Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-07-13

FttSeihaeId seost CalnpboiI,s tbe ssSindisI
nndlse aIieer, et ~ Old 1FIshiT-E5iE Ore
i EatioRs and Arrest in aiehigan,
! a9b6 LEIbzR 81 N6Taaib6r Slhl 1851. cS69
fained particulars Of The arrest Of q vaga-
bond and scoundrel, Who called himself
e winhoId Scott Campbell" ;" By he police Of
fhis city. He had, By forged letters of intro
auetibb bfb6gBt himssF q. the notice Of sew
eral prominent citizens and gained their pat
fOnaGss Rsing that patronage for the purpose
Of carrying on 2 Systematic course 0fsRinds
Ing. His first, step Was protesting, to exPe-
rieHcs religion, aftsr which be started Sab
bath School, Thsoehidbutions Of the Chill
dren for pretended chsritaBis purposes, furn-
iShed him with something Of an ineOnSj
besides which. he borrowed OOnsideEAble
sums of money from those v ha VsFs intsrsst-
d il the school, Ais aPpat1at iAaosshqs aud
sipPlieity imPressing al Who we're br0psht
; in contact with bin. InAamed one day By
some charge circulated infolation to him, he
5aid ia the presence 6i Las entire school,
that it was d-d Is,77EEntd although, seeing
hismistaks' the next n0ment he attsmptsd
% turn it of by B bn1gliBg alinsion 10 mill
dam, it wouldn't work, and the sabbath
school aPstersS out out = BE ,than started 4
singing school and DO 70 me 70 80 lafd 8
number Of people ont Of their 5zsnsyg..s Re
vas next heard Of at Warren, soliciting con-
sriBdsOns foF SICK and dissbfsd soldiers. Ne
vas very successful there Is elsewhere in-sn!
listing the O hssistauU0 Of the clergy. - At
Iehgih being guilty of the apparent indis-
erection OF steaHng pair Of horses aud
wagon, be left Warren rather Suddenly. AZ
ter, operating in several other localities, he
FAs1nely arrested in this city as above re-
lAtsds ibsing allowed considerable lime IN
jAiII fog reflection upon bis course Of life;
We have learned some particulars Of bis /
recent operations in Michigan, through q
citizen Of Battle Creek, named DR.. De Nor
hsndis, whose danghtAr he had seddsed. It !
appears that Campbell was arrested for tie |
9fense, after which DR.. De NSrnahdis had
sorrssPoodencs with Mr. SiIas Smith, Of
his oity,s with regard to camPbelb With
FhOse history Mr, Smith vas familiar. We
iUblish below some of the letters Of Dr., De
SOrmandie to Mr.. Smith, Fhiohs give. an
hat We know Of the operations Of the scoun-
IrsF egnPbeh since he left here, Campbell
Tss clerk foF M sIas Saith, merchant on
hyperion street.. for about d year, Stealing
pine $500.
Ss9S BATTLE CaREE, June 81, 1853. Z |
To- Ma. SfLAs SMITH
REsFEcrED = RIEED--I thank You q thou
hnd times for the line i received this nom
hg through our postmaster, Judge Hall.
Z y daughter, a frail young girl, an only
laughter, whom had placed at school st
ialamazoo, under the protection Of Mrs.
itOns, was carried of six5miles from town
B 4 house of prostitution, BY Winfield Scott
lsmbeIl, who dragged her and brought her
iaeE this was on Saturday the 6th Of June
IN SnndAy, while Mr. Stones family were at
hurch, Cambel came and carried her of |
Esnty miles to Paw Paw returning at eleven 4
'cl0ak at night. He tied the livery team to I
tree two hundred yards from the depot 4
The team was not found till eight o'clock /
ext morning. He took the train with my
laughter for,Ann Arbor, where a minister
aarried them he drove about town awhile, I
nd then went back to the minister's and n
tatsd that he had just received q dispatch |
rom Cley6iHnd : Ohio that bis sister had inst
ie6, and begged him to lend him 81, and he
rould send it nsxt train He got the money I
nd another livery team and drove to Dexter;
sft the tam 0nt Tiers; took he tfainfOf Bat
ls Crack, and was next day taken back
B Ann ArbOr in irons for grand larceny. 1 I;
ave iast issued a WarFant fOT seInedon 70 J.
old him if they do not convict him; Of
Thich will inform you. In the mean time !
bill you, my friend, although a stranger; pity
bsreaved parent "a the loss Of an only
aughter, and furnish me all the evidence
ou can to help convict him / mean evi
encs 70 siren gth0u my cRuss, that sEen- {
anded justice may be done to a miserable
-retch. Respsetfullyy 4
=DR DE- NoRNANBTF.