Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-10-10
ANOTHER BARON TRENCK!

"Au, inssnit homo, aut versus fact Horace.
TIE man is either mad, or heis making verses
We nave some idea of raising new party
of our nwn-to be called the anti Sanlty-socie-
~ sc Vincenies. We are Certain we should
succeed If we had such an unaco oun' able &c
niu, to..caucus and manage for Us as belongs
10 h. subject of this article. Will any body
believe Gus? John Vincssi, alias William Alien,
who robbed Mr.. Tyson, is moi so great a Tool
as most Of our high and mighty seives-to' ne
has made fools of The majority of US. II vii!
be rrcollecled that we reported the Inquest OF
a Jury who pronounced the "man was mad,
4 few weeks hack-lA how turns 1nLt that this
ful schemes upon the learning, science, skill
and perssyering Fl mness of Judges, jurors,
lawyers, doctors, jailors, convicts, nay ladies
and gentlemen, men, women and children,
young and old, simple and wise, and all at the
same time too, that ever was heard of in his Or
any other civilized country. For silent cunning
for boldness of design and prompIness Of ex>
eyu,ion, even In the most minute particulars,
and for stern, inf1exible, and iron hearted re-
sis,aucc and forli,ude, under trials falling not
SD very far short OF Spanish Inquisition, his
mans history will fairly award him the palm
from all others Of "kin and kindred and
kifh," as the Scotch have it, Baron lrenck
was fool 10 him. As we have but lit'e time
now, We will only give Few instances of his
managemeDt-f FOR he is now as lively, pleGsan'
and sociable person as may he found in or ou,
Of the walls of the pris1a, and tells his story
with grea, apparent dehght'
lie saws IL was no, his in enlion 10 "staa era
~" q, first, having hopr OF going 10 the cells
whe,e an escape might be plsnned, bui aiter-
wards assum"d ii 10 get into the poor house -
His creates, fear of detection was from the
tricks of the D isoners, and the vigilance skill
and rigid ,,ea,mcn, OF his physician. Bu he
could scarcely refrain from laughing when The
Doctor ordered some bucke's of cold water 10
be thrown from window 40 feet high, down
on Charles WalsiDgham, his companion, who
also wanted to bc crazy, Ia mode Nincent) bu'
could not stand il three days, ard said when re
water was 40 come. "Doc,or feel better. lIink
YOU had better leave i, until % morrow. AT
this Vincent laughed inwardly, but moved not
a muscle! This water was poured on Vincent,
whu was entirely naked, in December when
snow was on the ground, and ye' he never finch
ed. When asked, (since he put away he old
man and put on the new,) whe'her he really eat
the tobscco all OF us supposed, he said "only
twice and then, because the Doctor watched
me too closely; it made me very sick F."
AT other times wnen they gave me tobacco,
I wonld have nv hands as you have often seen
me-, in from, holding out my pan;aloons, and
when I tourned round to walk the Other
way would drop it from my mouth into my
bosomi'
81 was once near hallceing 1--WE will now
use his own words as nearly as we can recol-
lect) under the shower bath bu, conc luded 10
bear it, When he was asked whether, il a
hot iron had been brought in, and lie pushed
against il, would he have flinched? "No!' sa,d
he. 81 was pushed IA ns' the hot stove, that
is my fingers were, until the nails were burnt
10 The quick. and did not speak! nor did my
countenance 5etraye me-.
And again. as to speaking, when asked why
he at first said yes to every question and az
forwards nothing, he answered, because when
the liquor was given to me 10 make me talk,
thought il a good time to make change,
and altered from yes, 10 continued silence!"
AS TO the attempts made 10 detect hin, he
said often there would be pieces OF paper and
a pencil sem with my victuals-once there was
a piece OF paper between Two slices OF bread.
4 kne that WAS hed L tonk 4