The North-Eastern Weekly Gazette. — 1894-09-22 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

TRAGEDY IN A LANCASHIR]  TOWN. MURDER BY A MOTHER.  OnTueeday morn ing, Mea Farrar, wif e of Richer Farrar, yarmdreaser, living at .‘ceringtor attacked her three children with a razor whi they were sleeping, and then attempted to et her own throat. The eldest child, a girl abo eine, was finuid dead, but the two other children ai atilt alive, although they have deep wounds i their throats. The linsband had gone tet work b fore the tragedy occurred. When the neighboui rushed in Mrs Farrar was ',tending b 7 the has side as if stupefied. She is described an One of ti, bent of trivet", and is said to have been passionate] fond ot her children. Latterly, bowels eir. she ha been very low .spirited. Mrs Farrar was take before the Magudiates at noon, and formall charged with murdering her eldest child, Esthel and with attempting to murder her younger uhi dren, and with attempting to commit suicid. The Chief Constable stated that tE injured children had been removed the infirmary. The mother stated at tt elation that she was awake when her husband le for work ; that afterwards • terrible pain shot ini her head, and that she appeared to lose h. senses. She had, however, recovered her lie mind end realised the enortnity of her crime. Si knew, she said, that her eldust child was dead, an enquired tenderly about her hualstud cod the ottu children. In court the prisoner looked flushed an haggard, and appeared to take little or no intern in what was going on around her. She was n mended to Preston Gaol for a week.—At the II firtnary on Tuesday it was stated that the tei surviving children were progressing natistactorik and in the opinion of the medical eta they are out of immediate danger. It children lost • considerable quantity r blood, but they seem to be healthy and we nourished. Before her removal to PrOlitoll GIII Mrs Ferrer wan seen by her husband. The embraced each other and cried pitifully. Fern statiet that his wife wee the daughter of a Base farmer, and was 31 years of age. She had bee one of the beet wives in the world, and baconl only amount for the occurrence by the fre that she hal 811(Idellly lost her menti balance. She loved bar children dearly, an no mother could have thought better them than she did. His wife had neve hail the best of health, but in April she becan worse, and was at times very despondent. St was attended by • medical man, who told her at was suffering from nervoustmee and general weal new. If ate, thing went wrong in the house All appeared to take it deeply to heart- Durin Monday night she get up several times an walked about the room, complaining that al could not deep. Ferrer and his wit. according to the neighbonts' etatements. was an exceedingly (Inlet couple. The exentn WI Particularly inoffenaive, and loved her ohildrer but for six months or so she has been downeae and often deplored the fact that her husband iirs not receiving eo much in iragee SS he did wbe working for the same firm at Irwell Springs upt about two years ago. She lost a child last Ma 3 ' and this appears to have preyed upon her mint ! She seems to have suffered from tome hallueisatio ! ocncerirmg low children, and thought it better dos they should be removed from the cares and 80/ISOI6 Of the world,