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MEETS DEATH Ilf ELECTRIC CHITHREE 8H0CK8 WERE APPLIED AND MARY FARMER'S LIFE 18 GONE.CALM TO TOE LAST MOMENTSecond of Her Sex to Be Electro cuted In Now York Make* No Complaint—Husband Only a Few Feet Away.Auburn, New York.—With half-dom'd ryes and muttering prayers, Mrs. Mary Farmer walked lo the electric chair In historic Auburn prison at 4 minutes and 30 seconds punt C o'clock Monday mornlrg and gave* up her life as penalty for the murder of Sarah Hrennan.While the niystte pmvir sufficient to move the heaviest fr ight train or drive the most ponderous machinery was raring through the rigid, distended body, annihilating every vestige of human life, rhe husband paced hia cell within a stone s throw or tin? ex-reutlon chamhor, condeiiitied m dlo In the same chair for complicity In the murder which hus bent myled by two courts nod the governor as one of the most deliberate and brutal In the criminal annuls of the state.Child a Few Mil*s Away.Two More miles av/ay, wittiiu night of tho scene of the murder, In the little \Hinge of Brownsville, an Infant son lay fretting In his c-rlb, unconscious of tho signifies iu-u lt;»f thisdawn.In a last word to Father Hickey of the Holy Family church, who had administered to her spiritual needs throughout the long Incarceration In the dungeon of the condemned, Mary Farmer dictated her confession, a perfunctory, brief decloration of her husband's innocence of tin- crime for which he stands condemned to die.Hair Arranged In Braids.(’apt. Mnrtlng and Kleciiiclan Davis adjusted the wrist contact straps, the heavy helmet and mask. To safeguard an emergency, the hair of the condemned wan arranged In llttlo braids, which hung loosely in the back.Electrician Davis signaled that all was In readiness and stepped toward the switchboard. Warden Henlium nodded his asm-nt to tho electrician.The ms Itch was Jammed Into its socket at 0:05:33, and 'lie limp body Jumped Into the creaking straps, remaining rigid in the distended position while 1.340 volts, 7Va amperes, of electricity, raced through It.A bundy audible moan came from the lips at the first shock. The contact waH maintained until 0:00:40, Just 1 minute and 2 seconds.Flesh Flushed in Death.As the body relaxed into a limp posture with the opening of the switch. Prison Physician John Gerln advanced with Dr. Spltxku. the alienist from Jefferson medical college, Philadelphia. and Fleetrlelnn Dnvls, to examine the condition of the victim. Dr. Gerln slit the waist and applied tho stethoscope to the breast. Attracted by the flushed condition of tho flesh, Dr. Gerln passed the Instrument to Dr. 8plt/.kn, who manifested intense interest In tho peculiar color.Slowly, under the examination, tho flush faded and. apparently, at the Instance of the Alienist. Klectriclan Davis was signaled in apply a second contact. The second shock of tho same power was applied at 0:08:ir», and maintained for 5 seconds, and a second examination i* \iih*d the bodyas wax.A third shock was applied at C: 11:50 and continu'd for 3 seconds, and Dr. Gerln again applied the stethoscope. Following the examination, all attending physicians applied tho Instrument, each nodding assent that life with extinc t.The physicians ssty tho woman Is dead, announced tin* warden. Dr. Gerln wishes to announce that the autopsy will take place at 8:30. You will please return to the.! office and ulgn the deuth certificate.Greed Cause of Killing.Mary Farmer killed Mrs. SarahHrr-nncin In their little home In ibuhamlet of llouusfield. near Brownsville, Jefferson county. April 27. 1908. tho cause of tho murder being greed to obtain possession of the cottage home owned by Mrs. Hrennan. It was shown ut tho trial that Mrs. Farmer In November. 1907, had called at tho ofnee of Francis p Burns, an attorney. declared that she was Mrs. Brennan and executed a deed to her property to Mrs Mary Farmer. Two woeks later Bhe had I his deed B ang-for red to her infant sun, Peter.
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Versailles Morgan County Democrat
Versailles, Missouri, US
Thu, Apr 01, 1909
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