The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-04-02

might. The next morning, Be went
! % work as usual
Nrs Farmer that same morning
went % the sisters house took Mrs.
Brenuans oilclosh pocketbook from
where il had been hidden in d chair,
and with her husband went to Water,
town where they had an attorney pre-
pare papers ordering Brennan Of the
premises. which were served on him
that night.
+ Brennan went to Watertown and
made inquiries for his wife, but failed
to ind 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
s Farmer and her husband occupying
the house. AIRS Farmer told him that
So tong as be used the Farmers well
BE- could stay Brennan then report
cd the matter 70 the district attor.
neys Office and engaged a constable
to search FOR bis wife
The Farmers. in the meantime with
|osber who were induced 10 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 70 tie with a rope Mrs. Farmer
lifted the ends Of the trunk while
clothes tine was wrapped around II
and tied securely Mrs Farmer said
she had stun in there she didn't
want broken, and had two men car
ry it to the Brennan house while she
walked along and directed where Il
should be placed In a back room
whore other things we're piled upon
IT, She then proceeded to do some
washing
When the constable who had been
employed By Brennan went 70 the
house and asked where Mrs Brennan
was, Mrs Farmer told him she had
gone 70 Watertown to get her teeth
fixed She sent for the parish
priest, told him 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 dc.
lay she pulled the black oilcloth en-
velope from cradle and showed the
papers Then a search of the house
was begun. Inquiry was made IN re-
gard 10 the trunk tied with clothes
line whereupon Mrs. Farmer denied
that she owned II saying It belonged
20 her husband and be 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 We're horribly
mutlated by many blows from a blunt
instrument bat the body was not in
iured The turban hat which the
woman wore was missing but the
burned wire framework of a hat sim
liar to the one she sore was found
in 8frs. Farmer's stove
Mrs Farmer aud 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 hsr 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 neighbors
She said she then went for the baby
and on her return ~Jim" was putting
the body in the trunk.
At the Jail Mrs. Farmer made an
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 If she would take
that old axe that laid there and knock
her brains out and | said all right.
here goes. takes the axe aud kills
her She said then she put the body
In the trunk washed up the things
that were bloody and burned up the
things from which she could not re-
move the blood She said Mrs Bren.
nan was sitting down in a chair by
the window when she killed her
The cases of Mrs. Farmer and her
husband were appealed to the court
Of appeals which has yet to deter
mine the husbands case. Mrs. Far.
mers conviction was affirmed and +.
r. Wilcox. her counsel. asked the gov
ernor to appoint commission to *.
anime into the woman's mental cor