Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-01-30
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The trial ofa1~s Farrow, charged
with the murJsr eaAAer husband in
Audrain counsg list spring, came to
a close last Saturday, the jury, after
an hours ~deliReration, bringing i'll q
verdict of not guilty.
The history of the case briefly stat
ed is, that her husband was taken ill
and for several weeks was under the
treatment of a DIR Vance. Some
time after his death his remains were
disinterred, q post norton examina
ton held, and arsenic found in his
stomach. Mrs. Farrow was immedi-
ately arrested and placed in close
confinement without v a hearing,
and kept there until acquitted.
The principal witness for the state
dence ooyiis- anng believed, in the
minds of the jury He had, previous
to the death of FEfrow, formed an at
tachment for one his daughters. The
mother, knowing his true character,
refused to allow him to continue mis-
visits, treating him as he deserved to
be-with contempt. 1t seems to be
the general impression that Kenp
was either hired to take the steps he
did to cover up a Gaze of mal-prae-
tice, or did so through pure cussed,
ness, in order to wreak his vengeance
upon a good woman, who would not
permit her daughters to associate
with any such a character. These
opinions were formed from the evil
.dence adttneed, aE& the opinions OF
the jurymen with whom we have con-
versed coincide with them. Kemp,
from beginning to end, evinced a dis
position to prejudice the people
against the prisoner by circulating re-
ports derogatory to her character,
averring that if acquitted she would
open a house of ill-fame in less than
three months, and other stories equal.
ly absurd and libellous.
From a party who has long beer
acquainted with Mrs. Farrow, We
learn she stood high in the conn. uni.
ty until this trouble befel her. How
such a person as Kemp could preju.
dice the people against her is more
than We can comprehend. He wants
to make himself extremely scarce in
this county, for the people here have
formed a very poor opinion of him.
Prosecuting Attorney Barker rep
resented the state in an able manner.
leaving no loop-hole where the pris-
oner could escape justice through q
technicality.
Judge Forrest in his defence intro
duced only two witnesses, deeming il
unnecessary to detain the jury lon
ger. He tore the evidence of KEMP
all to pieces, characterizing him as 9
malicious prosecutor, who, like 6
whipped cur sinks around on his
belly to avoid being seen, and was
seeking to hang an innocent person.
and brand her and hers with infamy
He held the people spell bound fol-
nearly three hours, so terse and logi,
cal were his arguments. His effort:
in behalf of his client we're made
without hope of pecuniary reward
and more than that, he bore Il large
portion of the expenses of the trial
so eager was he to see justice admin
istere,i.
When the jury first went out the,
stood IL to l for acquittal. Upol
the announcement of the verdict thu
audience applauded, but was sup
pressed by the court. Thus ended
one of the most important trials eve
held in this county.
The writer of the above seems t.
be laboring under a mistake abou
Mrs. Farrow not shaving a hearing
She was arrested, brought before thu
grand jury and indicted for murder
in the first degree and of course hat
to be confined till her trial.-GED
LEDGER.