¶ Murder Trial in 1800s New Hampshire
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Where did you see me touching my vagina ?
Well , you just went to the bathroom , which means you wiped yourself , and now you're complaining about blue ink and I washed my hands not once , but twice .
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You have to appreciate him joking like that though . Yeah , it's very weird .
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Well , I know there's also the talk of it takes a while for the spirit to Marinate . I guess in a sense because even if you go to an actual medium , if your grandmother passed yesterday , like she or him , she's busy .
She got to get there first , she's gotta marinate yeah okay , hi , I'm jess and I'm Hannah , join us as we delve into true crime , paranormal encounters and all things spooky . So grab your flashlight and get ready to wander into the darkness with us . This is Wicked Wanderings . Hi Jess , hi Hannah , hi Rob .
Hi Hannah .
So my episode is going to take place in the 1800s yes , in New Hampshire . Yes , is going to take place in the 1800s yes , in New Hampshire . Yes , and I like how last week you , for the Josh Whitaker case , you named it after the victim , but I am not so sure that this man was not a victim .
Ooh , okay , a-a-rom .
A-A-Rom .
Oh , shaq Kenny's the officer , okay .
D-Nice .
Our person today is Daniel Davis Farmers , and his life changed on April 5th 1821 . This tale takes place in Manchester , new Hampshire , where a woman named Esther came frantically to Daniel's door to ask for help because a woman named Anna and her daughter were found quote much abused , do tell .
When Daniel got there he found a bloodied rock with hair on it and also a shovel that was obviously used for part of the attack . Strangely , he saw several burn marks on the floor , like a fire had started and then was smudged out . Anna was not dead yet but was badly beaten .
Daniel asked her who had hurt her , but he got no response , though apparently a witness statement of esther's husband , who was the woman that went his home to get him , quoted anna saying I shall hope to live long enough to see that devilish , damned farmer hanged so it could be a farmer as in an occupation , not Daniel Davis Farmer Right .
Is that Davis Daniel .
Daniel Davis , farmer .
Oh , I got it right . You did One point for me Gold star .
So when did this take place ? Again , 1821 . So way back in the day , some people just didn't have last names and they gave them last names based on their occupation .
Look at you with the history facts , so look at you , jonathan was supposed to be here today I'm sorry , no , it's just wow .
Okay , cool did you not know that ?
well , I knew that people were named like blacksmith Baker .
Baker yeah .
Banker .
Candlestick maker .
Farmer . Occupations Banker , so like my last name could be landscaper , rob landscaper .
This is so awkward . Why is this such an awkward episode ?
Okay , anyways , what would yours be ? Mine would be therapist Hannah behavior analyst .
See it doesn't work nowadays . No , it doesn't . Anna lived for seven days and the attending physician said he did not hear her make that statement . Daniel was now having to defend himself in a murder case he was being accused of . Daniel was now having to defend himself in a murder case case he was being accused of .
Daniel was now having to defend himself in a murder case . Anna was bludgeoned with a shovel and a wooden club and also the attack of her 14 year old daughter , who lived there as well . She also lived , by the way .
Oh okay , he would be hanged for this popular case in new hampshire and thousands were said to have come and see the proceedings all because she supposedly said yes , I'll live long enough to see the farmer hang yes , and and there's . There's more to it than I'm gonna okay witnesses said they saw daniel that day buy some alcohol and crackers .
It was known that daniel had an obsession with anna . There was also a rumor about an illegitimate child between anna and daniel scandalous . Daniel used to work for anna's husband but apparently it did not end well because there was some dispute over landscaping . He had done that had to be paid , and his sudden departure also . Daniel has a wife and four children .
Anna did have a husband that daniel worked for , but he had passed away . So basically this is all hearsay . Nothing seemed to be corroborated in this case . So bullshit , yeah , and it gets more interesting . So anna's daughter also was a witness that said that daniel came to their house that day drunk and smelly .
He asked to be let in and so her mother did , and daniel asked for her to have some drinks with him . He asked for her to come outside and the daughter kind of assumed what they were doing . For eight to nine minutes outside he came inside with her mother and a club in his hand .
The daughter was wondering where the club came from , but there was no anger between her mother and Daniel . It soon became apparent that the club was going to be used and Daniel said to her mother . I'm going to kill you . The daughter saw Daniel raise the club over his head and bash her mother's skull in .
