The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1916-01-25
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COMMUNITY
Jesse McCurry Runs Amuck Near
Parlor Grove, and Is Adjudged
Insane and Sent to Asylum

Jesse McCurry, who moved into
the southern part of Lincoln from the
mountains of Johnson county, about
four or five years ago, terrorized the
Parlor Grove neighborhood last FRI
day, with a shotgun, and 1t required
quite an amount of strategy on the
part of Deputy Sheriff Monroe
Thompson and a posse of men, TO
CAPTURE him and bring him to jail
here. He was tried in county court
Saturday where jury found that his
mind was not right, so he was ordered
to the asylum at Lexington.
M-Curry, who is a young man.
about 25 years of age, and mem
be, of a we'll known family in that
part of the county, seemed to take
a notion to ''run amuck" very sud-
denly. Together with Jack Lay, his
brother-in-law, he had started rabbit
hunting. He induced. Lay to empty
his gun, and then threatening Lay
with the shotgun he carried, which
was loaded, had Lay marching up and
down the read fer quite while, and
nut Lay through all sorts OF antics
Jarvis Burleson and Ansel Petrey
came by, and McCurry stopped them.
NcCurry's aged mother, Mrs. Louis
McMurry, came out to demonstrate
to the crazed man who turned his gun
toward her, and compelled her to
4smarch." He soon tired of this, SO
still threatening them with the shot
gun if they did not obey, ne waved
Law. Petrey and his mother, off down
the road, telling them to go nome,
while he proceeded to "march" Bur-
Lesson a while. This did not suit Bur-
Lesson. a little bit and at the first OPP
nortunity. Burleson event for NC
Currev and for a while they had 1t,
rough and tumble, all over the place.
Although Burleson is the larger man.
McCurry in his mania, seemed to have
the strength of a giant, and ne got
Burleson down, and gouged one OF
his eyes almost out. Petrey seeing
the mans predicament, ran to ms
rescue. and pulled the crazy man on
inst in time to save Burleson's sight.
- McCurry Their went to blacksmith
sbon where he broke his shotgun over
an anvil, and laid out an assortment
of heavy hammers, as if to defend
himself with them. In the meantime
news of the mans actions had spread
over the community, and a warrant
was sworn out for him. Deputy Sher-
iff Monroe Thompson together with
Mack Eubanks, Gran Jones, Nathan
Williams and Marion Warren, went
after McCurry, and quickly over
nowered him. Officer Thompson was
about to slip the bracelets on him.
when he promised sanely enough to
be good and to accompany the ofhcer
to town without trouble, which ne
did according to his word.
Little of the above was brought
ont at the hearing as to McCurry'
sanity at the trial here but was re-
lated by the men who brought the
young man to town. 1t was shown
AT the trial, however, that McCurry
had threatened to dynamite his ia
theirs house, if the latter did not give
up the young mans gun which had
been hidden. The elder McCurry adj
mitted this on the stand here, but
did not think that his son was crazy.
The whole gist of the testimony
seemed to show that young McCurry
had most of the people in that Sec
tion terrorized, and afraid of him.
Physicians, to whom his conduct was
explained, declared that his mind
was undoubtedly affected, so the jury
ordered him taken to the asylum.