
The fates of all the remaining accusers goes unaddressed in the play.
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