The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume], November 14, 1903, Image 8

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An Aged Man Found Dead This Morn*
ing at the Foot of a Pier on
$,i$ie N. P. Bridge.
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HENRY CURRY
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lie Was a Veteran and Hi$ Death Was
Probably Accidental Some
filing of the Man.
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Henry Curry, a veteran of the civil
war and a "regular" attached to the
post at Ft. Snelling, on a furlough in
this section, met death at the N. P.
railway bridge on the Fargo side this
morning between 6 and 7 o'clock. Just
how the accidcnt occurred that" cost
Curry his life is not knowii. There are
two feasible propositions advanced:
First, that he w^s struck by a .passing
train and knockcd from the bridge, and
second that while intoxicated, lie fell
from the trestle, striking in a pile of
sharp-edged granite rocikfc, tvhich were
at the base of the pier, where the body
Was found. Justice
fGearey,
strPggle
\yas depu­
tized by Coronei1 Savage to conduct an
inquest, and after the conbrerV jury
had viewed the remains and the immed
iate surroundings the body was taken
to the morgue of the Luger Furniture
& Undertaking Co.
At about 8 o'cldigk this '^morning
while walking on the Fargo end of the
Front Street bridge Officer Berg was
told that the body of a man was lying
at the bottom of the pier of the bridge.
From where the officer stood he could
see what appeared to be a man's body.
Curled up in fhe pile Of granite boul
ders. near the bridge pier. He immed
iately went to th? scene and found the
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ave several round tittiUi,
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v-^&e.haive.flie largest assortment
1. of stoves in the city and are in
position to save you at least
$5.00 to $8.00 on each stove.
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oft the ground and the officer
b^rtev^s that the miajA was dead a f^
Seconds after he' fell. To substantiate
his theory Mr. Berg states that tljepl
were a number of blood spots found 'wj
rocks jttst over th6 edge bf the tr«stff
and he holds that if the man'had fallefii
that these spots could not. have been'
there, as his skull would have been
fractured after striking the ground five
or six feet further cack from the
trestle work than were tilt blood spo^
The theory that Curry fell from the:
bridge while walking across in art in-*,
toxicafed condition is strengthened by
the statement of a man who daiftis^
that While goine Over to Moorhea^
this morning about 6 o'clock he siw ill
man fall Irqm the bridge. At first lie
thought he'had intentionally jumped,
but after th6 lifeless, mangled boi:
was' diseovered' he doncltidid1 that^
fellow wai intoxicated and had wfe
oiff the bridge. The man WhVS
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jlifclcss remains of Jerry Curry. The
ijbody was still warm, and the joints
flexible, indicating that death had lat
i-n place only a few minutes before. The
forehead was badly fractured, and
blood covered the right shoulder and
the left hand. The blood on the hand
simply indicated that before dissolution
the man had placed his hand 011 thie
.wound in his forehead. The officer tg
of the opinion, from what information
jhe gathered from those early at t$l
scene of the tragedy and from the cijS
jcumstances as they were presented,
that Curry was walking across tli£
bridge from the Moorhead side, anid
.when about two-thirds of the way ovef
jlte was run down by a train. He thinks
that after he made his exit from the
•Jridge proper and struck the trestTfe
work that he stepped off the tracks iuv
on the summit of the pier, aijd1 clinging
to the guard piece along the end of
the ties, waited for the passing of th*
train. While in this nosition his head
was struck by the pilot of the engine,
and the man's skull was fractured ahd
the body knocked'to the ground twenty
feet below. There is no evidence of
statrlfffi
this stoi^y tould not be located:
since he told'it to five or'six other gflf-i
tlenieii, whose nahies cotiid not w
learrted, remembered of seeing a
on the bridgfe abotft 6 o('cloCk in-tfi*
apparently drunken cortditioo, and th^yl
adhere to" the last theory, that Curry
fell frcm the bridge while drunk
Curry has beeti in Fargo, and Moot*)
head'since l4at July. 'He l»s been "i"'
woi^i^g first
creyjr
AXVIL# i\CdL«ur«IIV fllOOnkdld. fH
some time paw W lnft be4M ifl«(hgeh^
jWMim
neaq since t^st July,
plqyed at odd ^bs,
ah N. P. brigfee crew
Hub RestatOTkift at
Cwrfy sut^ ^ae lw
that whdf
received'-
••ft
But little sectns to be known of the
man s general history. He has beeji in
the habit of visiting this section of the
country every summer,for' a'titimbir of
years. Last sdrrflher he boarded at the
'Jfew Boston HoteJ operated by Mrs.
