The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-05-16
THE MURDERER FREEMAN
WILLING To DIEIF HIS FAITH IN
con WAS NOT ANSWEHED.
Second Adventist, Preparing 10 Ne.
1end him.

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Public sentiment throughout Eastern
~ "'"-e''- has set very strangely no
only against Charles F. Freeman ant
Ia. -..v, Uu, a'>O HgaIu-, the mem het
OF The religious sect who believe Will
Freeman that the murder of his daugh
ter Edith was 3 sacFiticial act demaud
ed OF him by the Supreme Beng {,
show "a the world hI- aud their fiitb
The matter Is regarded as 50 impor
tant that the Attorney General Of III.
State will be hete to- mOTrOw TO GIVE
IL his personal attention aud the Dr.
triet Attorney has been here to day
meanWhile the better class of people
~ Poca~set, the village where Free
man lived. have determined that NJ,
only Freeman aud vie, but also TIA,
other 'ven'i-'~ must be pun, heu
and took organized action TO day Tn,
sceuss III the iuueral OF little EdiIh o.
Sun .ay greatly asstavuted the pe"p!-
Freeman had asserted sab prrat c,u.
6deuce that God would raise EIi,h
10 lite ~ SUNDAY ills wife. ut hyl
preliminary hearing here lasl Friday
hN s'ea' blaze eyes gu justice
Hopkins and said, as he expresses il,
villa AZ almost seraphic expression on
hei I.ce, t1a, sac Mas eertalu that Goc
would reveal Himself Their belle,
was firmly shared by the other SecuuD
Adveniists. Dir. Davis. the under
% --,t infn whose chaiy
the Medical Examiner gave the bod,
OF hh,'i. Is one 81 the NUN Der u e.
believed that Edith would be rai,ea
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did the others. They were eerIair
liz. .hvIe "4s 10 bc phtsicial maui
testatiOn Of some kind, aud rather IN
ehDed TO the opinion that size EUulu
arise from her eOfiia while the iuDera
services were gUing on. Freeman aua
bis wife are ia the barn which is tenn
PorariIy used tor Jail iu Barnstable
eighteen miles from Pocasssi. Free
msn' cell appears 10 have been th'
stall OF horse. Ii Is boarded % end
iron bars are nailed TO the window
His wife was placed in a room that has
besn paril'inned OF IN he loft These
~''h one "fher 50 called cell, cons,i
tute the Jail accommodations st prescn,
freeman paced his cell ell day on
S..vay 90 ~isnVut question ex
peciiug assurance that the Girl haD
bech restored He asked Tor Bible.
but was iUld TINT il would be bette
tor him to desist from reading III
scriptures. His wife sat quiedy Ia
her cell all day She manifested 10
emotion. Once ia while she peeret
through ,hs little hole Ii the daur OUT
upon Massachusetts bay. She tslke,
freely about her older daughter Be
sic. and begged that the litile cir
might not be told Of the act of TIA
father. because she would not under
stand it.
The day passed. and Freeman re,
tired at night confessedly little dis
appointed that he had not received a.
su'ances that his daughter had been
raised from the dead lie went to bed
and slept souudly. as did Mrs Free.
man The Second Advent people at
Pocosset, however, were more or les
disturbed because the promised resur
rec'ion did not take place. They at
tended the funeral, which the Rev
Williams conducted until he was in
terrupted by Mr. Davis, the undertak
er Mr.. Davis, as the cofiu was opeus
ed at the grave, and while the litil,
face OF Edi'h was exposed Ia view
begun defense, not so much OF M
Freeman oct as of his motive. H.,
said he knew thar Freeman was actual
ed by the highest aud purest mo
tiVes.
: . murderer, '5said one Of til,
spectators.
=, AZ Is no murderer. he Is prov
ipg i.i, faith in God" said Mr. Davis
"Oh, 'hi. must stop" the Rev Nj.
Williams said, aud Davis. replied thar
he had The right to speak, because The
body was put ia bis charge By the
mefi"al exsmirer, a1d only force
GOULD stop him.
Ine.eapou the brother Of Freeman
an Intelligent shoemaker Of haiick
who came here ss soon as he heard of
the murder. stepped forward His eyes
were blood-hot. tor he had not slept
for two nights, and he was haggard
because he had eaten nothing except q
piece of bread and dranka cup Of tea
during the same time. "Io shall use
force If this does not stop. It is aw
fui. Permit the child TO buried in
peace" Davis saw that Freeman. was
a,.eimineo. aud standing over the
crer fin he quietly announced that
The Second Adventist would hold a
camp meeting in that vicinity 10 june.
Then he shut the lid, aud the coffin
was lowered into q very shallow grave.
Mr.. Freeman had heard that there
might be M attempt take the body