F.M. FARRAR
Arizona Republican Newspaper
July 4, 1902

The latest concerning the disappearance of F.M. Farrar, who 
dropped out of sight in Bisbee in the sixth day of last March 
is that he is a dead man, whose body was found near Santa Rosa 
New Mexico last Saturday, says the Bisbee Review.

The Farrar mystery has been the most sensational in the 
history of Bisbee.  All sorts of theories have been advanced 
to account for the motive which prompted him to leave the 
city.  He was employed by the New Liverpool Salt Company of 
San Francisco and when he disappeared, all his accounts were 
straight.  W.M. Appel, a skilled detective employed to 
ferret out the case scoured the entire southwest for 
Farrar but the latter, after gambling away considerable 
money here and in Tucson had utterly disappeared and no 
one was able to trace him.  It was thought that Farrar 
had gone to work for the Bisbee railroad or had gone to 
Cananea but each when run down proved to be a mistake.

The dead man found at Santa Rosa had either been murdered 
or had taken his own life.  The victim was a man of about 
fifty and the countenance was unrecognizable.  He was dressed 
in a new suit of blue serge, new blue underwear and new 
shoes.  Two teeth were out in the lower front jaw and ten 
dollars were found in his pockets, also two guides, one 
a Colorado Southern and the other a May Rock Island 
folder.  A note was found stating that he was tired of 
being followed by detectives.  A revolver of 38 caliber 
was found by his side with a bullet hole in his head.