The Washington times., 1918-11-25
.TOOFFERREWARD.
IN FARMER KILLING
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ing at the Fair Grounds. near Lynch
burg. Russell was &c have been ar
raigned today. but the hearing was
postponed at the request OF the prose-
cution, in order that more evidences
may be gathered. ~
BIosdhouads Used
Bloodhounds are being used today
in an EFFORT to get some trace OF the
slayer Of Miss Farmer.
The hounds have been in the woods
all night with a small posse -of
armed men,
Little hope Is held out Of sucekas-
fully tracing the slayer. The trail
is cold.
1t is pointed out that a hound
must be given some article OF cloth
ing or some other article bearing the
scent OF the person to be traced be-
fore they can pick up a trail No
such article has been found ~
The body OF the girl was discov-
cred some distance from the spot
where the staying Is believed to have
been committed and a careful search
OF the vicinity has failed to reveal
any article left by the slayer.
Went Out ut : o'CIoek.
Rosa Farmer. as had been her Gus
tom almost ever since she could re-
member, early this fall prepared and
set three or four rabbit snares In
the woods and fields surrounding her
home. Looking after these gave her
something to do during the hours oe
the day when the household duties
connected with hfF aHali home per-
mitted her leisure r war 1EF hnbfk
to go out to these snarea tefts 49,
noon, and she always stared prorspt-
ly at o'clock. reckoned ~ The lit-
tie tin alarm clock that sEt on M
bureau in the -sitting roam SAe
usually returned about : oiclockfibr
shortly before. Last Tuesday. after
for her snares promptly at O'clock
she DID. Net Return.
When o'clock came and she had
not returned, the mother became
little uneasy. but not alarmed. feel
ing that her daughter certainly
would be in within a few miuuteA
About $50 o'clock she went out to
a neighbor's. about half q mile away.
but found no trace Of her daughter.
She then told her neighbors she
feared harm had befallen Rosa. and
the neighbors started out to make
SCaAGus D1l IN QAAAl C8119A wy
thinking Miss Rosa was detained in
fixing her snares and would soon
show up. As the afternoon. wore an
toward evening, the, alarm became
general. and searching party was
organized.
About 9 o'clock. in the gloom OF a
heavy piece OF woods about a quarter
OF mile from the Farmer home. ore
OF the party stumbled over the body
OF the young woman. When lights
were brought and a closer exapiRa-
ton made. 1t was plainly evident that
she had been murdered. ~
Evidence Of struggIe.
She was lying full length. IN kind
of a twisted position. as if the naalr-
derer. after choking the life out OF
her. had hurled her body from him.
small cap she had on her head when
she left home and a light scarf she
bad around her shoulders. E.sfs
found about thirty or forty yscds
from the body. There also were signs
OF a struggle where the cap aad
scarf were found. and IL Is believed
she was seized and overcome there,
and after her aSsailaut had -aeccr3-
plished his purpose. ne cOalpivSed
her murder and carried the body 10 a
little denser part of the th!ckeC T9o
only wound on her body oEtside. %
the finger marks on her throat. waka
hole through her right cheek. daffx
discoloration or scratch indicating IL
had been made with q sharp pointed
pencil. 1t Is believed her assaiI815.
during the struggle. jabbsl a pvncii
through her cheek. perhaps in al 1ef-
fort to stop her screams. SEIthcf q
weapon or a pencil was found Vie
county coroner could not be fotS7d
and brought to the scene u.ft4i
Wednesday morning. Neighbors ar
the Farmers built a fire and vEtrI,Sd
over the body all night. "a
Rosa Farmer was twenty-four yeSfs
OF age, a member OF the little voodeH
country church situated on the s7e
of a hill almost within sight OF Fer
home, and a worker IL the W G.
T. u, organized among the. Womsd
OF the neighborhood. W. H. Farmer,
her father, Is dead. and size liyedtst
home with her mother, who is aged
and infirm. A brother. about thirty
years old, works in a fertilizer fac
tory in Lynchburg, but has made Il
a practice always to go home every
Saturday night, and, usually, one. or
two other nights in the week. walk
ing the four or 1--WE miles across abe
mountains 10 the httte lnTef-fuOlu
log cabin. Another sister. Slightly
older than Rosa. worked IN an oSsT:Ill
factory in LynchbuTg, and also made
frequent visits to the little horns.
carrying little presents to her mother
and her sister on these trips.
laird Tragedy In Three Years
Tragedy has twice before found ~
grim way to the log cabin. tyio
brothers having died of heart disease
within the past three years. The sis
ter is now at home with the mother.
and another married sister also. Us
there. two Httle children with her.
The inside Of the little Farmer ho-lS
is neat and clean. and n warm log Gre
was burning in t;i- 'srge OPEN bre-
place when il was visited BY The
Times representative. Three framed
portraits Of members OF the family
hung against the walls and two adj
vertising pennants on another side ~
the room. The rough, uucsrpet~d
pine board parlor was clean and
white. rs 10 1t had just been secured.
Mrs Farmer. frail and suffering from
a heavy cold. could not talk above a
whisper. She has a pleasant and in
tPlhEent face. warm. soft eyes thct
he rdened only once. when. IN 4 WINS
per scarcely audible. she indorsed th-
hope that the murderer soon woI;;i
he found.