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Show ALLEGED CONFIDENCE MAN IS IN CUSTODY A man giving tils name as M. F. Cur-ran Cur-ran was arrested yesterday by Detectives Cleveland and Carstcnsen and will be held In tho city Jail to answer to a charge of bunkolnjr HtraiiRors. Tho do-tcctlvcs do-tcctlvcs fay that they have sufficient evldenco to make a cood case against Cumin and that they bcllovo they are warranted In holding him. Curran'n specialty, according to the detectives, de-tectives, la to meet farmers and laborers when they arrivo at tho dopotu and offor them a job on his father's farm. On tho way up town he makes some purchases purchas-es and finds that ho has nothing smaller than a ?20 bill, which the merchant cannot can-not change. So ho borrows some monoy from hla new friend until he gets up to "dad's office." Then ho leaves the atranger at the bottom of tho elovator while he goes up to get tho change. He doesn't coma back. |