The Daily Dispatch: August 28, 1863., [Electronic resource]

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Fatal Rencontre.

--A difficulty occurred on Wednesday night in Henrico county on the premises of Mr. Thornton, on Fulton Hill, between Mr. W. S. Bassford, a clerk in the 1st Auditor's office of the C. S. Treasury Department, and Dr. Currie, who was employed in the Quartermaster's Department. It appears that some time since the parties had a serious misunderstanding but it had been settled and no one thought any more about the matter. Currie, who had been absent from the city a few days, had just returned, when he and Bassford again met and commenced a quarrel, which resulted in blows being passed, and finally in the death of Currie, who received a stab in the lower part of the abdomen, causing instant death. Bassford hails from Atlanta. Ga., where he was at one time connected with the Intelligencer Newspaper.--Currie was from Cynthiana, Ky., and for some time was engaged as clerk under the Washington Government. Both parties are of respectable standing, and the unfortunate affair has fallen heavily upon many of their friends. Bassford, soon after the commission of the deed, surrendered himself to the authorities of Henrico county.