The sun., 1900-03-05
BULLET REACHED HIS HEART
John G. Farra, the B. & 0.
Railroad Cashier, Com
mits Suicide.
HE WAS I'LL FROM OVERWORK
Went to His Office at the Market
street Station, Barred His Chest,
Placed the Revolver Against
His Heart and Fired
Two Shots.

Great was the CONSERVATION in this
city yesterday when it was learned that
John Q. Farra, cashier of the freight de-
partment in this city of the Baltimore &
Ohlo railroad, had committed suicide.
NO cause can be assigned for Mr.. Farra' ]
actioh unless IL was temporary insanity.
| AS is customary with Mr.. Farra he
went to his office in the B. & o. Market
street station about 8 O'Clock Yesterday
morning. At 5 o'clock he was fonnd
dead with two bullet holes in his breast
About | o'clock he was heard t1 wall.
from his office to the centre room. which
Is used to keep the paper presses and
other odds and ends in. 1t was in this
room that Mr.. Farra was found.
He vas first seen by Night Watcbman
iatrlck Murray, who had just gone on
dnty ana was going his rounds to Sc that
everything upstairs was fastened up for
the night. On discovering Mr.. Farra
lying on the floor, he eXcitedly ran down
TO the ticket office and told ticket agent
!: ~ Hitch, that Mr.. Farra was dead
Mr. Hitch hurried upstairs and was met
with spectacle that few men care to see
a second time. Mr.. Farra was lying I'M
the floor with his coat omen and b;s
breast exposed. There were two hnllet
holes, one six inches below the collar
bone In his chest, and the other one
three inches to the left towards his
heart. The first shot did not take effect
and Mr.. Farra being determined in Ills
effort tired the second time. To iudpe
from the looks of the wounds the tirst
time he shot he did not put the revolver
against his chest, as the bullet took an
upward course. The second time the re.
volver was placed against his chest. The
revolver used was of thirty-two calibre
and single action.
When found by Mr.. Hitch the bodv
was cold, which showed that Mr., Farra
mad been dead for sometime. Beside
MN IN the room was a tub of water
winch ne would in all probability have
used to diown himself with haa tbe
SHOTS not taken sufficient effect to ki,l
nm, put had made him too weak.tn T
shoot another time. Coroner Nandever
WAS notified and the body was taken to
the mofgue.. u was later turned over to /
uhdeftaker Wilson who enbamcd it and /
sent It TO the Farra home, No. gO2 West |
Ninth street
Mr.. Farra had been cashier Of the
freight department in this CITY of the
Baltimore q Ohio railroad since il con-
sumed the old Delaware Il Western
railroad He Was auditor Of the Dela.
ware X Western road at the tins it was
consumed by the E. & q. Mr.. Farra
was q prominent Democratic politician
lie was once president Of the CITY Coun-
ell. having been elected by large ma
lorlty az the time Austin Harrington
defeated John Dougherty for mayor.
Mr.. Farra leaves wife and one child. 4
poy apont ! years old. His wife was a
Miss 6lller,. OF Kennett Square, Pa. He
L. Church. G
Before he committed the act he left
two letters, one for his wife and one for
James /. Higgins, also of the b. 80.
In the letter to his wife, Mr.. Farra
stated that he was i'll from overwork.
and in the letter to Mr.. Higgins he left
the combination to the safe. Mr.. Hig-