The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-10-21

CH!cAdo, Oct. 20,-Armed with q
Winchester rifle and a revolver, a
madman deisd the police for hours to-
day at No. IS Woodland Park, one of
the mo.t Gristocratic residence diitricsa
oil tho city. Barricadsd and locked in =
Sscond.story room, commanding com.
plo,e view Of the park, the luuatic
Gplintsrsd in doors and tore holes in the
plaster of the room with bullets from
his riffs, while he shouted defiance to
the police and others attracted to tho
scene.
The insane man was G. S. MsrWin, Of
the firm oi Rogers, Brown & Company,
pig iron dealers.
After seventeen hours Of effort, the
police, by strategy, surprised aud over
came the madman. Although he had
fired 40 shots from his revolver and
rifle, MeTwin injured no one, but
number ot people had narrow escapes.
After every other attempt to capture
the insane man before no should kill
some one, or injure himself, had failed,
sulphur was burned in the furnace. All
the registers were closed excepting the
one in the room occupied by MerWin.
| In au hour after the sulphur fire was
started, MerWin, partly overcome by the
fumes. laid down on his bed and was
secured with but feeble resistance.
The aristocfatic circle ol Woodland
| Pnrl, Uaa prently excited in the morning
when It becams known thnt MerWin
had suddenly gone mad, driven his
vile in terror from their home and was
roaming through the house, armed
with a revolver aud rife. Woodland
Park is lined with elegant residences
occupied by families OF wealth and cul-
ture, and the park grounds serve As 3
beautiful lawn for all who live within
the enclosure.
Mr.. MorWin Saturday afternoon at
tended a concart At tho Auditorium.
Mrs. Me,win was i'll and did not 20.
When Mr., MerWin returned homo early
in the evening he complained Of a pain
| in his head. As the evening wore on
his headache grew worse. He applied
such remedies rs we're At hand, but they
| did not relieve him, aud in the middle
OF the night he suddenly SprGng from
the bed, and, seizing his rifle, chased
his wife to the kitchen. Throwing mp
a window, the terrified woman feaped
TO the ground. ten feet below, aud ran
TO the residence OF Abram Baldwin,
where she was cared for. The polica
were notified and three men were sent
10 the MerWin residence. AS they tried
to enter through rear window several
shots we're fred at them, while the in
sane man yelled at them, calling them
burglars aud saying he would Kill the
frat man coming up the stairs. Friends
OF Merwin we're sent for aud tried TO
reason With him. but il was useless.
He fred shots at tho neighborinR
house, breaking windows and causing
the inmates TO take refuge in the rear
rooms. One or two bicyclists passing
bv we're fired at, but Merwin's aim was
bad and they escaped with bad scare.
The police obtained chlototorm and.
souirted il into the room with syringe
through the key-hole, but Merwin was
ShreEd and threw up the windows,
thereby neutralizing it Finally at
about / o'clock this afternoon sulphur
was procured and placed in the furnace,
as stated above, and MerWiu having
closed the windows again, he was soon
overcome.
The unfortunate man was dre''ed and
taken to the Detention hospital.
Merwin is thirty.fve years old. He
came TO Chicago five years ago from
New Haven, Conn. where he was
reared. Three years ago while in the
iron range in the Tennessee mountains,
Merwin was kicked in the mead by .
horse, and TO the con'squsnt brain in-
iury his present condition is ascribed.
He was married year and hall ago to
A prominent young lady OF New Haven,
Conn, and i' member OF the Union
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