The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-07-21
Tipped Other Fellow Out Of
Hammock With Miss Stanton.
He WAS HER EMPLOY Err
Young Woman Resigned Position as Sten-
ographer and DeaOunces Marriage Con-
tract Latter Holds as Forgery.

ages or Waterloo ana seneca Fails are
stirred 10 their depths over the develop
ments in the stanton Palmer Farnsworth
assault. All three are well known and OF
the highest standing In church and socie-
".
Charles Farnsworth, the oldest Of the
three. is a widower ffty-four years old
and the proprietor of a large variety
store in Waterloo. Miss Daisy Stanton
was his head clerk She is a handsome
woman of twenty-one. capable in bust
ness and popular among her friends. She
Is a teacher in the Baptist Sunday school
and active I'm church matters. With her
widowed mother she lives in South Wash
ington street, Waterloo.
Harry Palmer, twenty-eght years old.
is jeweller of Seneca Falls. The VIII
lagos are three miles apart and are con-
nected by trolley and steam cars. Palmer
had known Miss Stanton for years and
called 10 see her occasionally. Lately his
calls have been more frequent This
aroused the jealousy OF Farnsworth.
Miss Stanton's employer. who since the
assault declares that he and Miss Stan
ton have had verbal contract OF mar
riage for two years, which they were
Keeping secret until business matters
would permit them TO have a public we'd
ding.
LOOKED LIKE THE DEVIL
On Sunday night, July s. young Palmer
called for Miss Stanton at her home and
accompanied her 10 Cayuga Lake Park.
where the Stantons have a cottage They
returned at 1O:3O and sat talking In a
hammock. when suddenly a tall figure
wearing a black mask representing the
devil rose out OF the shrubbery by the
piazza, and leaning over the railing dealt
Palmer hard blow with a club. The
young man and the woman were knocked
out OF the hammock
Palmer was dazed by the blow He sue
ceeded I'm getting up. but was again
Knocked down by the man with the club
Miss stanton and her mother. who ran
out from the parlor upon hearing the
noise. screamed for help. and the masked
uSan ran away. He was pursued by John
IND Joseph Mitchell, neighbors, who re-
soonded to the women's cries for help
but after leading them n chase through
the village streets and the neighboring
helds the man with the DEVILS mask dis
appeared between two buildings and es-
capped
gray slouch hat was found on the
lawn where the man first appeared Chief
OF Police Connors, who was sent for. took
the hat, and after making a tour OF the
-.
the lawn and secreted himself I'm y clu,~
OF bushes. believing the man would ~
Turn Tor his hat His theory was correct
Two hours later a man rode up on a hi.
cycle. dismounted and searched about tho
lawn. The chief was dumbfounded when
ne recognized the man as Charles Farms
worth, Waterloo's leading citizen After
searching for half an hour Farnsworth
ters &C F."
PALMER BADLY HURT.
Palmer was attended by doctors a,
the stanton home that night and the
tollowing day. and was later renewed
TO his own home in Seneca Falls He
was seriously injured
MISS stanton promptly resigned her
position In Farnsworth's store next morn
ing ana put the matter in the hands OF
q lawyer. Farnsworth was arrested on a
warrant sworn out by Palmer cbaroi,g
assault with intent 10 kill Farnsworth
was examined and held for the grand
Jury.
Farnsworth's defense of his action has
caused a profound sensation. He has
produced A written contract. dated .Iulv
z, 1903, bearing the signatu of Miss
stanton. The contract was filed hv
Farnsworth in the town clerks of,cs
Thursday after the assault. 1t declares
that "a public wedding will take place as
soon as the necessary arrangements can
be made by the parties Interested"
The town clerk looked up the law I'm
relation to the hlling Of contracts and
on saturday returned the contract 70
Farnsworth informing him that he could
not legally allow II 10 remain The law
requires the signature OF two witnesses
TO be attached 10 such a document and
II must be sworn to before notary.
Farnsworth's document has only the
name Of the deity affixed and is not
sworn to before n notary. He refuses to
show copy OF the contract. He saws
that Palmer had acquired a hypnotic in
fuence over his wife and he doomed
IL his duty to interfere.
DENIES THE CONTRACT.
Miss Stanton denies that she ever en-
tered into anX relations or agreement
with Farnsworth II he has q contract
with her name attached she says. II
Is Forged Only a few minutes after she
reached home from announcing her resig-
nation AT the store on the morning fol-
owing the assault. she SAYS Farnsworth's
twelve year-old son brought her letter
from Farnsworth The letter requests
Mrs. stanton TO allow her daughter TO re
turn TO the store and contains threats
against tho daughter n she should ex-
pose the occurrence Of the night before
Miss stanton has turned this letter over
10 her lawyer
Harry Palmer has announced that he
Will leave nothing undone 20 punish
Fsrnsworth legally. and his father.
Stanley Palmer. coal dealer. has made q
similar statement
Mr. Farnsworth's wife. who died two
years ago. divorced him once. hut later
they remarked. He is an active mem
Der OF the Methodist church and q teach
or In the Sunday school He belongs 10
many secret societies and has Travelled
extensively.
II have talked too much" he said Il
am sick of the whole business. When
gave out the statement I was heart
broken and almost crazy I have learned
= lesson I will never forget"
80 YOU have taken up the study of
thooaOnhy9"