The Coconino sun., 1919-10-24

ferent toward her as toward the rest of his little family.
 This attitude of their fathers to- ward them was reflected right after the murder in their lack of grief.
 The passing of each year found the Farrells in a new home. Some years they moved twice, going from one place to another, from mining camp to mining camp.
 At one time, in Jerome, Farrell put his family into house next door to house of ill-fame. She wrote to the superintendent of the mine where he was working, asking him to give her husband work elsewhere, as she could not raise her children properly in that locality. The superintendent transferred him to Clarkdale, and so they moved there.
 After a few years, Farrell some times beat his wife, she says. She grew to having a mortal terror of offending him, of crossing him in any way. He did not beat her as often when he was drunk as when he was sober, she says.
 She does not believe that he loved her; still he insisted on having her with him. He wouldn't permit her to visit her folks back in West Virginia. He would not let her go alone with the children, nor would he go with her, though, she says, she often had begged him too, hoping that if he did go back, he would stay there, near their folks, and they would be much happier.
 Then, last spring, the Farrells moved to Garland Prairie, taking up homestead. They built little home, crops were good, and the wife greet ed this change as the next best thing to going back east, for, she says, she loves farm life and had grown tired of their shifting to and fro among the mining camps.
 Farrelps disposition did not change, however. He soon became tired of the homestead. He grew more ugly, and more inclined to find fault. Even at that, he wouldn't hardly let his wife out of his sight, she says. When he came to Flagstaff or went to Will Hams, she had to accompany him. He acted as if he hated her, at the same time was inordinately jealous.
 When asked if her husband was jealous of Dwyer, who owned the homestead next to. theirs and worked for and boarded with the Farrells, Mrs. Farrell replied that "he was jealous of everybody" Dwyer, it seems, had especially incurred her husbands displeasure because he had interfered once or twice to save her from beating.
 But l loved my husband" Mrs. Farrell said. "He had no reason to be jealous of me-"
 Then came the fatal day. He, thor oughly disgusted with farm life, said he was going to quit and leave. In the discussion that followed, Mrs. Farrell told him that he was welcome to their Phoenix property and every thing else, if he would leave her the homestead and S100. Then was when he exclaimed, q am going to clean out the whole damned lot of you!" and reached over to get his rife from be- hind trunk.
 'I didn't want to kill him. did not realize what 1 was doing, I was SC frightened" Mrs. Barrell said, her lips quivering, and tears rolling down her cheeks. "But l was so fright ened."
 He had told her before that he would kill her, she said, but never before had reached for weapon. "Were you afraid for yourself, or for the children" was asked.
 "Oh, for all of us! l just knew he was going to kill me and the children
 and was frightenedw
 Down in West Virginia there are an aged father and mother, Mir. and Mrs. J. w. Overfeld Mrs. Farrell has received no word from them since the fatal shooting. She also has five sis ters and two brothers in West Vir- ginia. She wrote them right after the crime was committed, but has received no reply.
 The children = Leonard, aged II, and Bessie, aged 9-are in the care of Mrs. Chas. w. Heiser, with whom they were placed right after their mothers arrest. Mrs. Heiser is de- voted to, them, and, at the mothers request, applied to Judge J. E. Jones of the superior court, to be appointed their guardian. She asks no compen- sation. Mrs. Farrell also wants Mir. Heiser appointed administrator of the estate.
 Both these requests are opposed by T. F. Brown of Phoenix, uncle of the deceased, who wants to be appointed administrator with his wife as guar dian of the children.
 Mrs. Farrell was admitted to bond on Monday by Judge Jones. The bond was raised from $2,000-the amount fixed at the preliminary hearing by Justice Button of Williams-to $5,000. Mrs. Heiser put 'up a certified check for S5,000 for Mrs. Farrell's release and took her home with her, where she could be with her little ones. Mrs. Heiser was acquainted with Mrs. Farrell only slightly before the shooting, her husband having sold Farrel a wagon and blow; but her sympathies were aroused, and out of love for the children and pity for the |