The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-06
VOL. XLvI.--N0. 24O.
AFTER THE THREE DAYS.
-ur urRDERER FREEMAN NDTsAPPOTNT-
ED TIIIT ms DiUGHTER DID
NOT RISE FROM THE DEAD.

H.,lde the Little Ones Grave. Lest the
Fanatic. should steal the Body and Claim
,hat n was Trnnsiated-An Extraordinary
scene ut the BnriaI-The second Advent
,.,s Preparing to Defend Freeman by
PIeadinE the story OF Abraham and Isaac.
BARSsTABLB, Mass, May 5.-Publlc senti-
uent throughout eastern Massachusetts has
sat very strongly. not only against Charles +.
Preeman and his wife. but also against the
,renbers OF the religious sect who believe with
Freeman that the murder OF his daughter
Edith was sacrncal act demanded OF him by
the Supreme Being to show to the world his
and their faith. The matter is regarded as 80
lmportant that the Attorney General OF the
stoto will be here tomorrow to give II his per-
sonal attention. and the District-Attorney has
been here to-day. Meanwhile the better class
Of people at Pocasset the village where Free
man lived have determined that not only Free
man and wife but also the other Adventists.
must bO punished and took organized action
to-day. The scenes at tho funeral OF little
Edith on Sunday greatly aggravated the peo-
pe. Freeman had asserted with great con-
fience that God would raise Edith to life on
Sunday. His wife. at her preliminary hearing
here last Friday. fixed her great blue eyes on
Justice Hopkins and said. as he expresses IT,
with an almost seraphic expression on her face
that she was certain that God would reveal
himself Their belief was firmly shared by the
other Second Advcntists Mr.. Davis. the un-
dertakcr at Pocasset. into whose charge the
medical examiner gave the body OF Edith is
one Of the number. He believed that Edith
would be- raised from the dead or else translated.
So did the others. Thcy were certain that there
was TO be physical man iiestation OF some kind.
and rather inclined to the opinion that she
would arise from her coffin while the funeral
Inc. o,,1 IL Ia
are in the barn which is temporarily used for a
jail in Barnstable. eighteen miles from Pocas-
set Freeman's cell appears to have been tho
stall Of horse. II Is boarded up and iron bars
are nailed 70 the window. His wife was placed
In room that has been partitioned on in the
loft. These with one other so-called cell con-
stitute the Jail accommodations at present
Freeman paced his cell all day on Sunday He
was without question expecting assurance that
hut was told that il would be better for him 10
desist from reading the Scriptures. His wife
sat quietly in her cell all day. She manifested
no emotion. Once In while, she peered
Massachusetts Bay. She asked for nothing to
read. and seemed quite contented and entirely
daughter Bessie, and begged that the little girl
might not be told Of the act OF the father. be-
cause she would not undcratand II.
The day passed. and Freeman retired at
night confcssedly little disappointed that he
had not received assurances that his daughter
had been raised from the dead He went to bod
and slept soundly, as did Mrs. Freeman. The
Second Advent people at Pocasset however
ised resurrection did not take place They at
tendedthe funeral. which the Rev. Mr.. Williams
conducted until he was inntsrrinpted by n,c Mr
was opened at the grave, and whtle the faco OF
little Edith was exposed TO view began a de-
fence. not so much Of Mr. Freeman's act as OF
his motive. He said no knew that Freeman
was actuated by the highest and purost motives.
He is murderer" said one Of the spec
no. he is no murderer; he is proving his
faith In God replied Davis. =, ,,..,,
said and Davis replied that he had the right to
speak because the body was put in his charge
by the. medical examiner. and only force could
Thereupon the brother Of Freeman, an intel
llgent shoemaker Of Natck, who came here rs
soon us ha heard OF tho murder. stepped for
ward His eyes were bloodshot. for he had not
slept for two ,nights and he was haggard. be-,
bread and drank cup Of tea during the same
time. shall use force II this does not stop.
peace" Davis saw that Freeman was deter
mined. and. standing over tho open coflln. he
quietly announced that the Second Adycr lists
would mold camp meeting In that vicinity in
June. Then lie shut the d. and the coflln was
lowered into very shallow grave. Mr. Free.
man had heard that there might be an attempt
10 take the body from the grave at night so that
II might be announced that II had been trans
lated. and he watched by the grave all night.
SAYS about the eXprcted but non fulfilled resur-
rection. that God mas chosen 10 move in some
M
other way The others LOOK upon II IN the same
way not one OF lheu is reauy 70 aunt lnhl
they nave naue gtlSNous mis,akIe, fteeihaI
was tuls, Mornn,hg tolI tiht MP uhuEHtrl nhu
Dceh buried ue pHa'cu M con u NV thlhiut,s
hhI tleh shld lhht II H9d uu iVt ilahlirst uiil M
heli sbe9ully ne shoulI, pe teappy 10 @ huhle thh'
ne hhi uohe wrong ~ h1 ilal uohe "LohE "
should De disposed 10 taSe ms own, ne. becans,
ne could not pear the tnougit o. lying alteI
learning thHt ne hal put nun IN b9d Whlci
was not answered. lhls Is all that ne woud
say. aud h9 refused To- see any one except his
brother' he asked ms r"ther whetnner u ccouid
ne p9-slule thht ne hul mlsphceu MS Ialth
Mrs. reeman wept ior the nrst tme ms morn
Ing. She would see no one except Mrs swift
the Woman VINO htd agrreu 70 take, Bessie t6
her mouse. II We nave zone wrong, she sald
we did II because we thought God commanded
II, thR the wnr.d mlghl see our ihlih IN him..
=. 19u hhNe duue wrong, fepHed NrS' SWlII.
90 Would n9t command LIS Worshlppers &c
take human NE
Bui don't you see tllat IN ms cnse II was tc
snow ohr supreme iHith IN Gpd ana ms prom,
i7es eLnohghl SO NJ q! events, Dut and
mere Mr7' 4 frrth,ah ,W'llr u we were wrong
d9n knu thlnk S4Mi ~ VII iorSiNe us ., .
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