Talbot-Fulton County GaArchives Obituaries.....C. Olin Freeman June 23 1907
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The Talbotton New Era, June 27, 1907

The Talbotton New Era
Thursday, June 27, 1907
Page 6

Olin Freeman Dies In Atlanta

Death Was A Great Shock to His Family and Friends – Was Popular in Talbotton

The death of Olin Freeman in Atlanta on last Sunday night has brought the 
bitter cup of sorrow to the lips of his friends and relatives.  The following 
account of his death is from the Atlanta Constitution of Tuesday morning:

After kissing his wife goodnight, C.O. Freeman, of 37 Carnegie Way, who had 
recently, came to Atlanta from Talbotton, Ga., went up stairs to his room, and 
going into the bathroom, swallowed a dose of poison, either laudanum or 
arsenic, and his death resulted within one hours’ time.

Mr. Freeman and his wife were married just three months ago.  They came to 
Atlanta several weeks ago, and Mr. Freeman had not succeeded in obtaining a 
position.

He and his wife were on the porch at the place they boarded for several hours, 
and Mr. Freeman was apparently in the best of spirits, laughing and joking.  He 
was the life of the party.

About 10:30 o’clock he said it was time to go to bed, and rising from his 
chair, kissed his wife goodnight and went to his room then going into the 
bathroom took the dose, which ended his life.  It is not known whether the 
poison he took was arsenic or laudanum.

After taking the poison he reentered his room and went to bed.  Shortly 
afterwards his wife left the party on the porch and went to her room.  About 11 
o’clock she called for a doctor, stating that her husband was ill.

A physician was summoned and after working with the sick man for some length of 
time, he apparently recovered, and the doctor left the house.  Ten minutes 
afterward, Mr. Freeman’s death occurred.

The Talbotton New Era
Thursday, July 4, 1907
Page 1

Not A Suicide Saye The Wife

Mrs. C.O. Freeman Writes About Death Of Her Husband

The Constitution has received the following letter from Mrs. C.O. Freeman, of 
Talbotton, Ga., concerning the death of her husband, in Atlanta:

Talbotton, Ga., June 27

Editor, Atlanta Constitution  -

The reports contained in the Atlanta papers concerning my husband’s death are 
misleading, in that it was said to be suicide.  My husband had suffered for 
weeks with pains in his heart, and on the night of his death he was suffering 
with a headache, and took a headache powder.  I am sure the powder contained 
something that affected his heart, for when the effects were first apparent he 
seemed to be in a smothering condition; he could not get his breath, and 
complained of his heart, and asked for whiskey.

Now, I cannot believe that my dear husband was a willful suicide, for our 
relations were so sweet and beautiful.  He was always so kind and gentle.  
There was no earthly reason for him to have willfully done such an act.

He had secured a position and would have gone to work Monday, and we had 
sufficient money for our every need.

I prefer to believe the testimony of my dear husband than the conclusions of 
anyone else, and I must, therefore, believe that his tragic and untimely death 
coming to him in the flower of his young manhood, with a young wife of only 
three months, who loved him devotedly, and which he fully reciprocated, was 
other than the result of an awful mistake in taking, what he thought, to be a 
headache powder.

Please be kind enough to publish this correction, as I cannot subscribe to the 
charge of suicide by my husband.

Mrs. C.O. Freeman, Jr.

Atlanta Constitution


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