Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-10-29
A CIergYman's Insanity.
THE DEATH OF YOUNG LADY FRIEND
UNSETTLING HIS REASON.

UNSETJLlNG dlS hEASON.
On the 18th inst, Rev. James F. Schultz
was taken to the insane asylum in Norris
town, Pa. Since the FIRST report OF his in
sanity it has been ascertained that the
death of Miss Leinbach, a lady acquain-
lance of the clergymaH's, had much more
to do with his loss OF reason than was at
first supposed. Prior to the interment Of
the young lady Rev. Mr.. Schultz entered
the chamber in which she was laid out,
and, grasping her hand, raised it to his
lips and tervently kissed it.
ssShe is not dead, ;" said the maniac min
lister; 'ssee, she is not dead; she has res
urrected," he exclaimed, at the same time
again kissing her bloodless hands and ca
ressing her head by gently stroking back
her wavy hair.
The friends of the young lady took him
away with considerable difficulty, and he
was urged to go to his boarding house and
try to reconcile himself to the death of his
friend Instead of that he went in car
rage to the residence of another young la
DIV friend, and vehemently urged all the
inmates of the house to prepare themselves
Immediately, as the day Of resurrection
Leinbach, had been resurrected. He then
went to his boarding house and turned on
the gas at every burner. When remon-
strated with he became very angry. One
after another of the articles of furniture
in the parlor he demolished. Oil paintings
were torn into shreds, two mirrors were
smashed, and the house turned topsy
w. Then he ran into the street and
knocked down and injured five persons.
The sixth person he attacked knocked him
into the gutter. HI was very badly in
jured, and remained unconscious until
early on Sunday morning. At brief inter-
walls of apparent sanity during the day he
summoned the inmates of the house, with
a number of visiting ministers, to stand
around his bed, and told them that heday
of his resurrection had come, because the
lady he so much admired had been resur-
rected. He did not refer to the resurrec-
ton of Miss Leinbach. when he preached
her fuDeral sermon on Friday last. Mr..
Schultz in the discourse spoke OF the pleas
ures of carriage driving with ladies and
their excellent company, of love stories,
and other matters foreign to funeral dis
courses. He was not interrupted until
many of the friends and mourners had be-
come alarmed at his nonSenSlcal remarks.
Yesterday all the Reformed clergymen in
the city assembled in his rooms, and it
was decided to have him sent to an asylum
for treatment.
Rev. Mr.. Shultz is forty-two years old,
and unmarried. He has had weak mind
for several years, but 1t was believed that
he had been permanently restored, and he
was allowed to preach as usual. He min
gled in the best society, and it is generally
admitted that the death of the young lady
had much to do with again unseating his
reason. Miss Leinbach was much attached
to him, and it is known that he entertained
feelings of the highest respect for her. At
the first news of her death, and when her
last dying request was made known to him
he wrote letter to her parents, saying
that under the circumstances he in all
probability might decide that he would not
officiate-that he could not. " was sur
missed that he could not preach on account
of his feelings, and he was not questioned
on what was considered a matter too deli
cate to talk about. Other arrangements
were being made, when the family was
greatly surprised on receiving another let.
ter from Mr.. ShuftZ saying that he would
preach the funeral sermon, as the dying girl
had requested. On the night before the flu.
neral Mr.. ShultZ was the guest OF Rev. DIR.
Rausman, OF this city. and it is said that
he remarked to DR.. Bausmap that if any
thing happened to him they should not
take him to the asylum at Harrisburg He
was assured that nothing was wrong, and
Mr.. Schultz retired. Last evening he
mentioned the name of Miss Leinbach.
and asked where she was. He wished tc
know why she had not called upon him.
"Oh, but they used me badlyI'' he ex
claimed. "Why did they knock me down
and fill my head with holes2 But it's al
right. God and our side will win!'' He
tore off the bandages from his wounds and
insisted that they be placed in another
way. 'Why does she not come to see
me?" he asked in piteous tones. "See my
poor head, all covered with wounds"
This was fact, because yesterday it
was learned that one of the men he had as
sailed on Saturday night had knocked him
down with hand-saw, decorating his head
in a frightful manner. The man who did
this claimed that he did it in self-defence
as Mr.. Schultz had come after him with a
brass stair rod, and was about striking
him down with it, as he had struck down
a number. of others. Mr.. SchultZ's friends.
who are quite we'll off, decided to have
him placed IN the State Insane Asylum,
and he was taken there by the first train
to-day.-Reading (Pa.) Telegram.