What was Ettie's view about the Srcowers in Act 2 Scene 5?

Ettie is afraid of the Scrowers.

“Because no witness dares to appear against them. He would not live a month if he did. Also because they have always their own men to swear that the accused one was far from the scene of the crime. But surely, Jack, you must have read all this. I had understood that every paper in the United States was writing about it.”