The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-03-14
charges in Campau's bill caused Stick
ney to be regarded in Denver as
SIMPLY A BLACKMAILER.

SIMPLY A BLACKMAILER.
He was asked to leave boarding
houses, not to attend the church he
had been attending, and was frowned
upon generally. He got Campau in
dicted for making a fraudulent con.
veyance to another party of the land
pledged to secure his notes, and was
about to have him indicted for rape,
his wife having come to Denver fol-
the purpose of being a witness, when.
going home at noon one day, he found
that his wife had left fer the East,
taking with her his three.year old girl,
and leaving a note stating that he
would never see her or hear of her
again. That afternoon he seemed to
his friends crazed and deranyed, and
at about 6 o'clock went to the board
ing-house where Campau lived, and
as Campau came frorh the supper table
into the parlor to see some one he did
not know Stickney commenced firing
at him. Campau ran into the dining
room where several people were at
supper, Stickney following and shoot
ing as he ran. At the kitchen door
Campau fell dead, and shot fired at
him i'm his flight missed him, but in
stantly killed Mrs. Devereaux, a
young woman who was sitting at the
table and happened to be in range.
"On the side Of the prosecution it
was proved that Stickney had often
made threats and on one occasion
wrote Campau letter, in substance
threatening to kill him. Six doctors
of Denver were put upon the stand
and swOre that under the case as
proved, i'm their opinion, Stickney
was sane at the time of the killing,
and the act grew out Of revenge.
The defense proved that Stickney's
grandfather, his uncle and cousin,
upon the mothers side of the house,
and mother, had been insane, and his
uncle upon his fathers side. 1t also
proved for him by the Hon. G. B.
Farwell, Capt Rumsey of the battery
in which he served, the teacher under
whom he fitted for college, a college
class-mate and others, the purest,
most unselfsh and best character ]
ever heard proved in court. 1t proved
him almost absolutely without faults,
and of the very strictest and most
correct bearing from his infancy to
the time of the trial. 1t also proved
i'm his life vein of insanity running
through it from youth, and breaking
out occasionally into plainly insane
acts; and also symptoms of insanity
and insane conduct ON the day of the
killing. This testimony was followed
by DR.. Mcfarland, of Jacksonville.
ILL.,, DR.. Russell, of private asylum
in Rhode Island, and two physician:
of Denver, to the effect that Stickney
was insane at the time of the commits
sion of the act. The case was prose
cuted very ably by Mr.. Jerome, Mr..
Barnum and Judge Tilford, of Den
yer, and defended by Hon. Thoma.
Nj. Patterson, of Denver, and myself
Mr.. Patterson doing more than hi.
share of work toward the acquittal.
THE WIFE.
"Where is his wife nOwg"
81 do not know where she is; but
generally, l know that she is in some
small town in Massachusetts,"
"Does he intend to live with her ?
ono"
what induced her to 90 away 81
suddenly from Denver the last time !?
The whole case showed clearly tt
my mind that Campau had furnished
her money and sent her off to proven
her from appearing as a witnes
against him for rape, and she hae
been willing to 60, because the charg'
of rape was untrue. Having pre-
tended to her husband that force wa
used, there did not seem to be any
other way, as he requested it, but II
go before grand jury and swear Il
it. Hence, to avoid this complies
ton, she was willing to escape. TIL
truth is, she was an unworthy woman
although Stickney had rnbOunde'
love for and confidence in her"
What will Stickney do now p
"His friends intend to take him Il
DIR. Russell's private insane asylum
and have him remain there, in tn
hope that a quiet life will restore bin
to health"
0arflold'e Face.