The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-08-01
A BULLETIN REPORTER VISITS
THE PRISONER
III HE MUST HANG lie THINKS
IlECAN STAND IT,

,nder county, jury VI Wurue' e"o ""'
a verdict of guilty, aud sentenced
Ibe murderer TO be hanged. The doo'a oil
William Clark Campbell is sealed, Mt
loast so far M tho jury sworn TO try him
ran seal IL.
Yesterday morning at the assembling
Of tho circuit court, tho jury after an
absence Of nearly sixteen hours,announcod
that they had agreed and we're ready to
render their virdict. Tho prisoner,
Campbell, was brought into court, |
and took his scat by the
aide OF his attorney tho same rs no has
done from tho commencement ct the trial
Judge Baker announced that tho jury
should DO brought In, and In u minute al
ter, tho door of tho jury-room was opened
and one by one the jurymon came inside
tho bar, and took their places In the jury
box. When asked if they wore ready to
render o verdict, each ono nodded his
head, and the foreman stepped forward
and handed tho verdict together with
other papers, to::an officer oiltbe court who
passed them 10 the clerk. Circuit CLERK
| Yoeum then read tho verdict, as follows;
| We the jury, find tho defendant guilty
| of murder, rs charged in tho indictment
and we do further lind that no should SUI
fer death by hanging.
When the clerk had concluded reading
the verdict, the jury was polled, and as
each member WAS asked whether they were
| satisfied with their verdict, they answered
distinctly, that they were.
THE PRISONER.
| Whom the verdict was read Campbell
| did not show the least sign of emotion,
| and seemed no moro excited than at any
| othcr timo during his trial. II he fully
| realized tho dreadful doom which tho jury
put upon him, he had the nerve to conceal
| it from thoso about him.
| Campbell was then returned to his cell.
Two hours afterwards n reporter OF the
BULLETIN visited Campbclis COLT to hear
what no might have to say for himself.
Arrived at the cell door, we found hin
| lying ON his bunk, with his feet resting on
tho floor, and his left arm thrown up over
his face. Jailer Fitzgerald called, and in
formed Campbell that - reporter OF the
| BULLETIN wished to have talk with him
when he got up from his bod, and came t.
the door.
During the conversation which onsu o
our reporter learned tho following concern
| ing Campbelrs views OF his trial, pros
poets, past life, etc.
When asked II no was satisfied with hi
trial, he replied that "he guesse
he would have to be satisfied lie sal
that he had no witnesses, but no one wi
To blame for that; that on steamboat
;. deck hands seldom know anything abo
\ their fellow workmen further than the
u first names, Ms "Dick," "iiarry,' "Tom
etc. There were several witnesses til
he would like to have had, but he on
i knew thor first names, aud they had Il
ae the Grand Tower and IL would be usel,
To hunt for them.
IS Campbell says his attorneys Jud
Vt MILKY and DIT. Linegar, did every thi
'h' in their power, and under tho cirou
'io stances, much more for him than he ha'
IVY right to expect. His regret is that ho
A@s no money 10 pay them for their servic
oil and aays his friends are poor or he wo
lar have them pay his lawyers for him.
the lie had little to say ms to his prosp,
tn for a now hearing. We suppose no
been posted TO say little on this pc
OCT lilo is particularly severe On Chief
o' Police MciIale, who no says swore
of- hard against him. Ito says 1t is pre-
'oo hard 70 have to DO hanged but If
"" his doom no could stand II. He does
'ne belong to any religious organization
o" society Of any kind and complains
he' none of the colored people 81 Cairo i
"eo evor came to see him. IL he has an
o"- ouaintsnce in Oa,ro no does not kno'
On" lie says his full name is William q
NY. Campbell; no was born in Louisiana,
A"N when two years old, he with his pare
was sold to man named linden,
removed to Boone county, MiAss
en- About four years before the war broke
nee. Campbell's father ran away from his l
tor and succeeding in reaching Can
4 since which time nothing had been h,
from him. About tho time the first
WAS made for colored troops, the NJ
logs Iowa cavalry passed through Boone cou
,ust, and Campbell left his home
snco engaged as cook for some of the oili'
of.that regiment, and continued with Il
A. to the close Of the war. After the WA
became aroustabout, and followed tho
souri, river. Last winter he came d.
be- the Mississippi, and was engaged frs
GETS one boat and then on another up to
Itch time no shipped On tho Grand Tower
'om. had tho difficulty with Doyle. His mot
TX. several brothers and two sisters liv,
Omaha, Nebraska, but he has not HI
from any Of them for two years.
of his relatives are aware
DO he 10 in jail here, but he wants some oil
70 - write and tell them all about II.
we A. 70 the cause Of the " bad blood
UNI. isting between Campbell and Doyl'
nos have received Csmpbells version
-" 1t was in the latter part Of March Of
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