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The New York Times
Monday, 1 May 1922

         AUBURN LANDMARK BURNED
         
         Cayuga County Courthouse Destroyed
          With a Loss of $200,000
          
         Auburn, N.Y., April 30 - The Cayuga County Courthouse
       was destroyed by fire of unknown origin this afternoon.
       The building was a handsome landmark of Colonial type,
       erected early in the last century, and was the scene of
       William H. Saward's defense of the negro murderer, Free-
       man, the first to use insanity as a defense in a murder
       case in the United States. The structure was surmounted
       by a dome, and this fell in an hour after the fire was
       discovered. 
         The vaults of the Cayuga County Surrogate are believed
       to be intact, but some of the records of the District
       Attorney, Sheriff and of lawyers in the outer rooms of
       the Surrogate's chambers were damaged, together with
       the law library in the chambers of Justice A. P. Rich.
         As the fire began in the upper floors, a gange of men
       working with deputy sheriffs and jailers rescued many
       records before being driven out by the flames.
         The loss will reach $200,000.
         
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