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Show U tl.U.10l i IXSAMlV. The Anal oou eseloa of the tramp Oouv.uitd of Ibe muidnr uf McAli.,-e McAli.,-e i-eee that lies tieeu ouvelotiad lu ooic ...ereblv myslory oiviriy pruvet luui tu have beau the victim of whaL sum times la ualled iuli)iuua luauui:)'. lit lateiueul in court wis tuel be bso reoe vtd a dlvlue ooiumaud lo luuuJ a t.ew aeoi, aud tbat the a.udy ol tut liuok uf Mirmou had ojuilimvd bl.i. In ibis Idea, Tneu on au ln.aliin.le Impulse he shot MoAfee, au hJUeal oiu lariu.r, without provouatiou aud without with-out bp. appamut motive. He still, according lu the dispatch, mito'aliis that ha la cbsrgel with the lulfl.lmelil of a mission, but aika nevertheless for dealh as tba last puolskmeal of the erlme of obeying llio alleged divine ootutuend. Ha la clearly not In bis fight mind. It la curious la note bow the Ihoughla ud eentimeoui of people who from some causa or other lose oontrol rver tbalr reason follow tha genelal otrrent lu the locality where they happen lo tie, or enter round some prominent toplo thai elelnio public ettenllie. It haa been observed during times of great so-called revivals that a msjorlty of thoeo wheae mlnda become deoeaied turn upon religious eubecls. Tney will preecb or pray or slog In their own way. Formerly It was lhaughl that tbo condition of such patlaata wee due to the relli loo llael', but Ibli view baa boeo given up, for II haa been shown tbol In limes of war aod revolution,. revo-lution,. Insane persons will as-suire as-suire Ibe rules ol soldiers and great generals aod live through, lo their Imeglnatlon, all tba excitement excite-ment of batllee an land or see. 1 n el oeptlonal oaieo Insane persona will believe be-lieve thomotflvee to bo orlmlnalr, aa did a poor tramp soma yeara ago lu Chris llanla, Norway. A niyalerlotie mui-der mui-der had bseu commuted lu Ibe vicinity of tbat piece. II defied tbo skill of the beet delectlvoe. Ibe eperawere lull of It, and II wa for a loug lime the subject of coover-otloo. Finally a psir l.:uoranl tramp gave h.mself up lo the polloo aa the murJerer. In bis confession con-fession be described all tha details of the crime, aa Ihey had appeared lo print, adding niuob thai appeared plausible. Kveryhody was oouvlnced that tha perpetrator of the deed had beeofound.aod sentence was about to ba pae-ad upju Mm, when, at Ibe leal moment, evldenoe was produced that the pour wretrb bad been huodreds of inllea away from tha acotia of Ibe tiagidy on Ilia day II was anacled. '1 he evidence waa conolualee lo overyb nty asoepl to the Iramp bima.'ll, wbo di.i out aucceed lu oUellug bis dtseaevd brain I run Ih. I. lea thai ba aoiually bad beeu a participant lu tba gruesome dee l of whtoh bo had beArd eo much. The ooole.eed murderer uf McAfee loaaglnea blmeelf the bearer or a uivibe me.aiae. In bla diseased Imaglnallou a leered Volume appear li bun lo .'ouflriu the Illusion. Lower luiliucie predominate, however, onJ ba csuliI ojntrol bla desire to destroy life. Contradictory Con-tradictory aa title ecetus lo he, it Is easily explained on the supposition that be la Insane but that previous to his tneulal ulieaae, rellgtoua Imprea-sluoa Imprea-sluoa had bseu lormed whlou are nuw distorted owing to that diseased cou-dillon. cou-dillon. Tba case Is of muou peycbolu.. leal inlareat. |