Josiah Peale

Here's what Rysher Entertainment had to say about him:

The stunning loss of Hannah sent Josiah Peale into a state of shock from which he’s never quite recovered. Once the prosperous, enterprising publisher of the forward-thinking Montana Statesman newspaper, he now lives in the old Statesman office, where the press sits idle, covered in dust. Over the last two years, he has retreated more and more into his own sense of reality, where he envisions himself as the devine arbiter of justice. For his own purposes, Mosby has used his power in the community to have Josiah appointed mayor, and a kind of unofficial "hanging judge." Better to have a "mad man" you can control in power than a sane man you cannot. Josiah embraces his new role with zeal, running from the demons of his past. The townfolk accept his position as mayor out of respect for his devastating loss and the leadership he’s shown in the past. Josiah’s focus on reality is inconsistent and unpredictable.