The Washington times., 1930-09-17
CHAPTER 80
PAPERS sold like hotcakes.
"Uxtry! Uxtry!"~

"Uxtry! Uxtry!"@
"All about the Moider!"
Mrs. Farnsworth murderess,
slain millionaire's son. aversl"
Mrs. Catherine Farnsworth,
beautiful 19-year-old widow Of
the slain millionaire, was for
lnally charged with murder, to-
day. She Is being held in the
city jail on a warrant sworn
to by the dead mans son by
q former marriage, Chester T.
Farnsworth, also of this city.
I'm a sensational interview
with raewspapermen today,
Farnsworth stated that he had
long foreSeen the tragedy, and
had repeatedly warned the
aged millionaire. The elder
Farnsworth, he states. ha'i
finally listened to him, and
agreed to divorce his beautiful
young wife on the grounds OF
infidelity. Had he lived another
day papers would have been
filed, and the will, leaving hall
of the million and half estate
to Mrs. Farnsworth, destroyed.
9 Tells Of Visit
"It was to discuss the matter
Of the will and divorce that he
went to the family home, 287O
Presidio Terrace, shortly after
2 o'clock on the night OF the
murder, Farnsworth states. He
left his wife at the home OF
friends, Mr.. and Mrs. P. G.
Bull, who reside in a penthouse
on the roof Of the Kittinger
Apartments. A party was IN
progress there. It was his in
tention, he says, to go quietly
to his fathers room. These
nocturnal visits between father
and son were a regular thing,
due to insomnia on the, part OF
the elder Farnsworth, and the
antagorlism on the young wife's
part. The Farnsworths occu-
pied separate suites, and as
young Farnsworth possessed q
latchkey he was able to go and
come unobServed. -, sa'Ys e -
''It was while on one of these
nightly visits to his father,
Farnswortl1 states, that he first
became aware of the young
wife's infidelity! After accusing
her, a feud developed between
them, and she sought to, turn
the aged man against him.
Coming into the house on
the fatal night, Farnsworth
says he heard a commotion in
the servants quarters in the
basement, and upon investi-
eating, learned that the several
Chinese who made up the
household staff had been
aroused and alarmed by noises
and cries upstairs.
Body Found
Accompanied by the boss
Chinaman he made his way
rapidly upstairs and into his
fathers room. The dead man
lay with his head shattered
from a shot which must have
been fired with the butt OF
the gun directly against the
back Of his head. The pistol
his own property, was on the
floor.
Rushing at once to notify
his young stepmother. Farms
worth found. her room empty,
and repeated calls failed to
bring her to his aid, Farms
worth states.
while he telephoned head
quarters the servant found her
in the maids room on the
third floor.
"Farnsworth's accusation,
coming, Immediately upon the
coroner's findings of death
due to a pistol shot from the
hands Of an unknown per-
son, threw police circles into
excitement.
cat the city prison, Mrs.
Farnsworth, young and beauti-
ful widow whom Farnsworth
charges with the heinous crime,
stuck to her original story
that she found the body
shortly before 2 o'clock that
night, and was in no way i'm
plicated in the killing.
Denied Bail -.
After a severe 5grtlling by
Inspectors Horgan and Bid
well, Mrs. IFarnsworth's story
remains unshaken. She pro-
tests her Innocence, denies
that there was a quarrel Of any
kind, and refuses to discuss
her alleged affair with the
unnamed man whom young
Farnsworth duplicates.
TT is expected that Farms
worth will tell what he knows
of the affair some time today.
Servants at the family home,
2S70 Presidio Terrace, are un-
der surveillance and it is ex-
pected that valuable clues in
the possession of the district
attorneys office will be made
public within the next few
days.
'Mrs. Farnsworth is at the
city. Jail. Motion. for her re-
lease on bail made by her at
torneys, Alan and Gunther,
was denied
y X
"You might as well make a
clean breast of it," Inspector
Horgan told Cathie. They'll
have the whole thing before
night. 1t would be to your
advantage to beat them to 1t.
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