The evening world. Newspaper, March 29, 1909, Page 4

THE EVENING _WORLD, MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1909, SWORN CONFESSION MRS. FARMER DECLARES HUSBAND INNOCENT ” PUTICURA CURED her left and Father Hickey the same, of If nd both stepped back distance to her rig M. et drawn faces of the w Fe ek Sees «; Woman Executed To-Day, Her Confessor, PLANNED MURDER ROUSEY ANDS W i CLIC | tigate ceune tvai eit output macy tenes fhe Warden and Diagram of Death March far Peltone Hardly was the setting complete) shock lasted onl Beans S¢ aly tiles were Very when Warden Benham gave a signal tye Sore and Itchy — For Weeks He FOR IH IR cid Ay TH rrp Could Not Wear Shoes, and the full voltage was sent through io ner heart, and again the hand Mrs, Farmer's body. The figu started = = FREED FROM ITCHING Farmers Began by Forging, Governor Welcomes Ex-Pres BY CUTICURA REMEDIES forward, tightening the straps, ani then shot upward several inches. The eds fictim’s Prop | ide formally; nas. ||, 88 bom beer came RAC Deeds to Victim’s Property | ident Informally and Has dry rezema, Twos Inspecting the tes five seconds, Again doctors placed their stethoscopes ctriclan Davis pressed the neck he did that of Martha Place, C! ette and others. Blanched f. watched the terrible routine, heavy bands held, and the vody relaxed when the current was turned off after @ full minute, jen to the surprise of all, the phy- As the thunderbolt of yolts entered | sicians stepped back, and again the ful the body an unearthly gasp escaped Current was driven Into the body, There her lips. I shall never forget the sound, | W88 no sound. The body agatn became | Jt was unlike anything I ever heard, tg! and relaxed, ‘The triple shock | Tt lasted only a second or two, but 1 duickly destroyed all signs of life | hever wish to hear it A deep flush ove nici hher face and ward, applied the her neck began to swell perceptibly. A/ their heads and retu Mvld whiteness then set in. it was the final shade of death, The fingers of both hands snapped toward the palms after the shock, and remained that way. lever re- leased, Exoruttoner Da’ trom his cage and placed his right hand on the muscles of the neck. Slight flut-) y think she proved the bravest | terings were found. | woman I ever heard of, The Frightened Suspense returned to the warden’s offic The stethoscopes of Drs. Gerin and execution was pronounced a 8 Bpitzka quickly found other evidences | every detall, as electrocutions 5 m¢ it jons weeds, it being part + of iny duty, from ths edge of a river and Months Before Killing. | Him and Party as Gu | was constantly in tho dust from the The visiting physicians moved for. ethoscope, shook | ed to thelr seats. | | Mrs, Farmer was officially dead. witnesses had been a few seconds less | than ten minutes {n the chamber, | Mrs, Farmer showed the most amaz- ing fortitude, She never faltered a i walked deliberately, with j weeds, J ight | shook out my trou- 7 J ne * ‘aoa OR Payal 7 9 ers and cleanse: itnbs, but {el WOMAN WIELDED AXE, HORTA, Fayal, Azores, starch 2] 6078 and cleansed my Ilraba, Bus falta The steamer Hamburg with Theodora to it for two years, but I noticed a scum on my logs lie feh scales, I could ecrape it off, and yet I did not attend to it until It came to be too itchy and bore and began getiing two runnin, gores. My ankles were all sore an 1 Toould not wear shoes, I had vet end felt clippers for weeks, particular police duty and n duty, I gota tra Soap and some In less thao ten | Roosevelt and the members Packed Mrs. Brennan's Body on board, put in here totay + | the mails, The stay tn port was Into eternity, InlirunkyaUhen| Moved snes eesron ve ntraneretiar try cers Her House. of Horta, came out to the Hamburg and welcomed Mr. Roosevelt, after ¥ membbrs of the Roose In some respects the murder for the) ‘@kenvashore by the G sitors | omm of which Mrs. Mary Farmer| through the town, There was no officia boots and in + suffered h penalty tn Aubura| reception, ee ue i H though a duty pr nks with ¢ tf ™M TEC. FY nll the tima, I was free from the con+ prison anks with the most de-| Mr. Roosovelt att founded itching, I tell you frankly ard the Hambur; le in criminal history. ra saved me from