she told the doctors that stella , lionel , and cortland were 'witches ' and 'evil ' and that they had cast a spell on her and that 'a ghost ' traveled with the party , a dark evil man who appeared by baby antha 's cradle at all hours of the night and day she said the baby could make the man appear , and would laugh with delight when he stood over her , and that the man did not want bertha to see him , and he had driven bertha to her death , stalking her through the crowds at the spanish steps the doctor and the priest concurred that bertha , an illiterate servant girl , was insane indeed the record ends with the doctor noting that the girl 's employers , very gracious , well-to-do people who spared no expense to make her comfortable , were heartbroken at her deterioration , and arranged for her body to be shipped home .