Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-03-31
CURRIE A CORPSE.
The Murderer of Actor Porter Shot by
Bartender The Big Land Swindle Under
Litigation at St. Louis Swindling Real
Estate Agents Temporarily Released
From Jail to Testify miscellaneous
Crime and Casualty Record.

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Estate Agents Temporarily Released
From Jail to Testify -Miscellaneou.
Crime and Casualty Record.
PoRTER's MURDERER SHOT.
PHILADELPHIA, March 30.-A private mes
| sage from Los Vegos, New Mexico, says;
Jas. Currie, the murderer of the well known
and popular actor Porter, formerly connected
| with Furbish's Fifth Avenue Combination,
was shot and killed in this place March "a.
Currie, it appears, got on a drunken spree and
threatened to kill several people. Among the
persons threatened was the bartender of sa
loon, who shot CurrIe in self defense. A party
of railroad hands, friends of the dead man, at
tempted to lynch the bartender, but the sheriff
succeeded in gettingshim to Jail. A coroner's
inquest was held and the jury at once returned
verdict of shooting in self defense.
THE BIG LAND swINDLE.
ST. LOUIS, March 3O.-The United States
grand jury is investigating the big land
swindle recently discovered here. Cyrus
Smith, real estate operator in Chicago, lately
indicted for conspiring to defraud the govern
ment in presenting straw bonds from match
factories, was brought here this morning from
the Chicago jail by United States Marshal
will testify before the jury. 1t is said he has
large amount of information regarding the
operations of the land ring. j. s. Wolfe, an
other real estate. agent, of Chicago, was
brought in on an attachment this morning,
and will also be required to tell what he knows
about the frauds.
RAILWAY DEPoTs BURNED.
MONTREAL, March 30.-The passenger and
freight depots of the Occidental railway burned
this forenoon. A quantity of gunpowder
stored in the latter exploded, blowing the
building to atoms. and seriously iDjuring W.
Payette. Philip Provost was killed during the
excitement by an engine running over him.
Loss, $4,000.
ONE LESS DESPERATE.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. March 30.-The leader
of gang of burglars passing under the name
of Sutton, but whose real name is Chastaine,
an escaped convict from Missouri, was ar
rested last night, and on attempting to escape,
was shot deaf by the officers.
WIPED OUT BY CYCLONE.
GEORGIA, Ala, March 3O.-Jack Embrey,
wife and two children-the entire family
were killed by a cyclone in Randolph.
"A HOAX.
To Pc KA, KS, March 80. The reported rob
berry of the Santa Fe train near Albuquerque, lis
emphatically denied by the officials of the
road here A man named Brown, who was an
employe of the Adams Express company, was
killed by the city marshal Of Alboquerque.bu
the killing had no significance which may
cause sympathy for the express COM
pany.
ON FIRE.
BRADFORD, Pa, March 30.-Ol on the sur
face OF Luna creek from leaking tank IN the
lower part OF the city was set on fire this
morning by live coal from locomotive.
Before the fire could be subdued the railway
bridge and j. W. Licke's wheel factory were
DESTROYED. Loss on bridgfSS, 900, and on fac
tory $1,000.
LEADv1LLE IRE.
LEADv1LLE, Col, March 30.-The fire last
evening destroyed the saloon owned by D.
Cowell and McDauiels' theater, owned by
schlissinger Bros, and damaged the Central
restaurant $1,000. Loss on saloon estimated
at $4,000. Loss on theater, $4,000. All fully
insured. Incendiary.
DEATH ON THE RAIL.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Ia, March 30.-A special
to the Nonpariel gives the, particulars of Sc
rious accident on the Rock Island road near
Walnut, this county, freight train bound
west demolishing the cars of construction
train, including the caboose. In the latter
were about twenty five employees, all of whom
were more or less injured and several proba-
bly, fatally, the latter including Henry
johnson, Theo. Chapman, engineer of the
construction train, Frank Rakestraw, engineer
of the freight train. Fred Sarcke, Mike Daily,
John Draper, John Sharp, Fl. Kaller and Sam
ooodapf he rper1lt nf foi1yIrp
of an operator to place signal for the freight
to ston at Walnut.