The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-03
CURRY AT DELAWARE
Will Not be Arraigned Until
A Next Week. r 4
additional Stories of the Shooting
uf Jackson at the Inquest Today
Pictures Taken.

reports are true, the defense in the
case of the State OF Ohio against
IL. r.. Curry, for the murder of
| John William jackson, will argue
the case from the standpoint that
Curry was temporarily insane when
he shot and killed Jackson on the
afternoon of Monday, November SOth.
1T is stated that Detective Curry
acted strangely while in the presence
of squad of railroaders Monday
morning and it is believed that he
was suffering from a peculiar men
tai disability. Several raiiroaders
who were working near the Erie
round house Monday declare that he
approached them early in the fore
! noon and made the statement that
he had not made an arrest for some
time and that he would have to get
Ilbusy. Furthermore, they allege that
while talking to them, he related
a tragieal episode in which he took
part and in concluding his narra-
tive he is said to have remarked
that he was a brave man and not
afraid of anything or anybody.
Other railroaders familiar with the
actions of Curry state that he was
exceedingly peculiar and half the
time seemed to be in dreamy state
Of mind. They claim that he was
often heard to boast of what he
would do in case that anyone tried
to get the drop on him. The rail-
readers believe that he had an idea
that he had authority to shoot any
body down in his tracks in case
that he even hesltated in doing the
officers bidding,
1t is believed that the insanity
plea is all that will give the de-
tectiye show and II is very prob
able that it will be brought into
the trial. 'lII L
CURRY STILL IN DELAWARE,
The authorities at the Delaware
county Jail state that Curry seems
TO eat and sleep well and does not
apparently realize the serious ma
ture of his trouble. The time has
not been set for mis- arraignment
but 1t Is probable that he will not
be brought to this city until the
early part of next week. There was
talk of returning the prisoner Thurs
day morning but the attorneys for
the defense were not ready for the
arraignment and II was dropped in
definitely.
The question has arisen as TO
whether or not the prisoner will be
allowed TO give bond. Some attor-
neys state that man charged with
first degree murder cannot be releas-
cd on bond while others claim that
unless the evidence of his guilt is
very strong, the constitution holds
that he Is eligible to bond. 1t is.
very probable, however, that the
court would refuse an application forf
bond in this instance. b
iD Coroner e. l.. Brady uncovered a.
great deal more important evidence,
Wednesday afternoon. The inquest
will continue several days as
number OF witnesses who have been
subpoenaed are out of town and will
not return for few days.
The most important testimony
submitted so far during the inquest
was given Wednesday afternoon
when the coroner took the testimony
of George w. Kuntz of Kenton, who
was one of the nearest eye witnesses
OF the shooting Kuntz was crossing
the corn field where the shooting
occurred, intending to go from the
Erie transfer TO the Evans stone
quarry, where he was going to ap-
ply for work The witness will be
the leading one in the trial. fl
Following Is Kuntz's testimony as
II was submitted in the inquest: u
'About the middle of the after
noon as | was crossing the corn
field, just north of the Erie tracks,
saw the man that did the shoot
Ing, said TO be curry AIr. Curry
evidently saw me and motioned 1or
me TO come to him. | was directed
towards Jaekson's home, near the
place that the family was husking
corn. | was about seventy-five feet
from them. l hear loud talk while
/ was sitting by a corn shock. |
got up as they We're talking and
noticed that the large man (Curry(
took hold OF JacI1son's coat. The
little man jerked away from him
and started to walk rapidly away
from him, eastward. He took several
big steps, stopped over and pulled
up corn stubble and stood facing
Curry, with the stubble in his hand.
He stood still, not attempting or
making any motions to strike the
officer.