The daughter tried fleeing to get her mother help , but she ended up having a blow to the back of her head that caused her to become unconscious and when she woke up she was not in the same place where she fell . She was near the bed , so he must have apparently dragged her .
The daughter watched as Daniel took pieces of clothing and lit them on fire and then used several embers from the fireplace and put them about the room , which is going to make those burn marks . The daughter was in a rock and a hard place .
She was trying to pretend that her injuries were worse so he didn't come after her again , but also wanting not to burn alive with her mother in the house , he did end up leaving and she was able to find beer that was left over to use to put the flames out . She got her mother to the bed and she covered her .
When it was the defense's turn , individuals like the man who ran the general store that daniel supposedly bought the alcohol from said he never saw him buy alcohol that day .
Another person said that the daughter should not be trusted the examiner that examined the mother after her death was asked if anna was pregnant and he said no , because there was that whole rumor that she was .
Yeah , it also was apparent that anna was already ill before the incident and that she was obsessed with daniel and was angry with him for not showing affection back to her . So this was a play to get them and to spend eternity together . The trial finished at 11 o'clock on the evening of October 9th 1821 , and the jury was asked to deliberate by midnight .
The 18 men on the jury came back with a unanimous verdict of guilty . Everyone was asked to go home and return for the judge's sentence that morning . The judge gave a long and unnecessary lavish speech , and part of it reads as such so they based it off of the hearsay yeah , and the daughter that was there . they just took everything she said as fact .
Shady shit . No physical evidence .
These reflections on your deplorable destiny excite such commiseration in us as almost to disarm my tongue from its duty . But the great interest of society , whose peace you have disturbed , whose laws you have invaded and profaned and whose future tranquility you endanger , not to be betrayed .
Listen , therefore , and reflect with solemnity as a sword of human justice trembles over you . The dread sentence must be speedily executed , and then you launch into an unknown world . The fate of your immortal soul is sealed forever . Let me therefore exhort that you stand at the eternal bar of Christ , that you seize upon the salvation by his cross .
I could say no more except to pronounce the judgment of the law , which is that you be taken hence to prison , from prison to the place of execution , and there hung by the neck until you are dead . May the God of compassion have mercy upon your soul .
So basically I hope you suffer yeah basically burn in hell they had to build the gallows especially for daniel . Until the day of his execution was on a thursday , january 3rd 1822 , at 2 30 in the afternoon . People piled in from everywhere and people even were on rooftops .
There was even a roof that collapsed under the pressure of how many people were on it , oh geez . So this was quite a show for new hampshire . The coffin would be used when he died was even part of the procession . It said that the rope was placed around his neck and daniel was physically affected by the cold .
The reverend there gave him his cloak and also a handkerchief . That he said when he was ready to die to drop it . When he finally did , he was hung and a loud crack was heard . He hung for about 20 minutes until he was pronounced dead by the surgeons present .
So my question to you , jess , yes , and our lovely wanderers , is did the daughter concoct this whole story or did daniel really murder ? the daughter was beaten as well , right so the story is is that supposedly daniel went over there drunk and he was upset , yeah , and he wanted to drink with her mother . So they're having a couple drinks .
They go outside , probably to do the dirty , apparently . They come back in . He comes inside with a club , sits back down with her , has a couple more drinks and then something occurs between the two of them .
Where he just and then she tried helping to protect her mom , he bas , something occurs between the two of them where he just and then she tried helping to protect her mom . He bashed her on the back of the skull and then she went unconscious and that's what kept her from getting more blows .
Okay , so she was actually hit on the back of the skull
¶ Speculation and Clues in Murder Case
. My line of thinking was she's 14 years old , she's a teenager . Her mom did something to piss her off and she murdered . Her mom did something to piss her off and she murdered her mom . But then who hit her ? Well , maybe in the argument .
Like maybe she got in an argument with her mom and she pushed her and she hit her head during the fight and that could entirely be possible as well .
Uh , they had to put the trial off , or at least the witness statement of her , because it took her like six months to recover from the head injury so okay , so maybe , maybe not .
