The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-26

NE, Tor am out OF pSOp4eo
way. 1t was all q lie.
Tom, whom l loved SO well. |
will not believe it don't you and }
papa grieve. = )
Benev1ng her character ruined through
the cIrculu1lon OF a base faIsehood, grow
ing despoDdent over the humiliation
heaped upon her, arter spending a sleep
lessness night. Miss EVA Rachel Farmer.
only daughter of Mir. r. a and Mrs.
hosane raImer. esteemed cluzen OF
choste117eid county. near nopewell
cnuron. carly yesterday morning wmIa
alone IN the mouse stanuIng before her
mirror, placed the muzzle OF a S2-callore
revolver 10 ner bosom and sent q bullet
crashing through her heart, dying almost
instantly. Lying stretched across the
floor directly In front OF the bureau, with
the smoking revolver tightly grasped In
her right hand, the young SRI was dls-
covered py ner mother, VINO returned
from mixing about TWO minutes AFTER
the shooting. ON the bureau was the
anove note addressed to her mother. I'M
slgned. 1t was written In a clear ana
oistncr hand, showing theract was pre-
meditated ana she was not excited or
nervous wneu Wllung.
wAS ALL ALONE.
AT the lme or the snooung the young
girl was alone IN the house, her father
nav1nt. gone ABOUT ten miles away on
some business, starung before day. Airs.
fau,ner, as was her custom, arose about
$50 o'clock, and after building q fire in
the stove awoke her daughter, telling
her to commence breakfast While she was
milking. Taxing the milking utensils,
Mrs FARMER lett the house at exactly
6:G5 O'Clock. The cowpen Is about Two
hundred yards away. and while there,
having lust finished mining, the 'motAer
neard a InuuIed report. AT flrst she
inougnt II was her daughter who had
carried in some wood and thrown 1t down
nard on the floor. She started towards
me house, ana when within twenty steps
OF the house, saw her the former OF
daughter lylng across the door,
FOUND HER DYING.
Sne at once rushed IN TO learn the nor
ylpIe truth. Inere lying Just rs she mad
IaIIen arrer the rash act. was her only
daughter, a smoking revolver claSped
nightly IN ner right nand. and htte
pue Mole IN ner breast. Not 4 drop OF
blood came Iorth from the wound
Ilneeling beside daughter the mother
now nearly craZed, called TO her entfe5tt-
ing her daughter TO say she MAS not dead.
a 1alnt gasp a contraction OF the
muscles and the young lady'S troubles IN
ms world were over.
n was some time before the mother
could reaI1ze mat her daughter was oeao,
and not until some hours afterwards Was
,ne note found on the bureau telilhS her
or the premeoltated suicide.
.4urrylng TO the nome or the nearest
.,e,c.nno., q. messenger was dispatched
,,nst haste for a physician. Or. Lush ar
rived soon aIIerwards, prt medlcal aio aio
uar ,nen useless Another messenger
was sem ror the rather. Ills home-conl-
ing was pitl1ul to peno!d. Ills only ehl4d'
me nrlce OF 1ne nome, dead, and by her
nWn nand.
lcATal1k VOWS VENGEANCE.
Standing IN the presence OF ms oedu
uaugnter, nayInS tul!y recovered itoiti ON
me nyst snock, ana made acquainted win
1pn Tgcts IN the case, the Iatner regis
,erea a solemn VOW 10 tnd the man VINO
was responsible Tor the base and cfucl
reports circulated against hlS dauGhIGf
ana nave a unal settlement with MN
Before noon the news had spread
through the county, and every resl0eht
was discussing the sad calamlS 10 t1le
family and placing the blame at the
door Of the originator Of the report de-
trirnental to the young girls character.
Mr. Farmer was seen by Times rep
reseutatiye last evening. He said that
ne had known of the rumor and
had only last week made an effort to
check II.
1T reached my ears" said the father.
s.throucl, a friend of the family, and
al once went 10 sec every one who had
heard it. But j know well Who did start
It and he is "a married man. He WAS
once a neiehbor of mine. My daughter
was rs pure and innocent as the drifted
snow. and her death lies at the door of
the man who circulated for some purpose
known only 10 himself, the base false
hood.
MISS FARMERS FIANCE.
Mr.. Thomas Russell Nilsson, one of the
most popular young men Of Swansboro.
Ii the person meant in the letter left
lie was engaged 10 the young girl. and
would have been married in the spring.
The sad news was communicated 10 him
yesterday afternoon lie was grief stricken
and denounced the man who was re-
sponsible FOR the murder, in the most
vehement language.
EVA was a good, pure innocent girl.
rnd no one knows it better than t. was
the language used by him, when seen
by a reporter.
HAD you intimated to her anything
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