The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-07-09
A CRAZY scHoo1,uAsru.
Prineapal Of the vAts. vile seAssls Insaz

Prins1pal Of the vAts. vile seAssls Insane.
GFUn the Te'egnpA q Tie al
About yer ago Pho. Jay Po;s.r cane
t. our city from Sidney. Iowa, bearing viah
him good recommend.ta n, and vas e.eag-
cd IS PRINCIPAL in our Iu.l,c scheoL. Dur
ing The YER his del or,mens has hsen u.ex-
xptiosable. A~iGed BY Ms. Potter, be
has just cksed . fill years term Of The most
ssxces;ul ani 81 isfaa tory schOsk il the
State No man xvsr SEEMED - sske great
e and deeper interest in the cause Of educa.
ton than did Pior. jay Potter - principal
Of our public scAooh. He was . proops It
ieodant n church sefvic $, and Was hooked
upon EOs only - being an hooorahle, ex.
emplary citizen, bu, also - cnriseian gen.
,leman; and Mrs. Potter Il coosidesed one
Of the most psrieet and bess respected lsd.es
IN our town. Mr.. Potter purchased lots in
orr city, and has had them unexcepsioually
beau lied. He purchased the Baker rop-
erty, making tuch sddiiioos t. Il
thai il i ons Of the fine<t Nsideoces in The
city. He sent for his mo,hez-in-lav, Ms
Carpenter, whom he put 10 possession OF the
properly. To al appearance hi. family re-
iasiOns were Of psaceable sasi.iactosy ehaIac-
tel, aod everything indicsied thst be had ses-
tied o. Wat<rville q his permanent home.
Our public school closed on the 18th uli.,
and probably no principal ever acquitted
himself more satisfactorily. OF SHARED TO .
greater extent the goNd vii, confidence, aud
eaeem Of puTi's, partn.s and echool offer.
On last Thursday, Mr.. +. tier started for
I oavsnw,rsh o., n tad sh> Noel T.-,:<,so
in session there, agreeing 10 send for his wife
within few days. Oh The 18th be wrote .
very short letter home, simply informing
bis wife that he had arrived in Aichison al
righ'. The next train b: ought = letter dated
and post-marked II Chicago, the principal
import Of which was, - near - We tan gath
er. - follows:
"E,e this n aches you I shall be on the
Atlantic on my way to Europe" Here
follows few lines from which il ~ pearr
be imagined that some one had bean ''coT-
pesipg and watching him as though he w
awful, 81 ~ 30 to Eorope to get - fol
from The tro0bl as possible, and ~ write,
have my ticket 10 my pocket. God will
take cave Of pet, [meanisg his wife, - tba
Wa his u-usi way Of sddrening her. A
Tor my self it matters little where l an. .
Forgive me IL posaibls. Act - though W
not care sor no one bat pet.
Isavs ior N. Y. tonight. Good bye
Whether ever Ieusn u doubtful" HI
then refess t, financial embarzssment IN.
closes By saying: Il do not write to max
Pei fell badly. but to explsin."
Although this last letter coaiains no Gig
nature, il i evidently in Nj. Pot.er's bsnd
end in it va, . small slip dated II L.avsn
worth, also June 18th. eigned Gay Potter.
No one bot her can imsgine what . ssd
denipg shork Of horror this unexpected
nnprepared for news s:nt 10 the heart o
Mrs. Potter, Who was 20 devoted to hel
husband, whose life with him has beel
happy, sff: c;ienaie and agreeable, and vh
cannot imagine the leass possible reasol
for the etrange, mysterious affair. So fud
den and severe Vas the stroke, that th
stricken and deeeftel wife has most Of ih,
time tin1e been confined to her bed, an,
serious consequences have been feared. w
are csedibly informed that Mr.. Potter ha.
been unwell for several days previous u hi
| departure. Msny circums ances indic.i
that the man il the victim Of some stEane
SPELL" that temporary insanity hiss over
taken him.
1t il rumored that his business afiain o.
in bad shape; that his lots Wers postgsg
ed; that the property where b lived vas nm
pad for; that be was considerably in deb
u various sOres in the city, etc. Other cir
cumstapces connected With the strsnge pro
ceeding would indicate that the whole aaail
vas psemediiated, deep and damnable plot
and that Joy Peter is . betIayer of pur
woman's truA; that be is . threvd wntci
and cunning 6end, base dasaard, . studiet
villain and . prscticed deceps0r, on whom
the most profuse toriurs Of hell would b,
but mild rebuke 70 the v,lenes Of his helm
ous hear. Bot our charity refutes this
Our previous good impresios Of him. and
the hnaccountable mystery with which th,
whS e affair is clouds d. leads US to believe
thu Jay Potter is no, 30 b d man; Ne an
not prepared 10 relieve but that there ]:
some hidGeo cause. which time may develop
LIT u wait.