The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-08

- YAmagucEi! Mxru brings the FIRST
st1Re6 story OF the suicide of Chaplain
1yr6nnz, of the cruiser Baltimore, which
esmrYpd September IL. Brief cable da+
s.a<tp were rsc lived at tn. time, telling
= - suscs5e. TIE ent!re Japanese press
~ extensively with the story. winch h
hieAiy Interesting ore. and Of the subsss-
ss11f Inquest held over the body Of Mr..
noaAn. The Nagasaki Press says:
sAno0e the passengers on board the
r.ied asAses transport Z~alan3.a. now in
4 heal lock yard undergoing repairs
enAcned by damages eyed during a
arnocn on tae way up from Manila. was
n Rev. Mr.. Freeman. chaplain TO tire
tailed State cru Scr Baltimore. whose
& the terrible events Of May In Manila
~ TIE reverend gentleman waG PLACED
sn6ff observation and z passage for Sap
fzpcxco was eventually taken for him
i thS Zea!and-a by tha United States au
aeFfsjez. On the arrival OF the vessel
- NJ. Fseeman's condition was found
j b very seTioas. ard arrangements
sas being made for his transfereuce
Early MONDAY morning, however, at
tI6u. o'O.ock. sailor on duty saw Mr..
hpemAa.f who rushed past him and de-
E<zieiy Jumped overheard An alarm
a nothing coEsid be seen of the unfor-
Uenxe entieuaH. who. II - thought. rad
eeirsrai his body with lead. for ore Of
- sail0rs who made IN unsuccessful At
tnpe TO stop him sAn4s that he fsst q
iavy beH around his body"
he Japan Herald. published at Yoko-
hnnA under date Of September IL. has the
beswfng account Of ths inquest held over
- body of Mr.. Freeman:
*An inquest was held on fhss 18th inst.
NaSzakI. on hoard the Zea4andia, on
m< body Of 4. S. Freeman. before the
listed States co'tsa. c. II. Harris. acting
. eqoner, and - spec.al jury. consisting
Rvsfend j. G. Davidson
Thomas Dowdalf. master Of the Zea-
india. sworn. said: Chaplain Freeman
cana on board AZ Manila from the Baiti-
nofs - . passenger TO San Franc.sco I
ager noticed anything about him except
nsanchoiy. He looked natural He was
s0 put In any ones charge, and l did
ng think II necessary 10 confine him,
su, kept watch on him TO see that he
vas Ea allowed to leave the ship. He oc-
nkonassy want ashore with someone 4
g1ayfermaster reported to the chief officer
q m. Monday that Chaplain Freeman
had Jumped overheard The body was re-
erered at about Il o'clock midnight the
sane day
Thomas p. Deering. chief officer of the
zeakndia. testified az follows: A few min
E.ss before a, NJ, Monday. Quartermas,er
nd jumped overheard ! turned out
aad used every endeavcr TO recover the
body. but was unsuccessful.
Quartermaster William I.owrath testi-
Ted: At $50 a. m. Monday. ! came up on
ihs port side TO call the watch called
the auarsermaster on the port side
aad was coming over to the
starhoard side around the corner of the
house. when l heard someone calling out:
IHssrapb my wife thu result OF this and
as ] ran aft. some fifteen or thirty feet
slss, where | first stood. ! saw a man
sanding over the side Of the shin. One
faot Was on the chock of a davit. five feet
hiding on tic the edge of the ships side.
! stopped down. trying TO catch him, but
80 not get a good hole. AT the same
'fzs the deceased let gs and dropped. l
nS that he had lead s.nkers tied around
q vast. waited for some minutes ard
asn called the chief officer. He told me
y pat hand lead line over the side SO
Gai We would know where he went down
thought the deceased very eccentric and
wsy reckless.
Lieut.. William T. Elliott testified tina,
" Freeman was suffering with melan-
uoiia. hat e was rot Thought necessary
place anyone In charge OF him. SUNDAY
a'fFncon before going ashore witness left
eis's that deceased should not leave the
sap until the return Of witness. hut on
nnyal on board ship Monday morning he
sfnsd that Mr. Freeman had committed
ssciae
" H. Lowell. surgeon on the Tsaiantiia,
Saiesl ira; Mr.. Freeman was placed on
a@d AZ Mania suffering with ueianchoila
&c gave no trouble - anyone or beard
"a u was not thought necessary 10 con-
we aim He however. grew worss, after
viva al Nsgasaki. but gave no signs OF
~ suicidal intentions. Witness last saw
| sM alive NJ ~ o'clock Sunday night
ne following verdict was returned. w.
20 hat the body is Of r = Freeman. late
ssapsah IN the United States navy. a pas
aaases On the transport Zealanda. tina.
e deceased took his life ny drowning
aaase. whilst under a temporary aferra-
- o. mind. produced by melancholy
ssas The vessel wss lying at anchor In
ssSasak. hareor We find that deceased
We'll treated Ky tho officers ~ the
~ and that Lieut.. Elliott. T. ). V, was
@.assaiaTy Kind and watchfui TO de-