The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-02
POINTS IN THE HISTORY OF
CURRY ALIAS SAUNDERS
IN GALVESTON.
he HUNTS UP BOOM TOWNS
Graveyard Ghouls at Work Near Fort
WOrth-Dreadful Death of Conductor
O'Hara-Negro Rapist Con-
Victed.

GALVESTON, Tex, April 1.-The craksmar
John B. Curry, alias Saunders, is still il
town under police surveillance. When seeL
tonight he was undecided what to do, Oh
where he should go. He said he had beer
notified by the chief of police that Gal
weston was not healthy place for mar
of his repute to reside in. He said he was
dead broke, and while good matchmaker
willing to work honestly at his trade, he
he could not expect any reputable
man to give him employment after
The publication of the Ell Dorado atfail
in which he had no participation, and
knew nothing about it until six weeks age
when he was advised of it, and the parties
who were in it. He said things looked
rather black for him, and while he was
anxious and willing to lead an honest up
right life in the future, it seemed that every
mans hand was against him and forcing
him to associate with criminals and pursue
their unlawful methods for a livelihood.
The world, however, owed all men living,
and he was going to have his. While down
in luck at present, he was not discouraged,
bui would bob up serenely' some where,
but where he was TOO discreet to tell.
When asked where he hailed from he
replied Joplin, Mo-, where he was en-
ployed in power shop, on whose card was
the legend "things goes"
When asked what had become of his old
partner, Creighton, he said he received u
letter several weeks ago from a mutual
friend of Creighton and his idea was that
jim Creighton was out of trouble, and that
he (the friend) had signed Jim's note for
5000.
All efforts to draw Curry out as to his
past life proved unavailing, but he has
been all over the west Pacific slope and
southwest in the past fifteen years and is
one of the keenest and slickest men on the
road today.
Despite Curry's cautiousness the follow
ing facts were cleaned of his career in the
past four years: He was pinched in Los
| Angeles, Cal, during the boom there for a
trick of $1,000, and after a detention OF
twenty days was set at liberty. He was
arrested in Kansas City, Sept. 25, 1890, with
$4,000 worth of diamonds, which he sent
another man after to the express office,
and when taken before Chief of Police
Spears he said his name was S. 2. King.
Spears turned him over to Pat A. Keefe,
chief detective of the Chicago and st Paul
Railway Company, for an express job done
t9OON
money was taken. The express officials
not being able to identify Curry, he was
held one day in Austin and then taken to
St. Paul, where there was a sheriff from
Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin, each with
requisitions for him for some crime COM
mitted in their respective states, but being
unable to identity him, Curry was turned
loose. He has been in the clutches of
Pinkerton's men, who failed in making a
case against him.
He was also arrested in other parts of the
country but he will not disclose where and
is also wanted in other parts. He first
came to Galveston last April under the
name of W. B. Miles and worked in Mi
gels pawn shop at his trade where he was
employed when recently arrested and while
here was approached to do a job but de-
cined and soon after LETT and went to
Kerens, Texas, and remaining there short
time went to Minneapolis.
Curry seems to make it point to follow
up booms and generally succeeds in getting
in his work in boom towns, but Galveston
not being of that order he did not attempt
to queer anybody here.