The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-12
ACTOR CURTIS IN TROUBLE.
HB KILLS A POLICEMAN WHO Ar
RESTED HIM IN SAN FRANCISCO.

door Running out. they found Policeman Grant
dead on the pavement with a bullet hole In MS
head. man was seen running away, and. on
being stopped, Grants handouts were found
on his wrists. A discharged pistol was found
on the pavement near the body. Tho man
gnve his name as Maurice Curtis. He denied
shooting Grant. He is in fact. NJ. b. Curtis.
well known in theatrica! circles rs samuel OF
70 en-" Curtis he'd come over 10 this city
from his homo in Berkeley and had psen
drink ing with theatrical friends.
Curtis tells the following story OF the ahair:
Il was at tho Grand Opera House last night
with my wife 10 see Bernhnrdt In Camille
/ left the.theatre about 10 o'clock to 60 to tho
Tivoli Theatre with William krelipR. one OF tho
rrorrietors We had drink together and
left him to return 10 the Opera House for my
wife. When l reached the corner OF Third
and Mission stioets was suddenly tumbled
into the gutter, aud alter that l remember
hing only narS and War ,ssE N3s
When Curtis was taken 10 Jail last night he
and ,ncoherrntly told OF his doines during the
night. protesting that he had no weapon ana
W WIZ, ,h was soe.msn srrested Curtis Is
blocks from the station. but the shooting oc;
cured within half a block Of The STATEN and
irr!ns the miadIs q .hs forehead near she hair
I've sss ans nH Il. 0' sas on sns 0f
sies 0s sH.f w TfsI wssn he
was brought 10 the station dead. Curtis
has r:Se ar Or H. SS Of hss
Success IS an actor. and no erected : large
es sfif boy 1 a. he Sid California Thsatrs in th,s
min SS poston o.
nc or In comedy parts The pistol with WHICH
Custi. shot The policeman was 1ound IN me
Curtis vas a Detroit boy. His name I:
IL pi5s h. sD SStd Esnn.
sfo as ass: 70 SSeaso
boy: Then he took to the stage;
spent a season in Toronto and anotheE "a CO.
played three seasons with Maggie Mitchell
: cna sr fs. wA ss sa
which hsd Gsen Constructed 81 him..li and
ing upon the stage on his own account. His ex-
p.cta.ions Er.a. thGuEh th sy may have t sa
MINE. and he coined mcn.y so Rapidly thai no
Was enabled to retire rich four years ago.
was IN ss .outrn Ds
sno,h.r 10 PRO: est his lnnocencs; and toId il
i. wa" s0 issoxicased and e as hs saessred eD
from his seat some one would push him back.
ANY Ny GOV God he he crIsd. ii could only recall
SsS.n had ~ p it, shot nobody
yalnly he protested his innocence Of any
oflenes; and wanted to 60 home to his wife. In
MS home in Berkeley, across Tho bay. on the
BernhsTdt n.rforinas ce. and Left his vile and
at to the the Wh.ls e.
name h. could not IseoiIse!: but we
Tho trio remsnsd in the tt ,oli until ths end
his vie While on Mission street b. was
sss sad Ges n9 OUT
to .as street There r. found hmssi 10 the
he won't with the policeman without oppo-
Why did you draw your pistol on him ?"
II had no pistol" he exclaimed. and / did
Wsntsd 10 have good Time ae and never harm
"a q : man in my life. I'm no tram robber. gem
OVer. and over again he reiterated his ienor-
ance Of tho affair until he was handcufYed and
taken OF to tho central station.
were two yoans men, TSomas Muller i rn .nd 1:
Rooney. who stood directly across tho street, |
ss NC .GR Rs
same instant the young men saw II fash. A
pis,O shot rang out II the quiet street fo
The polio ,man fell to tho sidewalk without u ,
groan. and Curtis. who O. moment before had
street. The scene of the shooting Was not
more than $50 feet from the station doors |
ns Hsarnf thu A xs1s s ss
: 6ont the prostra!e form q the dead policeman.
companed by n half dozen men who had been |
Corner Of fiIh street, Closely ruTs H"1r and I'M.
Was not oysrtaken until he had turned down
him aud walked him back past The us blaze Whers
ls,o sh9 9, ing had been dons The nppers
10 sa On he Was Il. T maa
who bad been in custody The weapon with
Which Grant IT, was killed vas not in Curtss
, S.n the corner Of Fifth street. where he had
hs. P cSrs vst OF e. T Tyo
'hortly after 10 o'clock last night. Curtis had
AND Msn he IL. IN
y srYs showing excttemen. IL bis speech. Tho
olaeed Cults under arrest. owing to y dis
lreSnce he was creating on the street and
nklng him 10 tho station, The dead police
nan was native OF Nova Scotia and had lived
q ,r "a ilornia for several years
|ndge Morley this afternoon. Curtis LOOKED
,ale and trembled: and evidently mad not slept
much since the time Of the shooting BY con.
tent the case was postponed until Monday
lext' to await tho action OF the Coroner's Jury,
In .heatrical circles in this city tho shot ting
ipon the theory that Curtis was NOT msntaiiv
esponslble for his acts. I has been known
, H.r ana that he bad acted erralicslly on
!, report got into n Circulation that his
hen" He disappsarsd one night JUS, before
Q California after disastrous road cxpsri.
me- s, !. was SAD last plight that he MAS ac-
,ot Iunrrelsoms. and would not have been
enass even ii lie had been drinking. Ae