, 1860-11-23

The rear walls Of the kitchen and dining
rooms were crushed in by the falling Of the
building on Franklin street, some Of the fur
niture spoiled and the rest badly injured BY
water. Loss to Mr.. Alexander, about $500,
no insurance, On batlding, owned by Philip
Wadsworth, abont 81 900. The valuable barn
attached to the Everett House WIS also con-
sidcrably damaged.
Never WAS the efficiency Of our paid depart
ment and steam fire engines more satisfactori-
IL demonstrated than on yesterday, when, from
five o'clock A. H. until ten o'clock z. H.,
water was kept upon the burning mass, aud
in the afternoon during the preyalencs of a
driving snow storm, against which blood and
muscle must have been defeated, and the
nclghboring property destroyed.
The msEnroe Murder Trial.
SECOND DAT.
The evidence In this case now In hearing be-
fore the Circuit Court, progressed slowly yes"
terday on account Of the severe illness Of the
wife Of one Of the jurors. The prisoner Kept
up his incessant and insane rayinga about "let-
ting 60 his hands," all day.
n Iob, Ev,n., testjnonr WIFE that hr con-
sfaerea the MN insane.
Jacob sauter svore that defendant had been
in jail in 1859 on Il charge Of stabbing man
with file, aud that In his opinion he was in
same at tbe fine
John Kennedy, for the prosecution, testified
that nm tbc morning of Julv 4th of the present
vc,r defendant told him that he bad once he
fire heen CHARGED with stabbine- n man and
had cot clear by pretending to be crazy.
DR.. E. Messler. of Jefferson. had been med
lcal practitioner about nine years, and knew
McEnroc, in December 1859, when he was Wis
ting physicIan to the County Poor House: de-
fendant WIS In the insane departmcnt, and nm
AWAY near the first Of April 1850. Had made
m examination of the urisorcr to find ont his
distcmper. and he vas insane. He Was uply
and ,,1.temnercd md .rhen he 1eft he uns IN
yczy nearly a sound mental condition. Ape
culiazity Of his madness consisted in his belief
thu: everybody wanted to poison him, and be
several times threw away his food, and could
not be induced to take drugs Of any kind. He
had propensity for breaking the glass In his
windows, and when every one else was suffer
lag from intense cold, McEuroe complained Of
great fevcrishncss, his head wns hot, and he
would allow no fire n,hls cell. Witness did not
believe tho prisoner was yet in healthy state
Of mind,
BENZ. Chase, Warden, considered defendant
decidedly crazy at tho time he Was an inmate
Of the county poor house, and no better now
This witness related several instances to show
the lunacy OF McEnroe, one Of which was that
when he was in jail somebody tried to poison
him, but he allowed out" the noxious d1ues
and poisoned all Of them; also, that be endea-
yorcd to find ont how defendant come to emil
Cet OF Of him VA, an oft.repcated story about
lIfty thousand rats. md that the people wanted
| to kill him. but he took his aruy Of mt. ont
upou the prairie and vhipped the whole of
them.
A. ", Tappcu. an inmate of the dcbtor'e
apartments of The fsIl. Ra1d he thoupht, three
months since the defendant wns fe,onInp IN.
sanity. tnt had secn enough since to esnse
him IN ch,n.. h,a on,r,on H;a rn.1eon1r
habits ana matters men,foned hv oth,- .;..
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ia donht Nj. nra..,t ,ns,a,+v Wh,. ~,+..ss
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not recollcct anything that had happened some
months before, md invariably answered al
| questions by Saving, II don't know" He
dropped too suddenly to that idiotic state to
hare It natural Before that he had repeatedly
tried to impress the Doctor with the Idea that
hewas sick, and the Doctor thought he knew
more than he wiahed him to believe. His st-
tachments and disllkes had been formed from
treatment received. He bsd attacked Petirc.
who had ordered him to be scrubbed and
cleaned, but had not offered to harm the assist-
| ants uho ,,srfor.,.a %hn or+ Thu nortor y,