The sun., 1900-12-14
BETRAYED Blythe TEACHER
Bff0HrED IIYE or 4 yOrNG wOwAv
OF SOr rHOLD. T..
Principal Of the Acsdemy Hansed In Emsy
He SIN Remains Under the same Roof
with tho Youn 9 woman. Aitheash There
u Much Talk NJ Tar and Feathers.

SorTHoLD. l.. l.. Dec. ~. There Ia a new
| principal for the Southold Academy. Fred
| "rick Ravcline. who for the last school year
and tho beginning 81 this one held that place.
! has been dismissed by the Board Of Trustees
! after confessing that he IL the father OF the
4 unborn child Of Miss Emma &. Boisseau.
| daughter Of jonathan Bois-eau. n retired
, farmer living In Southod. The whole VIII
| LACE Is worked M over the scandal. the more
| particularly as young Rawclife IL still occu-
| pvinR quarters In the home of the Young
woman hc has ruined. There has been some
| talk among the younger element OF giving
1 the former principal u coat Of tar and feath-
| ers but nothing has vet come Of IT,
The greatest ,iGn of the villages dis
approval Of his conduct was the hanging OF
him In eflgy. but he has not been person.
ally molested Rawcllfre Is Williams Col
lege man Of the class Of 20 His home was
In Taunton, Mass Immediately after gradu.
ton he came To Southold and obtained the
place Of principal of the Southold Academy
a school run under the auspices Of the First
Presbyterian Church Of this village Raw
clife was recomme nded for the place by
Theodore VI Shipperd. a Southod boy who
was In Williams College with him, and who
IL now a student IN the Union Theological
Seminary in New York The school has an
endowment which brings In 5000 a year. and
IL was turned over to him with this sum as
his salary and the privilege OF making what
he could from more pupils who paid their
tuition
He was bright. pleasing chap and made a
success OF the school He was not n church
member but he sang In the choir and made
himself generally agreeable. Being unmar-
ried he hunted mp boarding place and chance
took him to the home of Jonathan Boisseau.
In this way he became acquainted with Emma
Boisseau She Is now about 80 years of age.
she was a member of the Presbyterian
Church and also sang in the choir, She had
become Interested in church work through
the influence OF the Rev. william Lloyd. pastor
of the Presbyterian Church, who also Is un-
married and had boarded at Mr. Boisseau's
prior 70 the coming Of young Rawcliie, A
great friendship grew up between the princi-
pal Of the school and the young woman They
used 70 20 to choir practice and other church
functions, together and they also did great
deal Of wheeling.
Rawcline had "A tandem and on SUNDAYS
especlallv llv they took long rides together.
II 80 happened that sometimes they cut
hrS6 dd Hot N Resss Srse the RaH William oyd for
lie thought 1t much better that the Young
people should go TO church. but that did not
the end Of the school wear came young Raw
clife was In no hurry To get away. Southold
Is q pleasant toTn to spend the summer in
A his work had been satisfactory the Board
of Trustees OF the Pre-by tcrian Church. which
Is also the Executive Board for the school.
retained him as principal and the young man
brought on from his home Two sisters To keep
house for him; But b. did not leave the
the arrangement by which he stayed. The
house IL a large one with two entrances,
practically q double house.
Instead Of boarding with the Boisseaus
Rawcilhe rented part OF the house, and there
he and his sisters lived with sepqratee es-
seaus continued The Misses RawclifIe met
showed such fondnes> and ii was all very
cloud The nossips AZ the village began 20
talk e1d ND. SAY ugly things anont RawGIne
ceased to. appear on the streets. There, was
a storm In the Boi--ean household and the
ycUng U IMAM man stayed on Ei' But he heard the
way with that Of Miss Bo,ssean. and he de.
the music He went to b Tanning. secre-
tary Of the board OF trustees. and asked him
to call meeting 9f e board hT nshs W.
in Fannng's house Rawclife appeared
before then, and confessed that he was the
ming asked him If he would marry the girl.
According to Mr. Tanning he replied that
he was gnmarrTdi now and that he EXPECTED
the trustees voted to dismiN: him
Their action was announced the next morn
Ing In the circumstances it was deemed
beat that no more youn.; men should teach
in the school and Miss Goodspeed was
chosen 20 MI the yacancy, caused by Raw
cline's dismissal. The official action OF the
trustees caused a storm in the village,
Naturally every one -ympathi es with the
Bocseaus The iHmg ong i Island am o'd RaMdle ama
the newcomer, wa, bitterly denounced
Men talked of tar and feathers but It only
went as far ~ talk. They wanted 20 see
what white whiSkcrcd. patrlarchal old man
Bosseau would do He did nothing ap.
parently. Young kawcIidc s,lll remained
stand this Some one asked Mr.. Boisscal
why he permitted this and the broken old
lover from the house. because she was "a
such n hyst"rical condition that she might
lose her mind.
persons spoke to him. "" was stunned By |
all. The fact that ne stayed under the sam"
Toof which ihgy ,hc Ga ne hsa ad%Hs ID in!r TO-
injury. Last saturday morning when the
towns people aw,"ke they found hanging from
Of n man Old clothes had been stuffed with
straw and hung NJ by the neck The efigy
Of Of Frederick ID Rawciifr deputy sheriff Alfred !
r. Vail cut IL down ia the interest OF public /
order and burned IT,
the night and il j. not g"ncrnlly known who |
was responsible fur mis- "Nirc->ion OF public !
oririun II had no "il"ct nn Itnwclife, He |
cealed snecr- of the villagers. lie l. living |
in the house yct. Why he r"mnins he VII not |
MIR Roisseou admitted sadly the |
truth which had come from his daughters |
association with Rav'liCe When asked u |
RawcliTe would remain in the house he saic |
In 4 trembling voice
"IIe will remain until sumc business have |
to transact with him l. settled and no longer |
II Won wish - -oc him he i hero hut you go |
In hv thot other door ~" front door ,,
Rawcliffe. n smpoth-~haven. thin-lipped |
Young man welcomed he report or pleasantly.
hut he said he could not talk. When he !
was asked why he remained in the house .
he said mo one will ever Know exactly. l !
feel IL my duty 20 remain here for the tune |
being / know II seems strange under the |
stances, but ! did not want to seem |
to run away If there were any legal pro- |
ceedings TO be brought" When no was !
n sked If he considered II his duty to marry |
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