Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-07-11
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Ne,o York Sun.

Nep York Sun.
DR.. Munssll, the Medical Examiner Of
Barnstabls county, Mass, has been
watching Charles F. Freeman very
closely, especially since Fresman's 70.
moval from the barn.liks Jail to the new
structure, but he has been unable to de-
tect any Of the usual physical symptoms
OF insanity, either developed or incipi.
emit. Freeman was greatly pleased when
he was put into the new jail, and even
his wife, whom nothing has aroused
from her melancholy, was glad TO get
away from the loft In which shs had
been confined. Freeman has been esps-
oially Interested In the religious discus
sion which the killing Of his little daugh.
ter has provoked. Hs still holds with
pertiuacity 10 his belief that be was
called by God 10 do the act. and that
some great good IL TO come OF II yet.
To DR.. Munsell he IL reported a. having
said Q day or two ago that II was posi-
bio that what God Intended was . great
religious awakening. BE processes to
prefer to bs be convicted, and even
hanged, rather than 10 30 acquitted on
the ground OF insanity. He II said to
have affirmed repeatedly that he knew
perfectly we'll before the aot, and real.
lies Just a. we'll now, the responsibility
that hs was taking. but adds that a. Q
faithful Christian he was constrained TO
sacrifice his child.
Freeman WA told, Il ID said, that the
account Of his act, printed In the Sun,
had been autographed To the nswspapsrs
In England and France, and hs seemed
TO view this a. only the working out Of
the mysterious purpose that compelled
him to kill little Edith. He sleeps
soundly, eats we'll, and takes much in
terest in the ordinary Affairs Of life.
Since bis imprisonment he has allowed
his full beard 70 grow.
But Mrs. Freeman still sorrows, and
is apparently pining away. She has
admitted that she believed the act
was the result Of . mistaken faith, but
she insists that neither she nor her hus.
band was guilty OF any crime. The re-
cent letter to Q sister. which has been
published, has been commented on by .
number OF olergymsn - not the least re-
markabls manifestation Of this mysteri.
Gus tragedy. She speaks Of Elijah.
Elisha and Christ raising the dead, and
still insists that after the deed Wal done
she and her husband had perfect faith
that the child would be raised 10 them.
But % the days passed and there were
NO manifestations, her heart failed, and
now she knows they did wrong.
Mrs. Freeman found comfort In Q re-
cent conversation she had with Mrs. /,
Fisk, who has charge Of the eldest
child. Mrs. Fisk suggested that she
might have been tempted a. Christ was
By Satan, and this made Q strong in.
preston on Mrs. Freeman. She asked
Mrs. Fisk. plsadingly. and with tears
streaming down her checks, whether she
supposed God would forgive them for
having yielded TO temptation, and Mrs.
Fisk replied that God always forgsve
where there was true repentance.
"Then He will forgive u.s." and With
that remark Mrs. Freeman seemed to
give up all consideration Of the rslig-
ious aspect Of the act, and 10 allow her
maternal sorrow for her child TO DO I'M.
restrained. Her husbands condition
and the life Of her living child are the
only matters that now concern her. She
does not want little Bessie brought 10
see her. She thought the surroundings
would terribly the child. But she gave
minute directions regarding Bessie, her
her dresses. her companions
and her religious instruction. Bessie
does not yet know that her sister Edith
IL dead.
The Second Advsntists In Pocasset
have not yet recovered from the Devil.
dermsnt which the Widespread horror Of
act has created. They are
as meek and passive now % children.
ALI that they say 10, 1--WE can't under
stand It," The feeble Foster Howard,
one Of the elders Of the Pocasset church.
the man whom Freeman hrst told Of the
act, sits day after day In his kitchen,
often with his Bible open In his lap,
His faith was 20 strong that
Edith would bs raised that hs has not
yet recovered from the shock that the
undisturbed grave has given him.
II don't understand It," he recently
said. "Hsre 10 the promise that II We
have faith sufficient we may say to q
BE removed and 1t 10 done.
Our faith was equal 10 that, and yet our
faith does not avail"
It 10 possible that the Second Advent.
lists may hold the camp meeting, DO.
ginning July Is. a. they intended. be-
cause public indignation has gone and
sympathy. or rather pity, has taken its
place. But they cannot have the grove
on Buzzard's Bay shore, and Mrs. Free
mans mother has offered them Q grove
her farm.
Throughout New England the atten.
ton OF the clergy has been generally
called to the tragedy and many sermons
have been preached upon II In Provi.
dencs, Boston, Lawrence, Lynn, Spring.
geld, Worcester and other cities. In
Hartford three clsreymen-the Rev. DR..
Sage, Baptist, the Rev. Dr.. Parker and
the Rev. Mr.. Gage, Congregadonalist
preached upon It or Sunday Of last
week. DR.. Parker boldly said that he
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