Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-03-30

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in the leather harness HAT bound
her 60 the chair. The woman at
fendant covered her face with hon
hands. only the clicking of tn,
tightening straps and the mnrmur Of
the dynamos in the adjoining room
could be heard.
The first contact lasted q fHll min
ute. Twice again IT was applied and
the physicians pronounced the WOO
man dead. The body was then re-
moved TO the autopsy room, the wit-
ness sheet WAS signed in the war;
denis OFFICE, q file Of Witnesses. nn-
strung and nervous passed out from
the main prison gate and the official
proceedings OF Mary Farmers eXecu-
ton were over.
Mrs. Mary Farmer Is thr second
woman 20 meet death in the electric
chair. The crime for which she was
executed ana for which her husband.
Jnmcs y. Farmer. Is also under sem
tence of death. was the murder Of
Mrs. Sarah brennan. "a neighbur. In
tho village Of Rrownsville. jefferson
county. about four miles from the city
Of WATERFOWL, on Thursday, April 20.
lFWhs If Bb1A VI MlNt ifi'flWNM MttH
found on the following Monday IN q
trunk owned by Mrs, Farmer ana in
her possession. Mrs. Farmer and her
husband were given separate trials.
and although evidence was circum-
stantlai, both We're convicted and
sentenced to he c~lectrocuted Mrs.
Farmers counsel attempted at the
trial TO establish Tint Che was insane
nnd irresponsible for Tho crime. but
the court Of appeals declared nat It
was CLEARLY a deliberate and inten-
tIonal act" ard that there was no
circumstances that "mitiRated against
Its Nervousness"
Mrs. Farmer came TO this country
from ireland IN 1900 ana worked for
a time az a domestic IN Binghamton,
going from there to Ruffalo, whore
she married James y, Farmer in
1904.
Early In 1906 thoy moved to
B%rownsvillc. whore they remained for
n few months at ono of Farmers
relatives. after which they Kept
boardcrs IN M adjoining village. IN
May. 1907 they moved into "a portion
Or an cid building formerly used as "a
hotel IN a part of~4}roe nsviile known
ma Paddy Hiil
Mrs. Brennan and her husband
Patrick. lived Ia a house nonfby,
which they had occupied for twenty
years. and which Was owned by MIS-.
brennan Mrs. Farmer hrcame a
frequent caller NJ The brennan home,
ana Mrs. Brennan occasionally called
on the Farmers. Mrs Fireman kept
the deed to her property, Insurance
papers and q savings bank book in a
black oilcloth pockrtbouk in q TIN
case In her bedroom.
Months before the homicide, ~ Oc-
tobor. 1907. Mrs. Farmer won't 10 a
tawycr'a uTfiec. in %ntuStdWn, fae-
dueed "a decd of the Brennan prqAmlA-,
-. s..~ssri sd>rnHHS~ Mrs. Rreunan. hnd
fhe Iced transferred 10 iamts y,
ts .,y signing the name sarah
T~fua8ars" The decd was returned
from the clefk's office TO 1nmea u.
Farmer on November 20. and on Jan
uary :. 1908. Mrs Farmor and her
husband went "a another lawyer i'm
! Watertown ana had the deed ara Yli
To Peter j. Farmer. q child Who hnd
been born 20 them tile preceding Sop
TENDER ..
On the day Of the crime Mrs Brcn-
mans husband left early for his work.
his wife telling him She WAS going ia
visit a dontist in WATERFOWL He
tween 9 and 10 o'clock She Waa seen
20 leave hrr home ana enter the
FARMER house. shc was never seen
alive again. Early the same day Mrs.
Farmer took he1..AAhy TO the homo
OF IA nciRhhor and lett IL saving sho
was going up town. Between that time
and the time Mrs. Brennan wcn to
the Farmer house. Mrs Farmer pass
"a hack ana forth between the two
houses several times. shortly after
noon She went for her baby and arr
ranged for a young daughter of tho
neighbor to assist her ina curing for
the child
The girl. upon her arrival found
Farmer and his wife al lunch. and
later he left for the homo on his sls-
ter. where he was laying a walk
soon after Mrs. Farmer went into the
Brennan house. she returned and told
the girl 10 so for her husband. but
Farmer refused 10 return home Mrs
Farmer then went 90 the sisters homo
with q package which proved to be
the black olleloth pockctbook Of Mrs
Brennan's containing tho deeds. I'M
surancc and other pancrs, and said
She wanted 10 leave Il for % while
Brennan. upon his return from
work that afternoon was unable to
get into his house. The keys which
his wife was nthc habit of leaving
were not Ia their accustomed place.
While he was trying 20 set i'm he saw
Farmer standing nearby who rec
this place?"
narkcd.
brennan. don't SOU know I bought
Brennan finally secured "a ladder.
entered a second story window and
occupied the house last night. Tho
next morning he went Co. work as.
usual.
Mrs Farmer that same murnlur.
went to her sisters house took Mrs
nrennan's oilcloth rockcthook from
whore % had boon hidden Boo "a chair
ana with her husband went Go Wafer
town. whore they had am attorney pr,-
pare papers ordering Brennan o1 tac