The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-04-07

graph of the two-year-old son of the
couple, Peter Farmer, now with his
uncle IN WATERFOWL, n. Y, was found
under the corsage.
After the autopsy Mrs. Farmer.
with the photograph of her child
clasped in her hands, was buried in
st. Joseph's cemetery.
For Her Baby Boy.
Less than a year ago Mary Farmer
was a happy wife and mother. Her
husband James D. Farmer, was
source of great joy, but the wife's
chlet pride and pleasure was il
their little son, Peter A product
the Buffalo wharf region herself, af,
ter her marriage to Jim" Farmel
and the birth of their son this wo.
man began to plan for the little one
a TAR better future, financially, thar
had ever been her lot in life. Cupid
ity was her undoing.
The Farmers lived at Brownyille.
and close at hand lived Mr.. and Mrs.
/ Patrick Brennan, a respected couple
past the midday time of life, who
mad tidy little home in which to
spend the remainder of their DAYS.
Mrs. Farmer coveted this place for
her son. Then there came a day
when the Farmers told poor old
nelghbor Brennan that his wife had
sold them the home and gone away
The startled man could hardly be-
leve his ears; but Mrs Brennan did
not return to their cozy little house
and the Farmers began to move in.
1t was not until four days after
Sarah Brennan's strange disappear
ance that officers of the law, suspect
ing all was not right, found her bat
tered and cory remains face down
ward in an old trunk about which
Mrs. Farmer had been very solicitous
as helpers were carrying it across the
narrow strip of land between the
Farmer and Brennan homes, into the
latter of which it was being moved.
The neighbOrhood was Mortified by
the hideous discovery. The Farm
ers were arrested at once, though
the husband denied any knowledge of
the crime. Mrs. Farmer was indicted
jointly with her husband. They were
tried separate, however, and both
were convicted. An appeal was taken
to the court of appeals in Mrs. Farm
er's case, but the conviction was
unanimously confirmed and sentence
Of death was ordered to be executed
during the week beginning March
29th. The husbands appeal has not
/ yet been heard by the court.
!
No Pity Aroused.
There was little about the case
to arouse pity for Mrs. Farmer, yet
her attorney, E. R. Wilcox, did not
give up. He applied to Governor
Hughes for executive clemencv on
the ground that Mrs. Farmer was
insane when she committed the
crime, but he refused to interfere.
Thus it is that the infant son,
Peter Farmer, whose mother, at
least, made and executed such dia-
bolical plans to secure for him some
OF those luXuries of which the lack
had made her own life so bitter
this innocent babe is doomed instead
to heritage of grief and shame. He
Will not lack for a home Many per-
sons in different parts of the coun-
try have expressed a desire to adOpt
him, while relatives on his fathers
side insist on caring for him them
selves rather than that he should go
among strangers. But if he should
live, what of the future, which
should be all rosy with bright prom
Use? He is only a baby-a sweet,
innocent baby. His father is deep
in the shadow of death and his moth
er, she who should at this time be
clasping him in her arms with such
ecstacy of delight as only a mother
can know, has paid the penalty of
her crime