The evening world., 1909-03-29
PLANNED MURDER
T0GET"FORTUNE"
For THEIR CHILD
Farmers Began by Forging
Deeds to Victims Property
Months Before Killing.
WOMAN WELDED AXE.
Packed Mrs. Brennan's Body
in Trunk, Then Moved Into
Her House.

,.'SsSSsCl me husband OF the dead WOn-
80 ON ID" hO"se she had owned BY
.:e.es }! forged Seed and moved into
It H5Ise themselves.
Did I. for Their ChlId.
rU, there IS one feature .sou. the
~assly ma: forces. IN spite OF the hor-
'7c Inspired by The c.Im,, a feeling 0.
.rmpa'hy Tor the guilty pair-they did
10: murder % benefit themselves. They
,.iel Mrs. Brennan II lie belief that
he property he. occurred oy her mur-
ier would eventually come mo ihe pos.
SESSION .: their :hi!4. GOV Two years
Old
Mr. 5rensnan vas present a, the
birth 81 lie vaoy ana oN!c!a,-
"a is mise .nI housekeeper IN
lie .l,.le Farmer house While :hc
mother vas recovering from her III.
.esa. She @ls Kindly roul. Mrs.
brennan, but saving and SAMMY, And
was reputeI 10 have 4 considerable sum
IF money hidden IN secret places IN her
comfortable home. She owned the
1.DIsc Sssc ave. i.i d.lu HcI .IusDdUu
worked every day in factory and re.
IlgIous.y turned his savings IN TO her
every Saturday night
The Plot Begins,
In October, 1907. the Farmers went to
Watertown and, with the assistance OF
/ lawyer, drew up deed transferring the
| Brennan house and lot and furniture 10
Farmer for a consideration OF 1850
Mrs. Farmer who was practically I'M
known In WATERFOWL, !mpersonated Mrs,
Brennan and forged her name. The deed
was recorded In the office OF the County
Clerk with every appearance OF regu-
larity, and the Farmers went back 10
their home and .iied i, away,
All through the winter months and
into the spring the Farmers watched
Mrs Brennan like tigers watching their
prey-alWays ready to kill her when the
opportunity should present Itself
They had decided that the murder
must he done in their own home so that
they might have plenty o. time to wash
! aHay ike traces Of the crime. The meth
cd had been decided upon. The husband
/ was TO attract the attention Of the Old
woman and the wife was TO step behind
her and brain her with an axe. And In
/ this way the murder was finally carried
out In April.
Put Body in Trunk.
Then the guilty couple carried the
trunk from the other room and placed 1t
I alongside the body of Mrs Brennan
| While the corpse. was still warm and
supple they forced 1t into the trunk and
closing down the cover turned the key
In the lock
Old Patrick Brennan reached his
nome that night to find Il dark and de-
serted. He had been quarellng with his
wife, and was not greatly surprised
when Farmer strOlled up TO him and
told him that Mrs. Brennan had gone TO
WATERFOWL TO v!si; relatives After
some further conversation Farmer said:
II might as well tell you the truth
Your wife has left you and Is going to
Canada You Will never see her again
She told us to tell you And before sO-
ing she decided the house and furniture
to me and ny wife. You Will have to
move out tomorrow
The poor old man was struck dumb
with amazement He walked into the
house and oil night long he sat by the
din!ng.room table thinking. Early the
next morning lie went to Farmer s
house and had another talk with him.
The conversation occurred within
sight Of the trunk IN which the body Of
Mrs. Brennan lay crumpled up and dis
torted. Farmer repeated his statement
that Mrs. Brennan had decided the
house and furniture to him and his wife
and showed the deed He then advised
Brennan to go to WATERFOWL and see II
the document had not been properly ex-
ecuted and recorded.
ousted From Home.
Brennan went TO WATERFOWL and
consulted Floyd l.. Carlisle a lawyer.
Mr.. Carlisle ana Brennan visited the
County Clerks Oiti0e and found that
the deed had been recorded in October.
They looked up the lawyer who had
drawn the deed and he gave them the
best description he could OF the woman
who had signed the name of Mrs. Bren-
nan. The description was vague, blu,
Brennan declared the woman could not
have been his wife.
When Brennan got back to Browns
vile that might he found that the
Farmers and their 10Y with their
household goods had moved into his
home. The trunk containing the body
OF Mrs. Brennan had been moved. too,
and was n a back room on the second
aoor-a dark, bare room which had
never been used By the Brennans.
Farmer refused to allow Brennan to
enter the house and the latter went
back 10 Watertown and spent the MGR.
at the home OF relative.
The next day. he consulted Mr. Car.
Isle again, and or the advice Of the
lawyer, who suspected that Mrs Bren-
nan rad been murdered he secured q
search warrant. on April 2s the hols,
was a,arched and the body found In g.
trunk
Mrs, Farmer confesses.
Mrs Farmer broke down and cor
.essed the next day she told sovcga.
stories and out OF them was pleced the
rea. recital OF the crime, showing tina;
husband and wife were eGuailr guilty.
Indictments were found and Mrs Far.
mcr vas placed on trial In Watertown.
So was FOUND guilty on June y, last.
hy Jury ard sentenced by Justice
Iiosers to die in the electric chair dur
ing the week beginning Aug. p, lss
Hex lawyers took an appeal and on FEB
5 the conviction was upheld.
The husband was not tried until DC.
.oher. lie. too. was found guilty and
al al