Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-06-02
An Exciting Scene.

Mr.. Dennis Fenlop, we'll koowa otiZsD,
and giant ia sz aod reDsth. has for some
time been ecc.plr:c 10 his behavior. 10 Penn
sylyaria, where be had railro6d cenlrac', q
few months ego, his actions were such as to
alarm tie good peoIl, of the togo Of WayueG-
boro, and induce them to bei;vo that ho was
dangerous uaalic; spd sn orlcr was pissed 3
tho Court Of FratkIo ulty ccnsgtiog i'm to
az asylum. He escaped errcst, however, by
returning to This place-his wonderful fsats of
strength. for which he is noted. having inspired
officers and cltiz,rs Gllke With Wholesome fear,
which prevented them from putting themselves
Rttlo reach OF his powerful arm. He conduo
ted bInselt very well hero, uolil last Welk
whcn oG several otcasic Ds he dtfed The law aud
It's ctIGrs; eLd althtuth wsriant WIS isu,d
for lis Arrest, the manifest danger OF the under
tGkiog. together Si,h The s6lielislors Of friends
who hoped to b, able 10 get bin ucdcr control
By pcEc?Iul means, Induced tho police to over
lock his o5ndcc. Ga Friday night, however
he literally took possession OF tho oRo. Dur
i0c tho whco Light he kept up an uproar iD
The streets. broke lamps, smashed widows,
| etc, aid al dsylit BIT lie repaired to lhs market
house. Shcrc 10 amused the large crowd by bis
Antics. lie were neither bat or shoes. and had
sclrccy enough clothing ca bis peTsJn to hide
his Bskedncss. Except the natural scandal Of
sucA prCo:edio2s, he was harmless enough for a
| while, tut q: last lie grew more violent, AID be
gau to chase The crowds of iders Who surround
cd tim. Everybody agreed that be ought to
be csp.urtd, Int 20 one moved il the matter
unll Gen. j. II. Williams appeared on lhe
ecoac lie determined 10 attempt the capture,
aud TAIL his plaos and dispt ID bis forces like
q skifal general Preparing himself with q
rope. ard accompanied by hir. Sam L,rua, and
a r0"criu c;lrrtd msn named Jacob Smith,
he aMsIitd Che approach Ct The eUraged giant,
eho was chasing tic crowd 10 tvlry Girtcioa
Comlas up with Ten Newiau no struck him
d0HI with blow like tilt hammer. J1st
then the c)ioTcd man Smith. threw his arms
artuoa him with ro~eIiul grip, and Nealand
rtco7cilug, struck Ftnton behird thu car with
s!tuo which brought The giant 10 the ground,
when ho Vas securely tied, then placed 10 o
wagon sD; cirIigd 10 jail, where be was roncd
| ant nh,iDtd TO the fl ,Cr. This was not scaom-
rl!'hej. hoEcv-r. Without a desperate struggle,
Tor az Hn3n as Big srms were freed from The rope
be Sc z ld Mr.. Llruc ty tho throat, forced him
| h tic fl or aLd threw himself upon him. Our
| worthy lle,suret thought his time had come,
as lt!u7elp would. tad not Mr. Kur Z, hs Jail
| e. taken fIntoa by Ito throat and ehoked him
Until 30 was tcrctd 10 release his hold Ga Nr
L,,uo.
Ihua ended tha CAPTURE Of tho desperate mad
man, AID tic peop,o bresthtd freely once more.
Eui IN sunday morning the excitement was "a.
LCWod by M attempt Of the prisoner to etcspe.
| do possesso! himaslf of short bar of iron,
which iol III I'd part of tho fastening of thu door
| OF his CELL but which, not being securely st..
tached, he WAS able by his immense strength 10
break CT. Armed with this bar ha broke the
| ring In the loor 10 which he was fastened. and
"al making further tDoIts 10 escape when do.
tcc!ed by tic TAILOR. A crowd quickly collected
| and le WAS secured without much trouble. end
| s not likely 10 get loose sgsin. But sono ex-
! cit7bo person caused q fire hell to be tapped
win view, 1t ls said. Of eoLting IN ngno 10
grown Inc prisoner into sutjeciior. Tbs whole
department. quickly responded To the call, and
lEe cLutches were almost entirely omptisd a:
| tho ilrst sound of the beil, pouring forth their
"uo'e! COS 10 EWoll The crowd which had already
| assem- 5l6t.
| !ho prisoner, va learn, is daily growing
| ca'mar, nnd 1t is TO DO hoped will coon be re-.
| stored. 1t is not believed that ho is incurable,
and steps have been taken for his removal TO The
| asylum hL Slaun!on.
| Mr fen.cn SOME yosrS Ego WISE q prosparors
merchant in this city, but quit that business and
! became contr cor on luolic works. He was
aJ97ls!, good nsturod and kind hearted man.
ana was very popular smoEg his acuu.ia.spces.
ae ha3 tho So mpSthy of the eltiro community
| 10 Is misfortune. which it is believed is csu.fd
ny business reVerse3 and domestic trcuh,es :.
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