The sun., 1879-05-04

without the lcnst excitement. said that Freeman
hnd olry"d the divine command. The Deputy
Sn..!u WIS Mt on s"ni for. rnd arrested Fr"e-
man aud his wife. and locked them up IN tho
jail 1T Barnstablc. Frermuu said that he WIS
perfectly ready to GO 10 lni. and his wife. Who
seemed almost tN bn under a mCsmeriP tnilu-
eucc from h"r husband, cheerluly went with
him nud tho Sheriff.
NV child will rise from the dead on Sum
day. snid Freeman 4. the ears on his way 20
tho Jail " Then will he secn the wondrriul
goodness ~ God, and then viii se III" l"Eln-
an insanity which af1lcls Frremans wife. his
moihrr-in-law. aud somc twenty OF his neigh
bnrs. for they seem to have just the same I'M
plicit conndrnce IN little Eluh's resurrection
~ they 30 in the divine revelation which led to
The village Of Pocasset. where Freeman has
lived for several years. is just one Of those To-
caiitrs whore the form of worship adopted by
tn = shade OF Second Adventists would flourish.
All over MassHch husetts in the rural towns.
especially those spHrsely settled, and in many
places in New Hninrshire and Connreticui tho
sect has nourishrd internttrntly for thirty
y"nrs. II s known that for some time the free
love dortrne WINS its especial hobby, and This is
gions in Northwestern Massachusetts but
1t has always been some hobby or other
which hRs furnished tho devotees with nm eX-
clcmeht that has passrd for. and which many
OF them believe In, Worship. II Is VOmpnratiVe
y OF recent date that the cardinal doctrine has
been the reception OF divine revelation. and
this has not been adopted 10y NIL who believe in
The immediate personal coming OF Chrlst, hut
II took deep root in aud around Pocnssei about
n yenr ago. Then an itinrrant. who called h m
self Elder Brown, preached in that neiglhor-
S@eny "n Sae INTO coPSTa SST .o fre Of
religious ecstasy that. has been charac-
terstc Of negro revival meetings. Men
| other matters. seemed 10 have lost Mi notion oi
rruson, and frequently OF decency. while under
the excitement Only the ignorant APPEAR to
such iniiucnces-such men M cultivate the
stony. marshy plots Of ground in Pocasset. and
Rrt schnty living thershy. No other means Of
excitement have been offered to them. and they
seem to hnva accepted this Ms "a relief to their
| otherwise almost mechanical lives.
Freeman however. ia u better edurntcd man
| thnn some OF his neghbors. He WAS born In
| Vermont about thirty three yenrs ago. aud re-
| ceived lair common school edu alton. Then
| he learned the trade OF shOenRki ing. and, after
| serving In the army. got employment IN Lynn.
He was known M a steady workman. but
rather opnlonated and fond OF I'm ar.
gument He once Joined Methodist
Gn9rch but until he was reached by
| greatly interested in religious topics. He IL
said TO have legun systemntic course of Bib,
| study after his conversion Inst year. and he GER
| ttinly can quote Scripture with great niancy
| and has seemingly Apostle text for every
doctrine that he mnintains He has led n
| der Brown went away, and the iRith OF the little
congrsgation In him has been. 1t is caid. un
Frerman's fellow worshippers are hard
| faced. untntelle'tual, einRularly forbidding mp
pouring men apd women. They appear rs thor,
do who have had constant hand-to-mouti
| struggle with TX xstence Those who own piece,
| OF ground do not seem TO get along much brttei
| In the world than those who live by day labor
Tor the ground is very poor and cannot b,
| coaxed into producing very much. Such are
| the people who share freemAn's fanaticism
and who could hear Of the murder OF "a chilo
| with less excitement than thoy would have dis
| played ut n birth.
| shocked, hut ready n see some sort OF punish
| mrnt inhicted not only upon fresmAn and hi,
been somewhat scandaiized by a great man,
| poculinrties OF thes. Second Advpntiats. Thel
| have frequently interrupted services in th'
churches and insisted that the preacher
should enter into Theological arguments will
them. ! do not learn that Freeman has eve
said to have done So once at least. and so hav,
| others. IL Ii therefore seriously under con
sideraton to arrest two or three AT least. OF th'
| most Intelligent men who attended the meeting
| nt freemans house. on warrant charginl
them with being accessorles after the fact.
| Freeman and his wife we're locked In on'
cell In the Barnstable Jail last night The ply
sician who made sort OF preliminary exnmi
nation found nome OF the physical symptoml
Of insanity. Freeman was quiet aud perie.'tli
| natural. excepting 10 what hs said OF his relg
ious views, In all his uttrranc.s So WAS hi
wife. DIR. Smith regards II. from n psycholog
ical standpoint. as q most remarkable case.
| THIS morning Freeman and his wife wer
ArraiRned before Justice Hopk ins ct Barnstable
Freeman was perfectly composed. hs was hi
wife, when they we're shown into the cour
room. They glanced at the Justice. and th"l
began to whisper to ench other. Mrs. Freeman
was neatly dressed. Freeman wore such clnthe
Hs man In his oc 'upation might he rXDscted 4
wear. They both pleaded not guilty TO the charg
o. murder ng their child. Testimony from tn
Deputy Sheriff. Dr. Smith. Constable Rsddy
ana others wds offered bearing out the sub
stance Of the statement made above. and IN
case was continued. the evidence not being al
com pl-te.
| Little Edith's body was placed in a coffin b
kind reigniors to-day. and, while her fathe
and mother lanRuish in the Bnrnstable Jail. In
morrow her funeral will take place from tn
house Of Mr.. Davis. n neghbOr. Freeman ha
announced Tint ne wants no lawyer to drten
him. hut that he shall state plainly to the Couf
why he found II nrcrssarv u take the life Of hi
daughter. II the Judge does not think the rea
son good, he is willing and his wife Is willin
| TO DO hanged.