what the q a bad leg, Capt. Geor; A P, Bliss, Chief of Police, Morris, Manis J 4, 1908,"* Roosevelt] FQ yt Baby’s Bath Cuticura Soap has Become the cura Pills, afer GREETING TO ROOSEVELT rele Aaa: a ON HIS STOP \T GIBRALTAR, gents anointing) with Cutioura Ointe Ri ment, most toothing of emoilients, pres Araariene 1 RARE serz,ourify and : Ex-P: ; : bear the ake, eee most speedy Dying Confession of Wite Says Farmer Is Innocent’ (Special from a Staff Correspondent of ‘The Evening World.) AUBURN, N, Y., March 29,—Mary Farmer's promised dying con- fession completely exonerating her husband was written by her in her cell i iS y Friday atternoon, and sworn and subscribed before B. EF. W inegar, nota: public, on Sunday afternoon, It was addressed to the Rev. 1. J. Hie of Holy Family Church, as follows: To Rey, J. J. Mickeys My husband, James D. Fa ry never bad any bund to Sarah Brennan's death, nor never know anything about it (ll the trunk was opened, I never told him anything what had hap- pened, I feel he bas been terribly wronged nea D. Farmer wae not at home the day the affair hap- neither did James D, Farmer ever put @ hand on Sarah Mrs) Farmer and old women—a lifelong friend—under n of the most sordid of « on board. All the me ted forg- party are wel Killing their and the ent gullty palr—they aid, They that airand hands fonta and chil» and rte treatinent for torturing, disfiguring ed aa and avery form of itching sd humor of the skin ao scalp, Guaranteed abe: alut ely pure, Again I wish to say, as strongly as 1 can, that my husband, James D, Farmer, fs entirely tnnocent of the death of Sarah Brennan; that he knowingly had no part in any plans that had led to it, and that he knew nothing whatever about it, Signed, MARY H. FARMER, +-—______ Mrs. Farmer Meets Death at eta?) 6.15 A.M.; Does Not Collapse aes TE, CATAL R & éo, Sydaeyy age Ltd. Cape Tew, ete Usdy rug & Chem, Corp, Sole Props, Bosom, sum G factory and re: FREDERICK 30ND, nme NOTED ACTOR, ACCUSED, The Plot Begins, In October, 19 Watertown and, with th lawyer, drew up a deed vulder to give | 4 o the arose ff (Special from a Staff Correspondent of The Evening World.) AUBURN, N., Y., March 29.—Mrs. Mary Farmer was shocked tome aye his thro: death in the electric chair in the prison here at 6.15 o'clock norning | a revises es 1 for the murder of Mrs. Mary Brennan, at Brownsville, 1 The woman was brought into the death chamber at 6.04, There were three shoe! The first application of 1,840 volts, seven snd one-half amperes, lasted for one minute and two seconds, Then, as} being a she physicians after an examination of her heart found muscular ‘lutterings, | “Why 4 a went to Wife Caus assistance of a of ansferring the nan house and lot and Farmer for a consideration of $1.00. er, who was practically un- istice of the Peace } | ready, 1 ne pressed her face close to the network | known tn Watertown, impersonated Mrs. | o there was a second shock, lasting five seconds, The i and murmured ey Brennan and forged her name. The deed {c , he el wa Jed in the office of the Cou Again an examination was made, and on a signal to the electrician the | ° i 1 n aie ave ¥ ; are actin Bi His faimuus Vino equipped Current was turned on full force. u larity, and the nerd went back to with We most marvellous self playing attachment yet devised, » been ¢ Absolutely unequalled. have Inspection invited, Write for | catatogue and full description, Easy terms if desired. Liberal sMNawanee for ald nionos. KRANICH & BACH 237 East 23d Street} 16West 125th Street | NEW VORK rai At 6.15, after an examination by Drs, M. Sommers, Fred M, Boyle, H. M. Westfall and P. M. Donovan, Warden Benham announced that sHe was Warden Benham and the Rey, Father Hickey stole noiselessly to the woman's cell at 5.45, and the priest began w hispering the prayers for the dying. Mrs, Farmer sat on her couch, Her head was bowed, showing Veere the hair had been cut to give the electrode full contact. As the condemned woman arose she gut her as one in a france. It may have been that she was paralyzed with fright, She was dressed entirely in black. In her right hand she carried a crucifix, and ov. hand was a rosary. both ry crime, dead, | the murder obtained a n home so that. the pair, an we th 1 her gently ni Oh, please, | war to God Woman and t es and brain way in April. Put Body in Trunk, ded tipo a The h ention of th Ni AS (Oo Step behind Xe And tn tder was nally curried x second more XZ | Jim, don't forget little P ; | eave his soul!’ The husba t of grief so gazed dis a well kno impression fdor,” with his = » her again, ee Qe ttl: “cee d@Bronchitis ARINC oe feta DiffcultBreathing | ae De ) Wee ty the esa Early the | J to Farmer's | stale with him. Assistant Superin- | The conve! red within » Hospital, Ogdens- | sight of the trunk in whieh the body of Mrs, Brennan lay crumpled up and dis-| _ Pour a nesa of Omega Oil r left h Sa gv wide. Mrs, Dunnigan had kept the death w either side of Mrs. as the big cell door swung men prison attendants, wh tered the cell Dod on reached dark and ; Gorman, ete Gay Disproves Theory | That [Yoman Was Insane :. f The Evening World) ler voice and $ going to were ser, Sheriff Jefferson row of six been men, {n the ¢ men had wing of the the women. The March to Death, Bound Down With. atrare A great strap was fastened about the _ centre of h dy, a second strap bound roneck, her arms were bound then the bif ated drawn aside and about the eS, ist above the knees, fferson Medi- logical « Yor ndaigua, | next. morning house and had heen transfe anothe bound her. Then a cap ar- 14 torted. ee myer repeated 1h is statement | ina Gy) of esting water, hold the The ¢ the room made of steel and wires, was ‘ b Pe quranuan had’ deeded the | mouth and nose close to the cup, and te : hin ! e and furniture to hi ite H Fie grigat “walked: ! teh Oe ners vite the Teed He. aah utvinea jsdnhale the rising steam. Also rub the Farmer seemed hardly to move as st : back of her head to| #0R exoner compli eae et Seal COLUMBUS AVE. Ousted “From Home, J45 103 4& 104 ST. ; mer dragged Btone fic ow In readiness. The War- | =| Bhe wa ‘ ack bifurcated side, the priest conthiued town thd | The Only Company of Its Kind in the World! | Cag Th 1 1 his voice sounded hollow visited the Your Old Trunk ghee | folds were t et | ied in October, M ‘ | 2 EySyFPA et, lawyer who had CUT-PRICE DEALERS in |\MAY SEEK A NEW he Kave them the RUNKS, BAGS, 2c Ke ‘ a {the woman . ; TRIAL FOR FARMER, 2 of Mrs, Bren- 1, Of Retail Prices Guar- fie scription wus vague, bit . need ae an declares woman could no 5 8 . The Clerk the pb La his wife Pa ee tas A OTE GANS C oF MANO AINS, URN SHED b € -day he had not. When Brennan ¢ « to Browns- | LOOK FOR THE a os fe ville that : 4 tha Led pera tn SE ACRE POSE COMPLETELY whose wife, Mary | j woods iad noved Into bie FMERGENCY ; ‘i 1 “1 to-uay for the home. " ntaining the body ? made by Mrs As In a back rootn on the séc ond | ‘BAGGAGE REPAIR Ct shand fro a Brennan had) 1 pee Mam Union Ba. West on Lath. Bt | a le Wo Brennan to ‘ ; ig. house and the iat peaer entitle Send 1 r ck to aterfown and spent the nigh ' Shing orde a: @ of a relative. BS Booklet, day he consulted Mr drawi and on tl likey rho, auspecte ' she» had been murd OPEN MONGAY & : ft. On April 26 her he ‘ Hedtanaitieine SATURDAY EVENINGS | New Collector at Charleston Port Mrs. Far: ¢ down Father Hickey Tells ol IL, ay Ee sare, i | NEED 'J.MORRIS Mrs, Farmer's 1 ast H ours Be Brave, Jim?’ Conden:ned | sri Aon Poca i : tet ead ria ia PRetrict of Charleston, a jury and sentenced by Justice | fir. Durant wae appointed to succeed mb, Crum, the form ' ° ent of The Fventng World oré to die in the electric chalr dur- ours of he . mane cell short * t of The Fvening World BO ing the week beginning dug. 21, LK¢. t F pe souba Hes Nueeling N.Y, M : t Collector of the Charleston p Her lawyers took an appeat and on Feb.| eae er al prayed constant EeeAg 4 pA HAAS si the mouuteltonn waa untae | Because It Makes Strength. os mARS PALME rai ho has ‘, "4 ane The husband was not tried until Oc- | (, ected pe ht to aid Lael El tee ee eat ation Gorue Darel f He too, Was {OUNM BUY, and At the leading Drug Stores, ht to ak | Take ened cell, He was her husban: M @ corridor of tse condemned | Ab last tbe Magy. baad. of Mr dopa | BME a aasail wretched [ss noad Wo dealy and an sppeas ia! a womag reacted Aubura, e ‘ —TIROK TOR TUE VINOL NON—| sai in at wated & Han Tueat on