, 1879-03-25

m,cv tronna attnr hnrIn,, ,,orforc,ot nj stnr.
shall shat tho Night before. went 10 Tue depos ior
tie puFpo1c OF eaklnE INC east-hounu train tor
Tc1arkann. Aiessrs. Maurice barrymore nntl
II. c. Porter, With Miss Josephlno Baker, eu-
tered the "wnito House y restaurant for tho
pu'pose ol aot'!nR 'uncn. eaffle was III tho
place, drunk. lie was bttting on high stool
in Tic saloon, which ID In tho rear us,tl divided
fron, thc frnut nv a tatttco ,nrt,. Tim vfev'
h,,,-arn. ~ ~: fr,rt .oon, ,r,. ,,,,, A. t,,a
"cfol' " NV no"s 1oola WA p'h''' no NV
party entered, CurE'o mado remark to the
effect that the lady With tile party Was prostt-
tutc, Siding protano remark concerning her.
49, ~. ,.. 'psa. oa "au ..o. W
Quiet; th!s lady Is under our projections you
arc mistaken In what You eny."
Cu.rte, descending from hts position, rttort.
c.1. !. .Whnt horc vn, mi n do win 4 -
sa,,, ~ ,as, aa'1 ,.,". ~ 49, i. ,.a,,, n.
sous 10 you "ant to take 1t upf" barry
mora answered, "No, am not ARMED Rn'f
can't do 1t; hive not got even pocket
bmt vou can,s t,It ~ mn IN ,l,at v,v. -
out 5ou cant talk 10 me N shat way,
and fired upon sF. Barrymore. Tic shot took
a.,i coming TX out Ut behtnd liz % SHOULDER bh 5iadc.
Tho wounfiei mnn etapnrrcd. ami imInedfafnIv
Mr. Porter iumncd up. and, placInr lis hai1ti Of,
Currlo's shoulder. sa|d, III Now, hoi,l op; jcrs
Ectk1n thl8. nF[! Jnn'f IPf II further. Wa
ars iii unarinei, ani waos "a no no trouble with lh
your Currte turned upon him, and, saving,
i You aro III It, too, arc Youl Ilrcd upon hin.
Thu hail entered his abdomen, piercing hts
bowels .al"l coming out ,,on the left
eiuo OF tl,e oooy. forief 1cll ahd Curflo
Ied T., anoshcf n shot ,,o At hm after hc was
W tlie iiour. Jnst tnsh rai1road n1ah entefed
tt!e room md Cutrie fired Upon him. Neither
Of these two shots took elect, howIVer. tfr.
porter ps,.1:c expired about fty minutes after tho
Ar!nE: @ =. ~,
Ihe report OF the st'ots attracted to the spot
m m old tnat', a poltcsran,, named Frctz Of
Frcdcrirks, who walked up to Cnrria uutl tuld
1im ln to eonsdrr himself prisoner. Drawing
Is"So Se ol M G'fe e @ @
"Well, l atn gatttnE old, ard, lsavon's Gor
great ~ |',tie to ltyo anyhow and yon may tut
M xii Ts %a1 M s Up ; yoas e @ tosS to g wt @ r. Ss Or t.
ot the prisoner. Cnrsic weakened, ANIL. Eir!ng
up his arms, quietly permitted lltu,sclf to bo
escorted to 1ai!. lhe old man vas not armed
q ,!e tine Ok milking the arrest, save shat he
tic matter, ovcn going so fur viii, ilis cooincss
MS to walk into Tho Texas nrl pac!ac Hotel and
G1k for by ,a, 1 tess N @ t. s1oo tako
1nat1o his boast tliut be would not 10 IT.
rested. ami here he Raye h1nsoli up
,Ml,cn the officer ot the lay called for hi'n:
II tic awful crime, we're outraged IN fceliny,
Of such hivl'.hn.lsd yplatlon, ot the law ot the
land. 10 strong did this feeling run that thcru
tho Idea Of TN quick shift and short rope"
Other colinscls prevailed. however. md tho
murderer was permitted to ro,auiu In Ills cell IN
the jail.
James Curric, tho cnusc OF oil this trouble, Is
nj, NH tof1ronA ntuEnnar Tn fRtE ht, At
Charge q Il locomotive on tho Knnsas m 'Pacsfic
lsoad, hut wus utter ti,nc discharged for reek-
less running Ut his engine. 1t Is said ,hut dur
ing ILLS stay in Kansas ho twice Or three times
man. OF this part OF his history, however
there Is hut little That ean DO correctly stated
tic number Of men llo hns kiilcu, ono party
uvcn going 20 far as to state that lo was On eye-
witncss L, tic killing by him OF six negroes
From the Kansas Pacific he next went % thu
Union Pacific. aud there remained until he catna
to Trxae, Here he was engaged Tor q ti,no r,lp-
Ming On cueine Tor The +. s r., but as In tic
Knt,sas caso was discharged for reckless rilltag.
Hc afterwards was Given tho postton OF dotcc-
tire, a place b. has held Tor something