Stewart on lower Front Street. He
told her that he' lived at the soldier's
home in Lisbon, this state. When asked
wby he did riot stay here, he replied
that he was yery fond of the "critter"
but could not gfet liquor at the home,
and came up. here in the summer to
work and have a good time. Last sutt|
nier Curry was accompanied to Fargo
by a young 'n^phewr fie stated'to Mrs.
Stewart that he "hid a sistfef-ih Ivlinrie
apolis, but did ^pt give hef nafne. She
knew nothiiqg- -"ifya^ther"1 alxsut the man
other»than ffiat he'worktd at 'jdbs and
generally spent Jtifc money as as. he
made it fof whisky.
When the body was found this morn
ing it was. coveted. J)i.
tyiioauife-"of
cl6thes. The top suit ,wa^ that" gf the
ordinary citizen and the Urideir7 suftr" the
regulation army suit of blue.- Curry'fi
watch was in his vest pocket qnd Was
still running.. On his coat -lapel was
pinned a button with a blue background
outlined with stars and in the center
was an aitchbr. It is thought that this
is the emblem of some riaval society,
but it mfcy be that of a fraternal order.
The dead man was about 70 yea$«
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jThe
inquest over the remains of
ty Curry is in progress in Justice Gear
ey's court thjs afternoon. When the,
pockets of the clothing of the dead maij
were searched this afternoon by the
acting coroner a furlough from the
Minnesota Soldiers' Home at Minne
haha, dated Nov. 4 arid good for ninety
days' absence was found. A loaded
revolver, two gold watches and 50 cents
in money were also discovered. Judge
Gearey wired the Minnesota Home and
was informed that the dead man had
been an inmate of that place, prior to
his furlough, which was regularly is
sued, and that he had no relatives or
property. At the hour of going to
press nothing new had been developed
111 the case, and it is quite probable that
the jury will be unable to determine
whether the man came to_his death as
the result of a fall from the bridge or
that he was struck and knocked off the
trestle by a passing train. If ito relatives
are located it is quite probable that the
local G. A. R. post will see that the old
soldier is decently buried.
PURE FOOD.
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fo$$wing was taken Irani Pro­
fessor Ladd's paper in The North Da
kota Farmer: We read nearly every
week of prosecution under the pure food
law. Unreliable supply houses in the
east are dumping into North Dakota
adulterated goods, in competition with
straight goods sold by merchants of the
state. Those who deal with the Farm-
Supply House of Fargo may rest
fcss'ttred of fair treatment and the gen
hiue article.
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'Sheldon Progress: Fred Arnold, a
young man who was on the McDonald
threshing crew this season, had the mis
fortune to lose $40 recently while plow*
ing for Lew Howell. He went to work
far Howell when the machine pulled in
and lost the money out of his hip pocket
pocket one day and piowed it under.
He marked the place where he missed
it and made diligent search, but was
unsuccessful and had to leave for his
home at St. Cloud without his bunch
of his fall's earnings. The currency
Was contained in a pocketbook and it
ife possible it may be recovered next
year. But jobs plowing on the Howell |i
larm are not likely to be at a premium
on that account.
MONEY TO LOAN.
We loan money on first mortgages.
Inquire of us for rates. No comipis
sipns charged. Morton & Co.
COURT IN GRLIGS COUNTY,
v Cooperstown Courier: There were'
pnly two criminal cases tried this term.
Emil Dusbabek was placed on trial for. i
seeing intoxicating liquors, etc.. con
trary to law, in the townof Jessie and^f
the evidence was so strong that it did
not take the jury long to hand out a:
yerdk|t of guilty. ,He was fined
find ninety days in jaiV in which to p6n?
tfef ^ver the realities of life, the next
case was that of Frank Belden tdr'
iJ^tlfgging. The jury said he was
and he is turned loose to
Rnue his trade of selling poor whi
oi^eral of the civil .suits Were car
bver to the next term. The case?
W. S. Hyde Vs. the Monarch Etey^i,,,
Co. was decided in &yor
pany.
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Dieceased Had No Relatives—Was From
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