Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-29

went to the homo Of her parents in
Leon. Farren was heard of here In
Kansas City twice and once the
sheriff came here but got no trace Of
him. Cards were sent all over the
country offering reward for his ar
rest. It appears that before Farren
left he turned over some paid up in
surance to the receivers Of the bank
but the sheriff said the papers had
not been signed. Recently, Humph-
rey said. money was offered Mrs. Far
rem If she would procure the sigma
ture Of her husband. She wrote
letter Immediately to IN. D. w.
Adams. General Delivery, Kansas
City" and mailed It. Sheriff Humph-
rey and his deputy came Oh the same
train with the letter and the arrest
followed. Farren has three children,
boys 2 and years old, and a girl 8
years old. Recently Farren has been
living at the Metropolitan hotel on
West Fifth street. Letters in his
room show that he had used the name
Of George NJ Oliver and also M. D. w.
Adams In answering newspaper >,ad-
vertisements and applying for clerical
positions which he never got.
Glad to Go Back.
II am glad I am going back"
said Farren yesterday, glad it is all
over. will at least get to see my
family and that everlasting haunted
fear will leave met has left me
now in fact. l am going back willing
~ and hope to have no trouble in es-
tablishing my innocence. My leaving
home just after the bank failed was
merely coincidence. had to do
something to support my wife and
children and couldn't to it there.
II did not change my name until
saw in the papers here year ago
that I was wanted back home. have
tried many times to get Office work
CURED and those. could not give
with my fictitious name. have done
the hardest kind of work, by the day
and even by the hour. No matter how
little, wages I got took out only
enough for bare necessities and the
rest went to my wife. had been able
to send her about $50 a month.
III the officers had not located me
and come for me-" Farren continued
sadly, II would have landed back
home anyway. Once l saved up $40
for that purpose, but my room was
entered in July and the money stolen.
My lot has been hard one. There
Is an old saying which says, Those
who dance must pay the fiddler Well,
II danced any in the past l have
paid the fiddler over and over again
in mental anguish and happy am
that 1t Is soon to end"
Sheriff Humphrey left at o'clock
yesterday afternoon with the former
bank cashier, handcuffed to his right
wrist. The prisoners hat was pulled
down over his eyes. He appeared hui
initiated. Farren was not told Of the
nine counts against him. He was
only told of one, the charge that he
had embezzled the school fund.
| A bunch of keys belonging to the
R. A. Long building was left al
police headquarters with instructions
that they be given to the head JAM
tor.
An Expert Window Washer.
Farren during his stay in Kansas
City had gained the reputation of be
ling the best window washer in the
city. He has been sought after by tho
head janitors of the big office build
ings, and by his diligence and ex
ceptionally good habits, has attract
ed the notice of the owners. Hi
came to Kansas City from Chicag.
and was first employed as window
washer in the New York Life build
ing. Later he worked at the Argyll,
building and about May l took plac,
as window washer at the R. A. Ions
building.
!, "He was the best window washer
have ever seen" said Hughes Bryant
manager Of the Long building, las
might. "He has not only shown hi
capability but has proven himself a
! ideal empl ye.'
The head janitor at the Long built
. ing in conversation with Fare
? attempted to draw from him some
thing of his life history but succeede
). only in elicting the information tina
t his former home was in Iowa. He wa
: Ipaid SOS a month.
The zeal of reform is most conspi
4 uous in neighbours field.