Sam Farris, Deputy Sheriff

Canadian County Sheriff's Office

Deputy Farris recognized the outlaw brothers James and Victor Casey in front of the Walker Saloon in Yukon on Monday, May 21, 1894. The Casey brothers were wanted for the murder of the two Townsend brothers in El Reno earlier in the month. As the deputy started to arrest them the Casey brothers opened fire on him, killing him but not before Farris wounded “Vic” in the foot. Vic died of blood poisoning from the foot wound on November12th. Jim Casey was killed June 30, 1895, during a jailbreak from the Oklahoma County Jail in Oklahoma City.