New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-09-10
DISAPPEARANCE OF Mr.. PATTON FROM
LAFAYETTE, IND, EXPLAINED.

HE ELOPES WITH HIS FIRSTLOvE.
An extract from the Office Of The Lafayette Courier,
fyee the folio wing scs in regard TO the recent di.ap
IeaIaros from that city of of its prominent cti-
gems:
LArAYEIIE, Sept. 5.-Tbe remarkable disappear
slce OF Mr. Patton, leading hardware dealer of this
city, has been the subjeci of extended comment in
hese columns, and wherever Mr.. =. was known has
excited the liveIiest spprehensions to his fate
% the 9Th day of last month he left this city, osten-
iby upon a short tour of recreation accompanied by
lis little son. child scarce years Of age. lie took
ne supposed but email amount of none y-ba
sufficient TO defray his expenses to Chicago and return
but one change of linen, and, strange to say was ur
gent in pressing upon his lie to accompany him. She
dclIed to CO. however and expressing his regret, he
took his departure His return by the next train was
confidently expected by his family and friends Their
asoniziDg susre as days and weeks elapsed, may
b. imagined.
The seeming purity Of his private life, hi position
"A, leading member of the Methodist Church, the
s.enipg felicity of his domestic restionsevery cir
C,mstanoe in fact combined to preclude any solution
al bis Absence cave upon the suppostion that he had
rnst with foul play. We are panied to say that the
subsequent dev elOpmens the result of thorough To-
veaieation into all the circumstances attending his
dnavpsa snce reveal the fact that he has eoped with
Nss Adeline Potts. young lady who formerly resided
near Dayton in this CO unity, and to whom he at
Gee ime engaged. 1t seems that they had been
cblren together, became lovers and were 10
have been married on certain day. a
III, match, and intercepted their correspon
dece. A misunderstanding and arrangement
eBued At this juncture he commenced paying his at
ts,tions to highly respectable young lady of this
ety. and pqued by the seeming GOODNESS Of Miss Potts
married her after brief courtship. The interference
Cfthe brother the intercepted letters, and the
quent misunderstanding and enlargement, were SUBJ
ssquenty explained and as the story gees Mr. Pat IN
heard to lament his iladvise5 haste in the most
rrmeasured terms, protesting his undying love- for
Miss Potts, and begged the privilege of retaining
portion of their correspondence as souvener OF the
past.
Since this period, which was sometime in February,
1852 Miss Potts has resided 10 Illinois and Wisconsin,
Nth the exception OF few weeks, which she spent on
syt 70 this city in 1855. During this visit Mr. T. paid
her some attention but nothing occurred to occasion
ssy remark 1t is now revealed, however, that reg
mar correspondence has been kept up with her since
HE nsr1 age. A brothern law with whom she resided
n GAINESVILLE, Wis, discovered the core spoldence,
about 10 mOrths since and mace an unsuccessful III
fobsve II di contnued
M Patton as We have before stated, left this city
=, Monday after noon, Aug 4, srrvirg a. Chicago
,knut O'Clock the evening OF the came day. FRY
the next morning he went to the telegraph Once and
spt dispsch to Miss Potts at GAINESVILLE, as follows
"CHICAGo, Aug. 9, a. IN.
"Meet me at Beoit. HARDING.
The dispatch reached Miss Potts at an elIly hour
ard informing her friends that she was expected to
cfeise a. bridesmaid at the wedding OF friend at BE-
lot that day she left for 'ieloit by the first tram.
Patton had preceded her, and had engaged rooms at
Tie hotel registering himself and child as j. W. Hard
hy ard SOD and informing the landlord tina. he was
expecting the arrival of his wife, They occupied the
sane room that night.
The next day she returned to Janesville, and in-
iomipg her friends that she going short visit
toRicilsnd County, packed her entire wardrobe, and
In the same evening Patton doubtless ioinei her
again AT some of the waystations between GAINESVILLE
and Beloit Here all trace Of the guilty couple s lost
his the general supposiicp that they went to New
lak and sailed for California. .
Miss Potts is h newn to have had considerable SUN
a money ard it is not probable that Mr. Patton WAS
O. short Of funds AZ was At first supposed.
Mrs Patton whose case eXctes the most hearteN
Sympathy IL the entire community, has hed her apPi-
cten for divorce ana almony or the ground oil ad'u
tsry aud abandonment.