Obit: Farmer, Hugh January 19, 1890 *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Wicklow Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: J.M. Sweets jmsweets@sunflower.com March 12, 2013, 10:45 pm FARMER, HUGH JANUARY 19, 1890 Daily Alta California, Volume 82, Number 20, 20 January 1890 "MURDERED FOR HIS MONEY A Wealthy Missourian's Body Found In the Ruins of His House. Kansas City, January 19th [1890]. A Times Springfield, Mo. special says: At 10 o'clock last night the house of Hugh Farmer was burned to the ground. Farmer perished in the flames. An investigation of the ruins showed that coal oil had been freely scattered about the house, and it is believed that some of Farmer's negro tenants murdered the landlord for his money and then set fire to the house to cover up their crime. Farmer was a native of County Wicklow, Ireland, and the son of wealthy parents. His family objected to his marrying a housemaid, and he came to America and invested money in a Missouri farm and other real estate. He lived the life of a hermit and accumulated a large amount of money from real estate deals." In Public Domain: Credit: California Digital Newspaper Collection, Center for Bibliographic Studies and Research, University of California, Riverside, http://cdnc.ucr.edu