Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-07-18
Gathering of Officers at Springer
on Hunt for the Train
Robbers.
SHERIFF ED FARR's CAREER
He Has Been in This Section
Since 1879 and Was "a.
Fearless officer.

SPRINGER. N. NJ, July 1S.-The lat
est and most authentic account Of the
fight between officers and train robbers
at Cmarron shows a result of one man
Sheriff Farr, killed. Ills body was
taken to Walsenburg this morning.
Deputy Marshal Love is critically
wounded, steel bullet striking large
pocket knife in his pocket and driving
it through the leg near the hip, inflict-
ing a ghastly wound. John Smith,
who volunteered his services to Mar
shal Foraker, was shot through the
feshy portion of the calf of the left leg.
His wound is not dangerous.
The wounded men were brought a
distance of eight miles to Cimsrron
yesterday. The posse visited the camp
of the outlaws, which appears to have
been their headquarters for two months
past, and found one of the outlaws
horses killed and another badly injured.
The horse was shot.
The body of outlaw McGinnis, sup
posed to have been killed, cannot be
found. 1t is certain, however, that he
is badly wounded and was taken along
by his partners, the three having only
two horses between them.
Evidence found at the camp shows
concluslvely that the outlaws were the
Folsom train robbers.
WAGON MOUND. July 1S.-United
States Marshal Foraker has authorized
the following statement:
The posse which engaged the bandits
Sunday was led by Deputy U. s. Mar
shal Elliott, not Sheriff Farr. The ac-
counts sent out to the press of the
couatry yesterday were founded on
statements made by Reno, who soon
alter the firing began deserted Elliott's
POSSE and leaving his horse and rifle
b, hind got to Cimarron a fast as his
legs could carry him
United States Marshal Foraker had
entire charge of the pursuit of the ban
dts and the posse that left today in |
charge of Elliott were sent out under
his direction.
A special to THE OPTIC from Spring
er, 6led at $3.50 o'clock last night, SAID:
mo further news of the train rob-
bers tonight A posse of forty men is
out hunting the gang. Superintendent
Webb of the Colorado Southern arrived
here on special train and Superinten-
dent Hurley of the Santa Fe.ls expect>
ed soon. Captain Thacker of the Wells
Fargo express company has just left
for Cimarron by q special stage. The
bodies of the dead will not arrive until
tomorrow
A posse of officers from Trinidad ar
rived at Springer last night, accom-
panied by car load of horses. The
party was under the direction of Super
intendent Webb of the Colorado
Southern
SOMETHING ABOUT SHERIFF FARR.
Sheriff Ed Farr, who was killed by
the train robbers, came to this section
of country in 1879 with Prior Bros, a
firm of cattlemen from Austin, Texas.
lie located here, working in the cattle
business until 1881 for Francis Chitten
and subsequently was foreman of the
Mccartney ranch on Aamocita creek,
San Miguel county. Subsequently he
was connected with the Bar w ranch
of IIeckle & Mcdowell, leaving their
employ to go to Colorado, where he
located in Huerfano county. He was
well known among stockmen in this
and adjoining counties and stood high
in the estimation OF the public. About
four years ago he married Miss Nellie
Hern of this city and leaves a family of
two small children.
Mr.. Farr has been elected sheriff of
Huerfauo county, Colo, for three sue
cessiYe terms and bore high reputa-
tion as fearless officer and a brave
man. His death will be generally re-
GREETED. A brother of the deceased
lives on the Bell ranch, sixty miles east
of Springer, and has been notified by
special messenger of the sad news. The
sympathy of all is extended to Mrs.
Farr and the fatherless little ones.
Sheriff Farr was about SO years old
and, as far as can be learned, was
native Of Texas.
The masculine members of the Gise-