I don't think he did it . There's not enough physical evidence . That's what I think I don't think he did it either , and usually if people have a head injury they don't really remember much and it sounded like she was pretty like the mother , at least was pretty bludgeon , yeah , but like the surgeons were like we can't do anything for her .
so like she was pretty like the mother , at least was pretty bludgeoned . But like the surgeons were like we can't do anything for her , so literally she was just having a brain bleed until she died seven days later .
And from the beginning I'll live until I see the farmer hang .
That doesn't seem to me like the farmer as in the occupation , not Daniel Farmer , but who knows if he really said that or not , or she really said that or not right , there's just too many unknowns to not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he committed the murder and because it was such a deplorable act , they needed a scapegoat of some sort for sure I agree
, and it sounded like there was quite a build-up between work that she didn't like .
That was completed by him . There seemed to be money owed of some sort .
But why would she go outside and have sex with him if there was work that he did ?
I mean , that's what . I'm just speculating why they would go outside for eight to nine minutes and then come back inside eight to nine minutes come on . Let's get real here that's on a good day . I mean , if you got all these petticoats and stuff , it probably takes a while to put them back on at that point , they didn't even take them off .
True , lift them up yeah , I don't , I don't know , I I don't , I don't think you did it no , and I think during that time and we talked about it briefly during the Villisca episode is like people just getting involved in crime and being a big part of it and going and causing roofs to collapse .
And I can see during situations like that , like just the rumor mill just going a million miles a minute , you know .
I think of Lizzie Borden , mm-hmm . And how big the case was and how many people were just like people were getting seriously hurt because everyone just wanted to get a glimpse of the woman that acts murderer .
Yeah , my next episode has a slight connection to Lizzie Borden . I think you'll find intriguing . I love me some Lizbeth Mm-hmm . But yeah , I don't think if he did it they didn't prove it beyond a reasonable doubt . I think they , just like you said , needed a scapegoat yeah , it was the pomp and circumstance .
Like you listened to the the judge's speech like that was only part of it , like really I mean , it was just a show .
It was a show for people to watch New England . They like to hang people here . I'm just saying that's a good story .
Thanks , hannah . I will say I thought the episode was fascinating . I wish I kind of knew more about it . But , working with what we got .
Alright , now it's time for the massachusetts unsolved cases homicide and missing persons every episode , we're going to go through this deck , grab one card and read it out and if you know any info , call the number .
Pick a card any card , miss hannah oh my god .
So this one is the five of hearts and this is for Jean Bones Cologne , On September 28th 2012, . The victim was fatally shot while he was outside Anthony's nightclub in South Hadley . That's the strip club .
It is right across the street from a church which I sang at a competition at that church .
Oh , by the way .
I think it's called life dream , right ? I don't anyways church .
If you have any info about this case , please call 1-855-MA-SOLVE .
That's all the info that I was shot outside the front .
What's funny is my husband and the guys in his unit would tell people they're going to church and they really be going to the strip club yeah , you know what's kind of funny is if , uh , your significant other has your location on your phone , you say , oh yeah , I'm going to church , but you go to anthony's cross street . I mean , you really can't tell .
Sometimes it's off . It's like when I go to work and it shows up magically at Barnes and Noble . I was at work the whole time , the whole time .
I don't know why my phone Is your work close to Barnes and Noble , yep , oh it is . Do you know , whitney ?
Yeah , that's my cousin , oh yeah .
So she's joining our wicked wanderings podcast group chat . Oh and there's some questions that you have to answer to get in , and the first one is what episode is your favorite ? She says I love episode 25 where Hannah and her mom talk about Scotland .
The Lizzie Borden episodes were very gripping Great cliffhangers on those and episode two is still a favorite , even though it's horrible to think about .
Oh , yes , yes , that's the Hi-Fi Murders . Yeah .
I haven't listened to any of the newest episodes yet . I need to do some catching up .
Get on it , Whitney . I love the long response . Thank you for actually giving feedback .
It's appreciated and I miss your face .
And then the next question is do you agree to the rules from the admin ? I agree .
Oh geez , Shout out to Whitney .
Episode 25 . That seems like a fairly newer one . Oh , we're on episode 39 , so what was 25 ? Oh yeah , that was the scottish .
Oh , feels like that was only a couple weeks ago . Yeah , time has been flying here at wicked wanderings oh okay , I haven't approved yet .
I'm gonna going to approve her now , yeah do it .
Her and her sister talk a lot about it .
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