Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-12-14

not In the habit of going to his supper
but was at home at noon on Monday. In
the morning he walked up the street with
his wife and she went to work al a house
or North Union street. At the time he
was told of the murder he was shaving "A
man and cutting his hair and claims to
nave nearly completed the work. lie had
been at the shop all of the ever ing. when
asked the name of the man upon whom
he was at work Willis said he could not
tell although he knew him by sight lie
also said that he knew Farmer killed his
wife and that he believed he did It be-
cause he was jealous of her
Julia Brace-Bennett, n coorod woman
living with Mrs. LaCtuse, whose state
inents are given adds a short chapter to
the story of the crime. She was at supper
with Mrs. LaCruse the man Farmer and
Mrs. Willis. During vse words which oc-
CURED later Farmer, sns says, approached
her and asked her to lrel how keen his
rocketknife was and said. "I'll use that
tonight" In reply tc her remark to him
that If a policeman was there he would
put him in Jail, he replied that he did not
care for any policeman and would use tho
knife just the same If he did go to Jail
The position of the wound in the dead
womans throat, starting under the left
ear and extending just beyond the outline
OF the windpipe, would, IL a knife or razor
had been found in the room, been a suffi-
ctent provocation for the theory of suicide.
The absence of any weapon in tho room.
which was thoroughly searched. spoils a
theory of this sort Mrs Willis was right-
similar yynund bad eLo ottor.,tod f. IN
herself The arrest of ITorunr n, O,I,
street Monday MIGHT was made bv omcora
Ryan, Brothers and Grafton.
Chief Smith visited the home of Farm
ers mother on I4afountabl street and that
of his brother Ernest Farmer on oak
Ia.
both houses In the afternoon he ,gai,
visited the house on Iafountain strent ia
make use of clues secured from an irtnr
view with Farmer at the iafl i'm tho of
ternoon. He also spcrt some time with
the prisoner at the iail i'm tho ,nor,i,.,
There is some difficulty in esta hiishir,,
Farmers connection with the crime from
tho fact that his clothing did not have
blood upon it and that there was no an
pearance of a scufTle in the room where
the dead woman was found. II Is bolinv-
ed by those who think that Farmer ccYn-
mitted the crime that he was in tho room
with Mrs. Willis and stood at the moment
the killing was done lust hcbind bcr loft
shoulder. la this position ne thrust his
hacd in which was the knife around To
the opposite side of her throat and with
a quick pun upon the handle drew the
blade across that eide of the throat and
severed the jugular vein. The woman
then fell upon the floor the blood gush-
ing out upon the rug then struggled TO
her feet. while she had strength. and fell
uron the he'd in tho position in which She
was found. The murderer Soi0p behind
his victim. escaped the tcll-tale mark. Of
bic cd which voutd naturally como from,
the wound and not having moved his VIC
tim escanod tho stains which would ra,o
como GROW, nat artio, r. is soid a., -
rbveici,,r who oxa,ni,,rd tLo wound ,ba,
Mre Wits vos dead tu,o minutes .fto-