The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-03
A MANAGES AWFUL CRIME.
OFFERING TP ms LITTLE FOUR- YE1R-
OLD - tUGHTER As 4 LIy-
ING SICRIFICE

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Mns Abrahnm's The Mother Consentina !
90 the Deed and Company OF Second Ad- |
vrntIsts Appro,ing-He Thinks the thiId |
viii Rise from the Dead In Three Days.
BosroN, May 2.-Some time yesterday |
Charles +. Freeman OF Pocasset Mass. in
freak OF religious frenzy. killed his four |
yoar-od daughter Edith. The man is |
Second Adventist. and had become greatly |
excited during the last few days while |
attending series OF revival meetings.
Yesterday morning no sent word around |
the village that he would make the revelation |
known and offer an orthodox sacrifice At !
o'clock in the afternoon a number of Second |
Adventists assembled at his house. Previous to !
their arrival the deed was performed with cool
delibcration. and accompanied with what was
intended TO be an impressive religious cero-
mony. The little one was transnXed with a
knife by her insane father and her blood was
poured out upon table which was improyised
a. an altar
Freeman drove ovcry ono from his house
md locked aud barred the doors and windows
Being supplied with firearms. he threatened
death To any one who should interfere. Alone
with his dead. he went through a horrible in
cantation. which will. he says in three days
result iu tho resurrection Of his beloved child.
Freeman Is about 35 years old. and lives with
his wife and fam y on his farm in Pocasset. lie
has lived in porassrt about seven years and is
in mo icrate circumstances. lio is insane aaly
OF this one subject.
Further reports say that Freeman. the mail
carrier at poca-sot between the railroad Sta
TIN ami Post Onl"e, woke his wife TT 81
o,lo'S on Thursday morning and told her
l., must make "a sacrIn'e to the Lord Of
lii youngest lauehtor He got up and took the
child from her bod and stabbed her in the side
with q Tut her knife causing her death. His
w"p,l raise her. nm next SUNDAY Freeman
says the chii gave one scream and died a
minute af;crwari. II is said that the Second
Ady,ut-ts held n meeting at Froeman's
hnn., ,,o so,no of,ornoon and opnrnr.1
towi-h the affair kept quiet. Freeman carried
ueu,au rs usunl. and showed no signs Of in
sanity. Tn" cause of the horrible decd appears
TO be religious excitement aloue. Freeman is
n,7 ~. !" e,,''s' ". '',,.'' i'o.''''i'- .,-
oui l'r G. j. Wood oi io'asset lie informed
ri'r li. y"",r" ,"' , "o1 H. h,or,iful daughter Ms
sacrifice 10 Hinl. and that he did So as God
would not stay his hand. lie had TO do His
command ami lie would juS"'y nim IN ms a.t'
CoHAeSE1r NAEIows Mass. May 2.-Iho lit
'io town Of rocosso,t is greatly excited over
wednesday niGht or Thursday morning 10y her
father. Charles f. Freeman. Freeman is a
i"rihcr "N'hE ", i',"ss''', anu 'o' ."'
past ten months has been carrying
tho innu from poeassptt 1ep0t 10 tho
De-, Gmoo Ano,, ,,r.lra ,,',ths a,,, ha
ioS' '"ce' Ao"u' ."cI'e n'"n'ns ".'o u.
became "A convert 10 ths faith Of tho Second
AAveptists and since thnt time hns neglected his
-. . P, -, A. -. -, a. ,.,i. - r.
lhfm anu ueNo'ed ms uhe 10 Ule s'uuy ol u.e
Bible. About week ago he said that his wfe
had rece,yed n revelation from the Most Hieh
woi., rcorIro1 from him socriG,o
OF ono ot his family hut he WAS in doubt as TO
which one. Thr rsutiect was talked over. but no
conclusion was ro"'hed. TN lnutSdAY We',-
ing Of the Adycniists was held at Freeman 5
llusr. but nothing was said outside
a. - ~, or,,it,, ,,,
" "' u''''n~ "'"W ""' "',m~ ~" %
usual having o'urr"d. IN lhnrHlhy
r-ht seth R.ddirg constable Of tie town.
,.,,.i,,i ,i, ,,,..f- - o. D,vie ,rio. h. ,,,..
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oi thn leading AlNenil-t@, anu ne thoH-Nt 'Aui
a dgurhtor tf Air. Davis aged rs years was
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