, 1879-07-15
CURRlE'S CRAFT.

Tho villain Almost Cortaln to Exoape
Justlco.-fiow Criminals Arc Clonrul III
the Paradise of B1urlcrors.
Correspondence n st. Loufs 0'nos. Democrat.
MARSHALL, Tex, July 7.-AB there seems to
DO m attempt by paid miscseants In Texas to
manufacture public opinion tn behalf Of the
cowardlv scoundrel Jim Currie. the bestsal mur-
dercr OF Porter, your correspondent cannot re-
frau from statlug some plain facts. lie has
been resident Of TetBs fifteen years; durlNg
that time has watched courts, juries, and cglu-
tuals, aud knows what he Ia talking about.
In tie North It Is q matter Of establishment
that Cur5Ia would not have been Immediately
brought to The bar OF Justice, but asasl mono
whatever Ia Texas. The counsel for the prison-
er had ample t'ne to prepare bis defense; yes,
thrice ample. The time was also exceedingly
ample for tho 1cfenao to have procured all the
necessary witncsacs-tlers werc, ia fnct, only
two or three material wituesacs to 10 Ind In tile
whole business, because Barrymore; Miss Cum
u,tns, anl thu restaurant~Rceper we're about tho
ou!y persons who really witnessed tile brutal
cntls Of tustIre On both aIdcs-tha State and
defcnsc-uas anu had been prepared. Judge
Booty knew this Us we'll "a any lawyer At his
bar, ntxl 1t is but shallow and contempttble
rotanse 10 say he DID not. Hut the delense, ~
order to wear out witnesses aud secure tho at-
vattnGcs Of the continuance dodge, ever potont
In Texas, altnply needed timo to buas the case
This Judge BOOTY also know 1s well as tho
prisoner md his counsel. So the defense al.
icgetl tho absence Of w1tBessea who never saw
tho murder, mud probably never heard Of It, Or
probably who never had any, e1stence.-as Ia
not uutFcqucutlY the case in Texas. Tho prison-
ar s"ears to It, because = Lsxas murderer
cogutzaus Of the whole miserable sham and It's
ubierts, pyapts continuance, which, under q
law paasc1 BY tho pEcsent Legislature OF Texas,
he was not bound to DO. HT that law judge
can thus c1erctse hls own discretion Wllother to
continue case or mt; formerly he had not
thut puWer, but was forced 10 continue whun
asked bY some h1s,ot,y villain or cut.throat. The
Inference from all this is that the Court, II rot
Who s!vw Porter, Il willing 10 allow tAs villain
| the best chance OF escape on most ridiculous
pretaxt-lhe absence of !he everlasting ma
tcrtnl witncss,n who has come to be tiIe laugh.
ing-atock Of Texas.
ihs tactics evidently to be practiced to get
Curris clear are tho satne "a these that l,Arc
proved 10 cffeetua! In the celebrated Block sntl
Walker case, fr0ul Galveston County, which ran
through i've years. on one pfetense " another,
aud tn which, from all the cdsrunstances britt
cry was tnauileatlJ evident, since no Judge
could posslbly hays allowed SUCH u tnoeIefy ol
| justice, or have granted reversals ind eontta'
On sSfs a@:
Walker Anl Block both finally escaped alto
| gether, aud arc now FREQ
TO gain hla liberty and bs ehla to kill few
moro innocent, unaf,ncd people, Curae and his
counsel must get sid Of Barry more aod Mia.
Cumming. They will 10 wcsf1eu and worried
or bullied until tlIeir attendance ID M lange.
practicable Or possible. AZ fes the Texas vi
mess, ts t,as been approached aFealv With offett
| OF bribery, and hi Testimony could Is easly
got It'd Of. II the re1us stylo Is adopted In hi,
case, lie will bs paid 70 lea9e tho country. BY
this continuance, which gtses = halt year more
ting, the Aefea.s evidently calculate on "
death ot Miss Cumtntns, or Ut lcass. by .ths
Hct!ou Of the great anl good Judge Booty, tAei
| hare sel:urcd thu ch2nces Ut such aR event
Which, II Jlm Cur1te os h!s dirty agents had lht
opportunity, would doubtless bo hur9ed ou b
posun,-s nude vi tsestl0ont which bxs not un
frequently becn scsorteu to IN Texas to get II.
Of dangerous witnesses, when shooting then
u,!ght tttrart too much asleutton. Biz month
from now the dntebss will ask for anothct COO
tlnuanca, aud Currle Will swear aoms isnuEiaarl
Witness IL abscut; the sYmputhctIe Court, VIII
moisture in liz eyes. will pfoosbl!
graut smother SIX month"; poetponesnent
aud 10 the case will rock Rloni
till jim Cursle IL turned iooso, free, aud Texa
hero. In the meantime, to say Anrthing aRains
Currio here IL 10 abuse Texas Hll1 "slaldsr t4
people Ut Texas" which u the sctsaip Of tl