The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-03-29
WOMAN MURDERER
IS ELECTROCUTED
Continued From Page H.

Farmer and his wife at lunch and
later he left for the home of his sis
ter where he was laying a walk. Soon
after Mrs Farmer went into the Bren-
, nan house, she returned and told the
girl to go for her husband but Far
mer refused to return home. Mrs.
Farmer than went to the sisters home
with a package which proved to be
the black oilcloth pocketbook of Mrs.
p Brennan containing the deeds, insur-
ance and other papers, and said she
wanted to leave it for a while.
Brennan upon his return from work
that afternoon was unable to get into
his house. The keys which his wife
was in the habit of leaving were not
in their accustomed place. While he
was trying to get in he saw Farmer
standing nearby, who remarked
Brennan, don't you know | bought
this placer" Brennan finally secured
a ladder, entered a second story win
dow and occupied the house that
night. The next morning, he went
to work as usual
Mrs Farmer that same morning
went to the sisters house, took Mrs
Brennans oilcloth pocketbook from
where it had been hidden in a chair
and with her husband went to Water
town where they had an attorney pre-
pare papers ordering Brennan off the
premises, which were served on him
that night.
Brennan went to Watertown and
made inquiries for his wife, but failed
to 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 Brennan then report
ed the matter to the district attor-
neys Office and engaged constable
to search for his wife
The Farmers, in the meantime, with
other who were induced to help by
free access to ale which was furnish
ed, commenced moving their goods to
the Brennan house. In one of the
back rooms was 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 a
clothes line was wrapped around it
and tied securely Mrs. Farmer said
"she had stuff in there she didn't
want broken and had two men car
ry it to the Brennan house while she I
walked along and directed 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 to the /
house and asked where Mrs. Brennan
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 visited the
Farmers and asked Mrs. Farmer to
produce the deeds, and after some de-
lay she pulled the black oilcloth en-
velope from a cradle and showed the
papers, Then a search of the house
was begun Inquiry was made in re-
gard to the trunk tied with a clothes
line whereupon Mrs Farmer denied
that she owned it. saying it belonged
to her husband, and he with an oath
said il did not belong to him. The
rope was removed. the lock broken
and in the trunk the sheriff found
the body of Mrs Brennan fully dress
ed The head and face were horribly
mutilated by many blows from a blunt
ins Nment but the body was not in
jurcd The urban hat which the
woman wore was missing but the
burned wire framework of hat sim
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 deni-
ed Then she stated that Mrs Bren-
nan was in her house and stood by
the door looking out of the window
and that she stepped up behind her
and hit her with an axe Subsequent
ly she said to the sheriff that she had
not told the truth: that Jim" did it.
She said Mrs. Brennan had been with
her uptown and that when they came
back Jim" was angry because she
had left her baby at a neighbor's
She said she then went for the baby
and on her return Jim" was putting
The body in the trunk.