Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-11-26
She caunot Account for Hi. strange
Actions. and Knows Nothing of
HI. Whereabouts.

Deputy United States Marshal Sam
Farmer is out of the city at this limo
and 1t seems to be n matter of con-
siderable uncertainty where he has
gone.
From the nature OF his business Mr..
Farmer was frequently away from Ills
home here and would sometimes be
gone for several weeks or even months
at time. But this time there are
some peculiar circumstances connected
with Mr.. Farmers disappearance from
Fort Worth. The home of he absent
deputy United States marshal Is "a cot
tage on Crawford street. on the south
side.
Mrs. Matte Farmer, his wife. was
seen yesterday by Gazette reporter
and seemed 10 be greatly distressed
oveh reh husbands recent stions.
When asked II she knew what had
become OF him she replied that Mr..
Farmer had left on the 22nd Of last
October and that she had not heard
from him since his departure nor had
she the most remote Idea as to where
he had gone.
dollars OF her own money on deposit
In one of the banks in Fort Worth. a
week ago last Saturday she went to
this bank to draw out a small sum of
money, which she needed to pay for
carpenters work on n new house which
she IL having erected on Galveston
gVenue. When she presented a cheek
for the amount she needed she was
surprised to learn from the cashier
OF the bank that her husband had
drawn out several hundred collars
which had been deposited in her
own name. The money had
been drawn out by four different
checks. three of these checks We're for
sl2. $50 and $50 and were cashed for
Mr.. Farmer some time before he left,
the other check for $3.50 was cashed
the day he departed. The total amount
of the money drawn out was SG72.
Mrs. Farmer states that she does not
charge that the checks were forgeries,
for they were made payable to herself,
Mrs. Matte Farmer, per S. Nj. Farmer.
When Mrs, Farmer found that her hus-
tand had drawn the money she wrote
n letter to United States Marshal II.
NJ. Love at Dallas, asking him II he
knew anything Of Mr. Farmers where
abouts, and also II there was any mon
ey due Farmer from Washington. Mar
shall Love Immediately replied that
he was very much surprised to hear
OF MIR. Farmers actions. and had no
Information as to where he had gone,
also that he did not know whether
there was any money due him from
Washington and could not tell az to
that until Farmers papers had bc2n
passed upon. Farmer had told his
wife that there was $500 due him from
the government at Washington.
Mrs. Farmer says she cannot accou ~
for her husbands strange actions.
She can hardly believe he was in his
right mind. She rays he had some-
times expressed desire to go TO South
America or some other foreign
country, but whether he has done so
is now Is more than she can say. His
mail has accumulated at the poatoflce
In lock box SO and no order has been re-
ceived to forward It. HIS wife was to-
tally ignorant that he had drawn any
of the money until the day she present.
ed the check. as she had not had her
check book balanced Mt the bank dur
ing the time. Mrs. Farmer states that
she expects to bring a suit against the
bank for the recovery OF the money
paid out to her husband. She says she
thinks It was q decidedly loose way OF
doing business.
Sam Farmer IL very widely known
through this section Of the country. He
was formerly chief OF police of Fort
Worth. and at the last election he '-ade
the race for that office as an indere nd
emit candidate against chief Of Police
James Maddox. who defeated him.
Some OF Mr.. Farmers friends think
II is probable that he has only gone on
one OF his frequent expeditions and
may return and clear matters up.