Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-04-09

the district attorneys ONCE and en-
gagged a constable to search for his
wife.
The Farmers. In the meantime. with
| others who were induced to help by free
access to ale which was furnished.
commenced moving their goods to the
Brennan house. In m of the back
rooms was a large black trunk, which
Mrs. Farmer asked one of the men to
tie with q rope. Mrs. Farmer lifted
the ends of the trunk while a clothes
line was wrapped around 1t and tied
securely. Mrs. Farmer said 'she had
stun in there she didn't want broken"
and had two men carry II to the Bren-
a house while she walked along and
directed where 1t should be placed In
a back room where other things were
piled upon II. She then proceeded to
do some washing.
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 WATERFOWL to get her teeth
fixed" h sent for the parish priest,
told him a similar story and had him
bless the home.
On the following Monday the sherir
with several others again visited the
Farmers and asked Mrs. Farmer to
produce the deeds, and after some de-
lay she pulled the black oilcloth en-
velope from a cradle and showed the
papers. Then a search OF the u
was begun. Inquiry was made In re-
gard TO the trunk tied with a clothes
line, w~hereupon Mrs. Farmer denied
that she owned II, saying 1t belonged
to her husband, and he with an oath
said 1t did not belong TO him. The rope
was removed, the lock broker and In
the trunk the sheriff found the body or
Mrs. Brennan fully dressed. The head
| a ND fnnA nara hnyrih1yy ynNIftlnfnA hV
many blows from a blunt instrument
but the body was not injured. The
turbau hat which the woman wore was
missing, but the burned framework of
a hat similar TO the one she wore was
found In Mrs. Farmers I'VE
Mrs. Farmer and her husband were
arrested charged with the crime
which the woman at first stoutly de-
MED. Then she stated hat Mrs. Bren-
nan was in her house and stood by
the door looking out of the window
and that she stepped up behind her
and hit her with an axe. subsequently
she said to the sheriff that she had not
told the truth; that YIN" did it. She
said Mrs. Brennan had been with her
uptown and that when they came back
Jim" was angry because h had left
her baby at a neighbours. She said
she then went for the baby and on her
return Jim was just putting the body
in the trunk.
Another Version.
At the Jail Mrs. Farmer made an
other statement In which she a that
Mrs. Brennan came to her house and
said she was not feeling well. h said
that Mrs. Brennan said: "she would
give anything IL she would take that
old axe that laid there and knock hel
brains OUT and | said all right, here
she goes. i takes the axe kills
her" She said then she put the body
In the trunk, washed up the things
that were bloody and burned UP thu
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 n hei
husband were appealed to the court o.
appeals which has yet to determine
the husbands case. Mrs. Farmers con
viction was affirmed and II. r. Wilcox
: her counsel, asked the governor tt
appoint q commission to examine int
the woman's mental condition, express
, Ing the belief that the m was In
sane.