The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-19


municated with Hall, met him 1ne !. CON;
~ and was caught in the act ti nfl secfs
him. The whole neighhorb"o,dh1 lssiQs
WIND OF the proceedings ba IOou had
two and soon it was town tInneen The
Farrel's letters We're of the " ON. Ms
"tootsy-woutsy" order ana 'AIfeney
quently addressed Hall aS ..S sne fre.
ling Gene" (Some of these leti wy dar,
afterwards produced in con uS'Tls Wee
Mrs. Farrell and Hall Were im5a. both
and their actions could bnt ppludelt
strued in one way-that Of or oe COZ,
full infatuation coupled with h" ~. anl4V.
complications. Mrs. FarrelI' low ono c,lIi,miOa
fessed to her liking for Hall a pneddIycol
alleged she said she would maui au u va
If her husband died. Their may. an
were seldom interrupted by WVg ' Is
rell, who, by the way, was WI; Ia
and the sound of his crntch ulppe,
warning to the lovers ia '' sa. was !
Things went on in this way mil TttFasials
ly Hall was discharged bv t flu lla'
pany for neglect of business 'I =. ul'
as is always the case, who was r it9
to see the true facts, now took 'I is
gravity of the situation He 'n u %
fully the infidelity of his wife ' es1
sisted upon Hall leaving tbe Guy Eiia
This the latter did, but clan Ian usa
meetings followed until he had !"
work elsewhere. The effect ~ ~ VI
husband of the woman who b. %u y
so shamefully, told at last, and T be a ~
to the cup to drown the sorrow ~
was consuming him. Domestic b.,
ness had fled and in lis place ~" ~.
condition ofdeplorahle inconlnatib,Ss
Mrs. Farrell talked of her unconUoay
surroundings and The unbanny ~
band limited at suicide as an ep rd
his troubles. Just here came The
max
One day-about November tho D.
she bought bottle of ,trycL-.
with her husbands consent "a Su at1
some of the rats that are Intestine
meat house." she sad TO the ~
clerk. She put it in her hnstsr;
desk. The fact that Mrs. FarrelIbonn.
the poison soon leaked out and
people of the neighborhool expegsa
any moment the death of her bnsssJ
Here gossip got in its fine work WI,
told so strongly at the trial. Time n
on and things moved with il in tE,
usual channel. Sometime before i,
Mrs. Farrell had been to Washipg-
and it was said she had seen muI
Hall while she was there.
On the evening of December m
Mr.. Farrell was feeling partlcubi
unwell and his wife insisted on
taking some quinine. This medic
was quite popular in IIUghsviIkg
almost every family was provided vi
a bottle. When he wentup stair
followed and gave him dose my
with preserves. Before this she
given dose to each member Of
family. Later in the night MEH
rell came down stairs to wait ID
customer who had called to m
drink. He was asked to take ID
thing" but refused, saying be 4
feeling unwell. 1t was an hOnrs1
he had taken the quiniuc that TIED
toner left Shortly after this Nh
rell began acting queerly and hrT
called the nurse girl to 20 for bad
named JOY, who was a great cODfi
Suspicious of Mrs. Farrell, and k4I
alive to the gossip of the Neighbours
Mr.. JOY at once thought Of the str
nine, and when he learned of thed
of quinine he was satisfied thatSl
thing was wrong.
When Mrs. Farrell came inNt
room her husband asked her, adGi
by a gentle hint from joy if there
anything wrong with the dose sleh
given him. She seemed surprised
answered in the negative If anytI
was wrong her face did not betraV
as joy stated in evidence. Nl
Carrico, a well-known physiCal
summoned and he arrived at l03
m. The patient said he though
had the dilirium tremens. joy
the Doctor his fears about poison.
examination was made but mold
ton of strychnine was found, MA
icine which the Doctor gave ha
effect and Mr.. Farrell had seven
Nulsions. Mrs. Farrell all tbE
was downstairs, seemingly very
afflicted. Both the Doctor andA
thought it was genuine. Sheha
better to him lately. Mr.. Fis
ceived the last rites of the chtAd
on the morning of the 18th Of IN
Der and at S O'Clock he died Al
topsy was made and Drs. sScNssNe
Salusowsli, of WASHINGTON, sad
found unnistakable evidence of'
nine in the dead mans stomach
coroners jury rendered ven
"death from the effect of q
strichnine," and it was imneN
supposed that Mrs. Farrell was %
son who administered it.
Knowing full well in advance
would he the result of the inquei
Farrell had taken a speedy dep
but had left word that she TSl
turn for the trial. This she dlI
a long sojourn in New loB
more, Washington and othei
where she saw Hall frequent!
was brought against her at tlea
Monday morning, June ~
appeared in court to answer lE
ment, but her trial did not beg.
week later, July LIST. since
has gone on continuously
July 4th, except Sunday.
"Chief among the witnesses v
himself. irving to DENY hsf'
with Mrs. Farrell, refusngt og
but the scantiest informalu
and defiant under the savage
! of the States Attorney.
"But the trial was really ~
experts. DR.. Schaetler and y.
owski were on the one slOes
that they had discovered stl!ts
the body of Farrell and thaS
found the body in such a heas
dition that the strychnlne
alone must have been lleS
death, On the other side wsI
DR.. Carrico, swearing tna
could not have died OF slryVa
sOning, because not a single \
of it was present while he W.
DR.. Delano Ames and Or. IN
MIN an, of the Baltimore M'J