The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-02-05

| anu ~ thtrC bdiuS VI Thieves eeeLu
make Missouri their home; intend to sta,
stay here; get their money here, anC
spend it here. Perhaps some effort will b.
made to catch and punish them, and per
haps not. In the meantime the travelnl
public are 10 rejoice at the prospect Of som,
eDlivenment OF an otherwise monotonoui
railroad trip.
LOUIsVlLLE SENSATION.
A Former Professor In she Female
High school vasnOOses the Ranch
with Another MANS wife.
from the Courier-Journal
Rumors concerning Professor Coleman, o
the Female High School, and the wife o
Mr.. Henry Liter have been thick and fyins
during the past week. Our reporter wa
pearance and published them in the Louis
vile Courier Journal soon after. Since ther
further facts have been ELECTED, which vi
give here in view of the fact that no correc
and full account has as yet been published
We mentioned at that time Of the notice o
Coleman's disappearance, the receip; iron
him of letter dated at Cincinnati, to thu
President Of the School Board OF this city
The presumption at that time was that hi
was not exactly in his right mind, but. sub
sequent Developments led 10 q wediy diff
ferent conclusion. For some time proceed
ing his disappearance it was known that b,
was very intimate with the wife of Mr..
Henry Liter, a well known and highly re-
spected gentleman of this city, and it wa
strongly suspected that an improper in
timacy existed between them. The se9ue
is quite conclusive tina, this suspicion wa,
correct.
Prot. Coleman sometime ago sold hi
drug store, on the corner of Second and
Chestnut streets, for s., 900. 81, 900 of which
was in cash and the rcst in two notes o.
twelve and six mouths each, secured by
Short Line Railroad bonds. He also soOr
afterwsrd broke up housekeeping, having q
wife and but one child, and residing on
College and FIRST steeIts, near
the residence of Mr.. Liter. He then secur-
ed board at the Gait House. Just previous
to his disappearance he sent his wife and
child to Cincinnati, where abe had relatives
living. His complaint CT illness to the prin-
opal Of the Female High SchOo. has already
been noticed, as also his meeting Wednesday
two weeks ago with Prof. Chase, the day he
left the city. He then stated to Prot. Chase
that he would return to the school that day,
when, az has since become known, he had
made all arrangements or his departure
from the city.
1t seems that he had agreed to meet Mrs.
Liter at Seymour, Indiana, and thither he
hied himself on Wednesday, the l4th inst.
Mrs. Liter was TO 60 on a vi.it to some re-
laiives living in town in Missouri, near
Keokuk, Iowa, and purchased for herself
and one child from the ticket agent here IA
ticket bv way of Seymour, Indiana, to keo-
kuk. Her husband, however, seeing ;he
mistake, she excused 1t BY "a, ing that she
never had any experience in travelling, and
thought that was the rOute TO be taken. MIR.
Liter charged the ticket for one direct to Ks-
okuk-and her baggage, consisting Of two
trunks, checked directly u this poin;-and
on Friday afternoon, the 10Th inst, placed
in charge of the conductor of the train, never
suspecting tina; anything was wrong.
On arriving at indianapolis. Mrs. Liter
asked the conductor t. have her baggage
stopped, "a she had concluded to stay over
at that point. This was done, and sine re-
NAMED over the night. The next day she
purchased ticket to Seymour, and went to
that place. expectin. to find Coleman there.
|; seems, however, that they had agreed to
meet two days earlier, but she had been de.
layed for some canse in this city. Coleman,
becoming anxious, started TO indianapolis,
and was in that city at the same time that
Mrs. Liter arrived there. Becoming aware
that he had left Seymour for the former
point, she telegraphed Immediately for him
TO return, which he did.
Here, then, they met together, and left
Seymour together, probably on the 5 o'clock
a. m. train, on the l9,h inst, for Cincinnati.
When Coleman vas in Seymour his ner-
vousness and exciiahility aroused the suspi-
cions of the authorities of that place, and,
learning that he was from this city, they sent
a letter TO the chief OF police. Col. johnson,
with a description of him, asking il he was
not certain noted character for whom the
detectives here were searching.
While in Indian. polls or Seymour, Cole
man must have written the letter dated from
Cincinnati to d.. E. o. Brown, which, how.
ever, was not away until noon, the 18th
inst, from Cincinnati. according to the post
script, at which time be wss, therefore, in
that city with Mrs. Liter. The supposition
is that they have taken the track for Europe
and Mr.. Mr.. Liter has been in search Of
them since Saturday, but thus far has been
unsuccessful in discovering their wherea-
bouts. He j. at present still searching Tor
them.
Previous to his leaving the city, Coleman
succeeded in cashing his two notes at two
and half per cent. discount. and had about
81, 900 in his possession when he left. He
is in debt to a number OF druggists and 9th
ers of this city to a considerable extent, but
not so heavily as at first supposed. The fol-
lowing ia a copy Of his letter to the President
of the School Board:
"CINCINNATI, o Jan. Is, 1874.
"Dr. Z. o. Broun, Louisville, Ky,
"DEAR SIR-The state of health demands
that should change nv present avocation,
and having received here an eligible oppor-
tunity to do so, herewith resign my pres
ent position as Professor Of Natural Science
at the Louisville Female College. l remain
yours, very truly,
". e. COLEMAN"
On the day that Coleman left the city he
went to Brennan's trunk store. on Main
street, and purchased trunk, and while he
was in the store Mrs. Liter also came in
ard likewise purchased one. Coleman
was Professor Of Nstnral Sciences
at the Female High School for q
number Of years past, previous to which he
was in the drug business, bu. became heavily
embarra -ssd at the time from bad business
Ii was said of him that he
never could be,r the Ut,erance of anything
vulgar in his presence and could not tolerate
out xardly any indecency. He was. mp TO
the time he began complaining Of illness,
g1iet, polite and courteous individual; but,
after that, he appeared always reckless, fire.
anentiy insulted teachers ard scholars Of the
Female High School, and became an actually
changed man, leading to the belief that he
war somew hat uuaound in mind. Mrs.. Liter
wss abou, thir,y-fve years of age. ard rather
good locking.
There are great asny r'InJrs all Dat dam
l,ing to Coleman's character, but, as ia gen.
orally the case with a man who has suddenly
fallen in the estimation Of ire world, they
are gotten up without any foundation, and
merely TO piscs him deeper in degradation
ard shame. Suffice j; u say ,ha. he has 9e-
,eiyed the confidence repteed in his honor,
integrity and manhood by all Who knew him.
A TO anv doub, Of TIE meeting with Mr..
Liter and their leaving together there can
be Zone, as inves;igs;igation has proven il.
Dr. Lawrence Agais.
Tie erangers OF Tongsnoxie, in Leaven- 7
sorth county, have held a meeting and pass- /
u resolutions requesting the msn5er elect 4
rom that district, Dr.. Lawrence, TO resign. !
DR.. Lawrence il the only representative elect
d on pureIy farmers ticket from Lesv-
.nvosth county, ard it vas thought he would :
"a a p,onouuced and advanced Teformer. He .