Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-05-16

horrible murder OF htue Eultn Freeman
BY her fanatic Of Q father, the stronger
becomes the feeling Of deep distrust and
indignation. How is it that such in
formally crazy things can happen in this
enlightened nineteenth osutury' and,
too, In the center Of civilization, within Q
stones throw. a. 1t were. OF the boosted
''hub" Of the universe. Were it only
the n l~unatic. Freeman, the brutal
sacrifice might be partially sIcusabls.
bot there In . community, q society OF
them, Second Adventists. who now some
out in squss-footsd endorsement Of the
revolving crime. They. too. have with
Freeman pondsrsd over the passage in
the Hebrew scriptures which reads thus:
sAnd u came TO pass after these
things that God did tempt Abraham, and
said INTO him, Abraham md he said.
Behold, hare I am And he said. Take
now thy son, thine only son Isaac. whom
,hou lowest, and get thee into the land
of Noriah, and offer him there for . burnt
Offering upon one Of the mountains which
viii tell thee Of"
The crazy fool Freeman persuaded
his equally dsmsntsd vile that the Lord
had revealed to him that their little
daughter Edith must be offered az a
sacrifice, and 20 this self.constituted
Abraham Of the nineteenth century do
ubsratsly and with Christian pleasure
and satisfaction. proceeded to butcher
the poor. dsfsnceless little child. And
eli his brothers and sisters OF the con-
ersgation roll up their sanctimonious
eyes In holy approval OF the cruel. un'
natural deed. II they like such killings
Why do not they operate on some OF
their own size. and not 60 to butcher
Ing poor. helpless. unprotected infants 2
Allowing that Freeman and his dsmentsd
religious coadjutors are sincere in their
belief and Endorsement Of its results, 1t
il high time they were all sacrificed on
ths altar Of thsir belief. They should
n least be all placed beyond the power
Of doing further harm, and all the little
children under their charge should DO
carefully taken away from them and
properly protected and brought up.
Prssman's own version Of the cruel.
bloody deed is doubtless the most cor.
rect ops. II Ia as follows:
BE has been for some time greatly sI.
cited and supsrstitious on religious sub.
jscts, and for ten days past has imagined
that the Lord demanded the sacrifice OF
the life Of one of his family. wednss-
day evening his two little girls, Mildred,
abe elder, aged eight, and Edith. the pet
daughter, Ave years old, were put to bed
- usual. Their father says tho children
never seemed 30 dear to him as whom
they kissed him good night that even
ing. He retired soon after and slept
soundly till 2 O'Clock. when he suddenly
awoks and was overwhelmingly i'm
presssd With the idea that he must slay
his little daughter. His wife vas awake
and they talked the matter over for
about half an hour. She at first OBJ
jsctsd, but both finally arose, kneeled
By the bed and prayed. Not receiving
the divine help they expected. both be-
ing convinced that IL was their duty to
offer up their child . willing sacrifice to
Heaven, although hoping and half eI-
pseting that God would stay his hand at
the anal momept. n He did that OF
Abraham ovsr Isaac OF old. this strange
father prayed that. il compelled to pur-
a the deed to the bitter end. the work
might be done quickly and death come
20 the relief OF the little martyr at the
hrst blow.
After coming to q decision, the man
says . great load was lifted from his
mind. BE rose joyfully from his knees
and dressed himself. singing praises the
while. He left the house, and, going to
ANAL outbuilding . few yards distant,
be secured alargs shesth.knife. and with
u returned 10 his chamber. Then. nc.
oompanied by his wife, who carried q
iiaht, hs went to the room where the
children wero slseping. The lamp was
placed on Q chair. He went to the side
OF the bed whore Edith. the younger
child. was sleeping. drew downthe cover
lets, and deliberately plunged the blade
into her left aide. just below the heart.
The little one awoke and plsadingly
raised ito arms. saying simply. "Oh
papar' The inhuman father took his
dying child in his arms and held il to his
breast until IL expired. The mother
meantime carried from the room the
alder daughter. who had awakened. The
little one made no outcry but quietly
nestled In the arms Of its e1ecutioner.
- though falling asleep. The man got
into bed with the body Of his dead baby
in his arms, and lay with 1t until day.
break.
On rising in the morning he went
about his usual work in joyful spirits.
and carried the mail from the Postofice
TO the depot. % was his custom. He
told . friend to send word to all the Adj
vsntists in the village to attend = meet
ing at his house In the afternoon. when
he would make known his revelation.
The company. to the number Of twenty.
ave or thirty. assembled. and after re-
ligious exercises he related the above
facts. and invited them to go into the
next room and view the remains. The
people did 90. and-this is the strangest
part OF the whole horrid tals-shortly
after dispersed To their houses. 1t is
almost impossible to conceive OF an as
ssmbly Of people in such a state Of
mind a. to admit OF an attempt to con-
csal such an atrocious deed. They To-
tiled no one, but went about their usual
vacations. Several Of these persons
whom the reporter interviewed this even
ing defended Freeman in his actions,
saying that hs did right in obeying Gods
command.
QuIN vicroRiA was strangely moved
whom abe heard the news OF the at.
tempted assassination Of the Car. She