Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-05-09

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THE INSANE MURDERER IN CHARGE OF An
OFFICER AND PHYSICIAN.
BosToN, May 2.-Further particulars in
| the PJcasset tragedy. state that Freeman is
mail carrier at POcaSset between the rail-
| road station and the postofice. lie woke
| his wife abOnt $3.50 Thursday morning and
told her he must make a sacrifice to the
| Lord OF his youngest daughter. lie got up
and took the child from her bed and stabbed
| her in the side with butcher knife, eaus-
| Ing her death. His wife said it was all
| right. Freeman says the child gave one
scream and died in inmate 1t is stated
that the Second Adventists held a meeting in
his house the same afternoon, and the al
fair was kept quiet. Freeman carried the
mail a usual and showed no signs of insan-
| ity. Tho cause Of his insanity appears to
be religious excitement alone freeman is
now at his residence in charge OF an officer
and doctor. Freeman informed a reporter
that he was told By God to offer Edith, his
young aud beautiful daughter, as sacrifice
to God, and that he did so. As God would
not stay his hand he had II do His COM
msni. lie said God would justify him in
his act.
FREEMAN AND MS WIFE IN JAIL.
BARNsT.HLE, Mass. May 3.-When Mr..
and Mrs. Freeman, the POcasset murierers,
were brought to the Iaii here, last evening,
there was no demonstration. They were
locked up IN separate cells, and as they were
separated INDUCED in good night kiss and
went to their Imprisonment with the same
cheerfrlness shat characterized them when
on the train. There was no loud praying or
demonstration OF any kind on their part
during the night. bntL .: sA5a. Sleeping
peacefully. Freeman's theology is consis
toni oGlya oil W hot han 4
God, having gotten him into this scrspe.
should refuse to help him out of it, he
said, But he wont" When pressed he
added. why, gentlemen, can't conceive
OF such thing as God failing to Justify
me- The deluded man assures every one
who comes within hailing dista nee that
Gods power is about to be revealed
in an astonishing manner to the world, and
this display be declares will take place
when his child shall have been three days
dead, when the body will be carried up into
heaven or be restored to elrth-liie. Then
he expects to leap Gt once into fame and
glory and become to the new dispsnsatiOn
what Abraham was to the old. Freeman
and his wife were brought before Justice
Hopkins this morning and bound over for
trial at the October term of Court. Freeman
was charged with murder and Mrs. Free
man with being an accessory before the
fact. Freeman was born in llIghgate. Vt.
FUNERAL CT TIE LITTLE VICTIM
Boston. May 4.-The funeral of Edith
Freeman, the victim of her fathers fanatic
iSGl, took place in the Methoiis: church 10
the village of POcasset, this afternoon. The
body was brought to the church in small
ca~ket hy Alden Davis, a sympathizsr with
Freeman in bis deed, and one OF the latter's
chiei abetto.7, who, after depositing the
ca>ket and contents near the altar, ar
nOunced his intention OF addressing the aud
fence, bu. this he was prevented from doing
by threats of arrest. The services were brief
and appropriate and were conducted BY the
pastor of the Methodist church. The Advent
lists who fully believed that the dead child |
would be resurrtcted or else bodily translated !
to heaven, are deeply mortified that their
prophecies should result in so apparent nom
fulfillmrD