The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-03-29

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Mrs, Mary Farmer Is the second
woman ID meet death N The electric
chair The crime for which she was
executed and Tor which her husband,
lanes ,. Farmer is also under sen.
ience Of death was the murder of
Mrs. Sarah Brennan, nelghbor III
The village OF arpwnspllle Jefferson
ouhty about four miles from the
NY OF WalerlOwn, on Thnrmlay, April
'3rd, 1908. The body Of Mrs. Hren,
han WIS found on the following M0n
lay IN trunk owned by Mrs Farm
" and N her possession. Mrs Farm
ar and her husband were given sep
Araie trials and although the eYl
lence was clrcumstantlal both wefa
convicted and sentenced 10 be- elee
rocuted. Mrs, Farmers counsel at
tempted at the trlnl to establish that
she was lnsaae and irresponsible iaF
mo crime but ,hc court OF appeals
declared thal n was CLEARLY delih
crate act. and that there Was no
circumstance lhei "mltigaied against
Is Nervousness
Mrs FARMER came To this country
rom IRELAND u 1900 Rad worked for
time as a domestic In Binghami0n
goinS from there 10 Buffalo where she
married james ID FARMER II 1903.
early IN 1905 .hey moved To browns
vile whore they remained for o. feW
months Al one Of Farmers relatives
after which they kept bOafdera HI
N adjoining village n MHy 1861
they moved lai0 a portion Of IN Old
building formerly used agsia hoicl IL
part Of Brovnsgille snouh az Pad
ly iilll
Mrs Brennan and her husband, Pet
lex. lived Ia house nearby which
they aad occupied for twenty years
md whiah was owned BY MIRA. Bren.
aan Mrs. Farmer became frequent
caller al the Brennan home and Mrs.
Brennan occasionally called on the
Farmers. Mrs Brennan kept .he deed
20 her property Insurance paners and
4 savings bank book in g hlach oil
cloth poeketboob IN ifs case N haf
1edrouni
Months BEFORE the h0nileiGe, la 0e.
iober 1907 Mrs. Farmer went %
lawyers office IN WatertoWn, produc.
ad d deed 0f the Brennan property
and, lmpefaonatlnR Mrs. ilfslnan hk6
had the deed transferred lo Names q
Farmer. signing the aamB "Bareh
Brennan The deed wea returned
from the clerks ofilee to james q
Farmes on November S0, and on lan.
uary Z. 1906 Mrs FARMER and her
husband went 10 another lawyer III
Watertown and hft the deed drawn
to Peter ] Warmer. child who had
been born 70 them the preceding
September g
Oh thu day at tle e-lma Mrs Erea
mems huaband loit early for hls work.
1ie wife telling him she was going
10 Visit dentist A. Waterlovn. 3e
tween anG 10 O'clock sha was seen
Is leave her home emo enter tao FERN
81 houae She was never saaa alive
again. Tatis the afme dag Mrs. Farm
ar took her baby 10 the home o.
nelgAbor and left Il skylns she was
going up town Between that time
and he time Mrs. nreuuan went %
the 9afmHf house Mrs Farmer pass
I'd back and forth between Iho two
houses several times Shortly after
noon she Nent FOR her bhb3 and er.
ranged f0f i youie daughter o9 the
heiehbof u assist her ln caring tor
/ a|frl4I# 81 iN'Ha
1.-The gIrI. upon her arrival, found
NanneE md bis wife Il Alheh and ial
er he lett sor The home Of bis sister
where IL WAS laying q walk Hcon
after Mrs Farmer went into the Bren
nan hoasa. she returned and told Che
| slfl % 81 fer her husband but Farm
al refused 70 return honle Hrs
| Farmer lhap went 10 Ihr sisters
ome Ailh 4 packaae which pfuyea
| b 81 lhe black oilclaih pockeih10N
" Mrs. Elfennan containing lhe deeds
| Insurance aud other panefa hlil said
NE NnnIed to leave i Iof i While
Brennan upon hlf IeIIzIH Iftm NafH
M lK,8hllnued on HN3a 81