![]() Joseph, Kansas where he met with an Army friend. He was honorably discharged from the Quartermaster Corps on November 7, 1910. Assigned to Fort Leavenworth, McCurdy was a machine gun operator and was trained to use nitroglycerin for demolition purposes (the extent of this training was likely minimal). In 1907, McCurdy joined the United States Army. He then relocated to Webb City, Missouri. McCurdy then moved to Iola where, in 1905, he was arrested for public intoxication. ![]() He eventually made his way to Kansas where he worked as a plumber in Cherryvale. He was unable to hold a job for an extended period due to his alcoholism. Shortly after his grandfather's death, McCurdy left Maine and began drifting around the eastern United States where he worked as a lead miner and plumber. His grandfather died of Bright's disease the following month. ![]() McCurdy lost his job and, in August 1900, his mother died of a ruptured ulcer. He reportedly was a competent worker and lived comfortably until the economic downturn in 1898. McCurdy eventually returned to Maine to live with his grandfather and became an apprentice plumber. As a teenager, he began drinking heavily, a habit he would continue throughout his life. The news disturbed McCurdy who grew resentful and became "unruly and rebellious". Sadie eventually told her son that she, not Helen, was his mother and that she was unsure of who his biological father was. After George died of tuberculosis in 1890, Sadie and Helen moved with Elmer to Bangor, Maine. In order to save Sadie the embarrassment and shame of raising an illegitimate child, her brother George and his wife Helen adopted Elmer. The identity of McCurdy's father is unknown one possibility is Sadie's cousin, Charles Smith (McCurdy would later use the name "Charles Smith" as an alias). He was the son of 17-year-old Sadie McCurdy who was unmarried at the time of his birth. McCurdy was born in Washington, Maine, on January 1, 1880.
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