EDWARD J FARR
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Officer Rank: Posse Member
Memorial Panel: 14-E: 16
Department: U.S. Marshals Service
End of Watch: July 16, 1899
Cause: SHOT
Age: 35
Years of Service: 2
Description: Sheriff Farr, of Huerfano County, Colorado, was shot while attempting to arrest members of the Ketchum-Carver Gang who were wanted for two train robberies. U.S. Marshal Creighton Foraker assembled a posse to capture the train robbers in Cimarron, New Mexico. The train robbers were located and a gunfight ensued. Sheriff Farr was killed instantly. Posseman Henry Love was critically wounded and died four days later.
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