Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-03-30

next morning he went to work a
usual.
Mrs. Farmer that same mornin,
worhing went to the sisters house
took Mrs. Brennan's oilcloth poke
book from where it had been .hiddeI
in a chair, and with her HUSBAND
went to WatertOwn where they hao
am attorney prepare papers ordering
Brennan off the premises which wer,
served on him that night.
Brennan went to Watertown anG
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. Bren-
nan then reported the matter to the
district Attorneys office and engaged
a constable to search for his wife.
The Farmers, in the meantime,
with others, who We're induced to help
by free access to ale which was furn-
ished, 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 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 carry
it to the Brennan house while she
walked along and directed where il
should be palced in a back room
where other things were piled upon IT,
She then proceeded to do some wash
ing.
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 n similar story and had him
bless the home.
on the following Monday the sher-
iff, with several others. again visited
the Farmers and asked Nus. Farmer
to produce the deeds, and after some
delay she pulled the black oilcloth
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
clothes line, whereupon Mrs. Farmer
denied that she owned it, saying it
belonged To her husband, and he, with
an oath. said it did not belong to him.
The rope was removed, the lock brok-
en- and in the trunk the sheriff found
the body of Mrs Brennan fully dres-
l...s
bly, mutilated by many blows from
blunt instrument, but the body was
not injured. The turban hat which
the woman wore was missing. but
the burned wire framework Of hat
similar 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
,v the door looking out of the window
and that she stepped up behind ner
and hit her with an axe. Subse-
luentlv she said to the sheriff that
She had not told the truth: that Jim
aid il. She said Mrs. Brennan had
been with her uptown and that when
they came back Jim" was angry be-
cause she had left her baby at
neighbor's. She said she then went
-or the baby and on her return Jim"
was just putting the body in the
trunk.
At the Jail Mrs. Farmer made
another statement in which she said
hat Mrs. Brennan came to her house
and said she was not feeling well
She said that Mrs. Brennan said "she
yould give anything if she would
axe that old axe that laid there and
<nock her brains out, and | said all
-ight. here she goes, | takes the axe
md kills her" She said then she
,ut the body in the trunk. washed up
he things that were bloody and
burned up the things from which she
.ouId not remove the blood She
aid Mrs Brennan was sitting down
n a chair by the window when she
lilied her.
The cases Of Mrs. Farmer and her
husband were appealed to the court
# appeals which has yet to deter
nine the husbands case. Mrs. Far
ner'; conviction was affirmed, and +. |
? Wilcox, her counsel, asked the |
governor to appoint a commission To
,xamine into the wOman's mental
condition, expressing the belief that
he woman was insane.