The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-03-30

the house that night. The next
morning he went 10 work as usual.
Mrs Farmer that same morning
went to the sisters house, took Mrs.
Brennan's oilcloth pocket book from
where it had been hidden in a chair,
and with her husband went to
Watertown where they had an at
torney prepare papers ordering
Brennan OFF the premises. which We're
served on him that night.
Brennan went to WATERFOWL and
made inquiries for his wife but fail
ed 10 find her and Saturday morning
left for his work as usual after
spending the night in the house. He
returned home however, later and
found Mrs. Farmer and her husband
occupying the house Mrs. Farmer
told him that SO long as he used the
Farmers well he could stay. Bren-
nan then reported the matter TO the
district attorneys office and engaged
constable to search for his wife.
The Farmers, in the meantime,
commenced moving their goods
to the Brennan house. In one
of the back rooms was "A large black
trunk which Mrs. Farmer asked one
of the men TO tie with a rope Mrs.
Farmer lifted the ends of the trunk
while clothes line was wrapped
around 1t and tied securely. Mrs.
Farmer said she had stuff in there
she didn't want broken" and had two
men carry it TO the Brennan house,
while she walked along and direct
ed where it should be placed in a
back room where other things were
piled upon it, She then proceeded
TO do some washing.
When the constable who had been
employed by Brennan went 10 the
house and asked where Mrs. Bren-
nan was. Mrs. Farmer told him she
had gone to Watertown to get her
teeth fixed She sent for the parish
priest, told him a similar story and
had him bless the home.
On the following Monday the
sheriff with several others again Wis
tied the Farmers and asked Mrs. Far
mer TO produce the deeds, and after
some delay she pulled the black oil
cloth envelope from a cradle and
showed the papers. Then a search
of the house was begun. Inquiry
was made in regard TO the trunk tied
with a clothes line, whereupon Mrs.
Farmer denied that she owned il,
saying il belonged TO her husband.
and he with an oath said it did not
belong to him. The rope was re-
moved, the lock broken and in the
trunk the sheriff found the body of
Mrs. Brennan fully dressed. The
head and face were horribly mutilat-
ed by many blows from blunt in
strument but the body was not in
iured. The turban hat which the
woman wore was missing but the
burned wire framework of hat SIM
I liar TO the one she wore was found
in Mrs. Farmers stove.
Mrs. Farmer and her husband
were arrested charged with the crime
which the woman at first stoutly de-
/ MED Then she stated that Mrs.
! Brennan was in her house and stood
by the door looking out of the win
dow and that she stepped mp behind
her and hit her with an axe. Suisse
quently she said 10 the sheriff thai
she had not told the truth, that
Jim" did it, She said Mrs. Bren-
nan had been with her uptown and
that when they came back Jim
was putting the body in the trunk
At the jail Mrs. Farmer made am
other statement in which she said
that Mrs. Brennan came TO her house
and said she was not feeling we'll
She said that Mrs. Brennan said "she
would give anything il she would
take that old axe that laid there and
knock her brains out and I said al
right, here she goes. takes the axe