B. C. Porter's Murderer
Item
- Title
- B. C. Porter's Murderer
- Source
- The sun (NY)
- Date
- 1880-06-11
- page
- 1
- Identifier
- https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1880-06-11/ed-1/?sp=1&q=murder&r=0.129,0.834,0.237,0.113,0
- Crime
- Murder
- Subject
- federal agent; murder
- Gender of alleged offender
- Male alleged offender
- Gender of alleged victim
- Male alleged victim
- Stage of the Legal System
- trial
- Location
- Out-of-State; Marshall, Texas
- Length of story
- 512
- Description
- II c roinntti MIIIJI lI l nrilenn Trlnl In leiss hut Unpins to he Acquitted by n lexin iliiri MitsnLL Texas Juno 10The caso of the Slate agt James Currlo chnraed with the murder of I C P rter xvna illBil this morning at U oclock lloth parties announced that they xvnre ready for trial rite State U i roiirejented by W W Spires IMstrlct Attorney anti N A fcteidmanCounl Attorney The dufendant has nnto an array of legal I tnlent embracing Msre Turner anti Llpscom and A Ito of Hi t 11 cllv V I ii lain L I trawford of f Dallas I and 1ho W A HI nlll1 S Train of hhrcxoimil 1 hu two Insl nninud niu volunteer cotilitul hu log ier nnil tilnnds I of Mayor tune of Hhnxiport Li 1 rolherof thu accusod The defimlant wan In I cult rt a nit looked oi and cheerful I Thu I llrst ctep vas in I thu I I iii lionel hog of the inn Out ol the regular venue rf r blxlonl JII niloia i I I XMTU obtalnud Anoidui was Issued to summon sixty jurors for to morrow inorninrr This i loiiHtriietl aifaxor able toCiirrle hlitrvy tIm keejnrof the bar room whore tho trawud oauiiircil is rremtit and will testIfy I In I announced that llnrrjiuore bIt Now York lust even ing and will bo hero In tlmo Ihe dufenco has depositions on file to bhoxv thnt 1jrtT lot fall a pletol before hu foil and thai he hnd silent tte1 to draw It Ihilty also claim i that they nlll I proxii that llnriymoru I Indo sign i f driwing I a xxearion 1 hxre XVIIM hulk of K niolluii for I uhangu of venue but the udlii melt has dl iou d away andhu dufeudnnl 1 thinkt I i he has about as rail i a ehaneu In M irs hails I he would have niixnhcru else l Thu trial will hardly beooncludud uudur I wool I xvlll bo romemb r d thnt this murdf oc curred In n lunch ioum nf the mlwnv murt tin nt Marshall Ttxns where Iho Porlmllnm moro DIplnniHo Coiniiaii xeievraltingfor A train Mr loiter this murdered mini Ml Its rr v moors N iii 31 18 Ellen Cuinmens thu t loading actress ol the troupe were smiled nt tho lunch counter when CiinU came In rather drunk huh Indulged lu very nasty and brutal language evidently addressed tn Miss Cummons 1 hu two actor riinoiihtiuted with Currle who at once draw a pistol and eliot both Porter and Dnrryniore lorhlirlilii shortly afterward but hbarryinore recovered and pin led last season at Wullncks Miss Ciimmunss nerves were very much shocked and she wits Iii for many months her llfo bnlngnt limns despaired of Site list season supported Law rencu Darrett but her health Is still frail anti her physicians say that shn would be unwise to subject herself to the exoltemantof the trial Mi Darrymores expenses as n witness will be bunt by I KontUmnn of thU oily t
