Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-06
CURRIE,
The Ked-Handed Murderer, Preparing
for His Trial, Gives out a Lying
statement that makes his
Crime Still Worse,
He Sets Up the Self Defense Plea and
Tries the Insanity DOdge-Neither
viii WIn-Justice Demands
that he shall Swing.

Dallas (Texas) Commercial: We are Ii
receipt of the following story. It is the state.
ment which the red-handed murderer of Per
ter gives cOnfidentially to his friends in ex-
tenuahcn of his horrible deed. How we ave
become posse sed of It Is our own affair, but
that 1t fell from Currie's lips, there can be 10
question. lts gauziuess, in the face of the
sworn testimony, IS so apparent that attea-
ton need not be directed to the difference,
but We publish it nevertheless, simply to let
the public know what kind of story so wan
ton q murderer can put up. Here it is, fol-
loving as nearly as possible, the story as told
by Currle: Barrymore and Porter, after the
performance, visited the gamblinghouse Of a
man by the name of Norton (who will be re-
membered here as the son-in-law of J. 2.
Horbackl. He, Currie, was there, and the
three engaged in game Of cards. the close
of which found the two actors winners of
thirty dollars. The three repaired to Har-
yey's saloon, Currie in somewhat
bad humor. As they entered, Barry
more turned and left them. Currie and
Porter walked through the lunch-room to
the saloon, where they took drink. While
they were standing at the counter, Barry
more entered with a lady, when Currie re-
marked to Porter, That's a. fne-looklng
woman Barrymore is with" The reply was
Eyes, size IS an elegant lady" Currie re-
sponded with a sighting re mark, to which
is lady" Currie then cursed him and left.
AS he walked ont Barrymore and the lady
we're conveIsing in very low tones. He
passed on, and accidentally striking a chair
exhibited pistol. After short while he re-
turned and found the two still in soto UOce
conversation. Then he addressed remssk
to the lady and Barrymore resented it. He
claimed that he fired upon this gentleman in
self-defense, and that when Porter, who had
been out of the room, returned and ap-
preached him, he thought an attack would
come from that source, and he accordingly
fred again in self-defense. He SAYS also that
after firing the shots be seated himself in a
chair and waited half an hour so- some one
TO arrest him, and finally when an officer did
appear, he quietly handed over his two pis-
tolls. SO variant Is this from the testimony
OF the eye-wItnesses we have given it thus
fully Just IN order that our readers might
see the cheekiness of the man. The same
source from which the above comes, gives us
the information that the murderer maintains
a confident air-says he has plenty of money
and won't be hung-that he acted Ia selfrde-
tense, and that after the newspaper war is
over he will get trial and come clear.
CURRIE AGAIN.
Little Rock Gazette: Mr.. w. =. SickIes, a
brakeman on the Iron Mountain road, speak
ing of Jim Currie, the murderer of B. C. Por-
ter, remarked yesterday evening to a party of
men at the Central house: "Currie was the
most murderous man | ever saw. One night
last November l went to the Texas Pacific
hotel, in Marshall, and engaged a room The
clerk, an cid man, remarked that be would
give me Mr.. CUrrIe's room; that he did not
think Currle would be in, as he was out on
the road. | took chair, and after a while a
tall, staggering man entered. A whisper
went around the room, that's Currier Cur
ne, for such 1t proved to be, walked up to the
clerk. and said: 4 want to go to my room.
The clerk, in a very mid manner, replied
Mr.. Currie, gentleman coming in just now,
asked me for Il room, and l. not thinking
that you would be back, told him that he
could go to it. But as you are here. will
assign him somewhere else, .. he hasn't gone
up yet
''Currie, furious as lion. crew a revolver,
and, placing the muzzle under the poor old
mans nose, exclaimed:
IF you breathe again till tell you, III
blow your head off
Taking the pistol away, he SAID:
Now, you id scoundrel, give me
lamp
"The lamp was given him, aud he went
upstairs"
This Is the same man Curri4 who fought
with Hayes. the same demon that has muir
dered both men and women, the same Currie
who fought in the Union army, and the same
eRe'AA VI LLCil lHdt llNtu nearly all MS lie
Cincinnati. Southern outraged Why, the
mend has committed murders under the very
nose OF northern police, and yet the outrage
IS a southern one, when the-no name is
strong enough-was raised in the north"
CURRIE ONCE MORE.
Little Rock Gazette, April 4th: Mr.. C.. C.
NJ heever arrived from Marshall, Texas, yes
-erday.
What about Currie?" asked reporter.
We'll, he Is still in JAIL" replied Mr..
u 'Keever.
Is the feeling against him very bitter?''
Very much so, but it is gradually giving
axe its course"
Don't you suppose he will be hung?"
Yes; and the same may be said of Roth
hid, also in Jail there
ler?'' ''''0' 'N' "iui-
For some time he was full of wrath. and
expressed regret that he did not Law them all
nut, but now he IS becoming calmer and not
0 vlndlctlve. 1t Is thought that his yindic-
iveness was resorted to merely as a preteTt
. insanity. But that will hardly work. |
lie, IL hang. The people of Texas demand
REFLECTION.
New Orleans Times: The actors of New
ork are raising money to prosecute the muir |
erer of b. c. Porter, at Marshall, Texas. In |
ne sense such action may be regarded as a |
election on the able prosecuting officers of |
be State, whose duty is PLAIN, without fear |
Z favor. There is no doubt that Currie will |
e tried at Marshall for murder Abe Roths- |
hid, the murderer of Bessie Moore. has |
cen tired there for a number of years. JUS |
ice may slip up on him, but he viii be tried. |
THE LAWS DELAYS.
New York Dramatic No,rs. In Nm,
oIk aud throughout this sset,4e lie m ~
lolent indignation mas prevailed since. tb..
ccurrence, and, no doubt, much of the fu-
are. OF Texas theatrically will depend uoon
le justice meted out to Currie. There are
OF few here who believe thats spite of the
circumstances, the murderer will escape, for
the laws delays are such, and
artlenlarly In Texas, that 1t will be almost
npossi0le for Mr.. Barrymore and Miss Cum
ms to attend trial, which may be called
p halt dozen times before being reached.
or, OF course, the lawyers for the murderer
nj gee that every possible delay is made to
re out any witnesses who may desire to go
q.