"Now how do you suppose she convinced that poor man, with all that money, that she really WAS a witch?? After all he must have been a smart man."

The article doesn't give the man's age. Was he 40? 80? 90? Does he have health problems? Is he a stroke victim? Given the paucity of information, he could be any of these.

Whenever we read the news, it is important to note what's NOT there as well as what IS there.