The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-08-25
BY HIS OWN HAND
Died Geo. W. Campbell at
Knobnoster, Saturday
Night.
End Of a Life Led Reckless1y
and in Continued
Dissipation.
Graphic History Of a Family
Whose Members Died
TIagically.

Knobnoster, Mo, August IT, Special.
On q street leading south from this place
is situated two small story-snd.a-half
houses. In architecture they are very nearly
alike, both white and each has brown win
dow blinds. Both have pretty lawns, In
which is shrubbery, neatly trimmed, and
they bear the impression of being carefully
tended by hands that love 10 make home
attractive. One of the houses is owned by
Mrs. G. c. Campbell, the widow of a once
distinguished physicion, and the other Is,
occupies by her son, John V. Campbell.
stock dealer. The roof of the mothers
house covered her son, Gecrge w. Camp
bell, who 10 day
Is COVERED BY FRESH EARTH.
On July 23d, Mrs. Campbell, accompanied
by her granddaughter, Miss Retta Mercer,
went 10 FL Dorado Springs, where they were
yesterday morning. During The absence oil
the mother, Geo. w. campbell slept ia the
house OF his mother and took his meals al
his brothers.
Saturday there was a very spirited game
of base ball between Sedslia and KnObnos-
ter mines. George bel quite heavily on the
Sedalis nine and lost. After the game had
been concluded he drank heavily, and when
last seen alive, shout Ills Saturday nigh,
he was considerably under the influence of
liquor. About s o'clock Sunday morning
John Campbell went to his mothers house
to awaken his brother for breakfast. He
pounded on the door and getting no re-
Spouse, climbed ladder and opened a Sec
ond story window. On the bed, with a
pistol by his side was the corpse OF his
brother George. He gave the alarm and
soon the neighbors gathered in to view the
scene. The deceased was shot in the fore
head, The top of his head being blown of.
The pistol was a self cooking Colts revolt
yer, carrying forty-four ball. The de-
ceased was about 50 years old.
FAMILY HISTORY.
The Campbell family heredically die
tragically. DR.. c. G. Campbell, the father
of the family, died December 80, 1876. He
was drunk and fell in fireplace and was
burned to such an extent tina! he died
two days afterward. He left a very large
estate.
DIR. VIM. Campbell, son aged &c, shot |
himself on Aprii Is. 1867. He had the |
reputation of being very bright ana skilful
in his profession. His death was oc-
casioned by the following incident: On
September S, 1868, William and his broth
er, c. c. Campbell, went to Georgetown
in Pettis county. While there they drank
heavily and started home with a jug of
whisky and tin cup. On the road home |
the boys drank considerably. In their |
drunken hurrah William put a tin cup of
whisky on his head and his brother Collin
shot at il. He was a fine marksman and |
he knocked it from his brothers head, leay-
ing him unframed. In turn Collin put the
cup on his head and William shot at it.
AIMED TOO LOW.
William was either too drunk or was
not as good a shot as his brother Collin,
and the bullet struck Collin In the fore.
head and he fell dead in his tracks. Will
liam vas indicted for the crime and his
trial was to take place on April 13, 1867,
In the johnson county circuit court. On
that morning William went 10 his room in
this place and made a will, bequeathing
his property, amounting 10 several thou.
sand dollars, to his sister Emma. After
making his will he put pistol to his fore
head and appealed his case to higher
tribunal.
Eugene Campbell, another brother, got
into some difficulty with q man named
Jones some years ago. In consequence of
the enormity of the act, and In order 10
evade punishment, he took to the brush,
and while laying out he contracted the
disease that caused his death.
Sunday morning q book of Adelaide
Procter's poems was lying open on Mrs.
Campb>l's bed On the ground floor. On
the open page was poem headed:
FAREWELL II
Farewell, o dream of mine! /;
dare not stay;
The hour is come, and time
Viii not delay;
Pleasant and dear 10 me
Wilt thou remain;
No future hour
Brings thee again. I
She stands, The Future dim,
And draws me On,
And shows me dearer Joys
But thou art gone!
Treasures and Hopes more fair c
Bear she for me, 9
And yet liuger, still,
o, dream, with the.
Other and brighter days :
Perhaps she briggs;
Deeper and holier Songs
Perchsnce she sings; I
But thou and |, fair time,
We TOO, must sever;- 7
o, dream of mine, =
Farewell, foreveri
Mrs. Campbell was telegraphed TO at C
FL Dorado Springs Sunday morning. There b
,eing no telegraph line further than Schell e
Jiiy, messenger was sent fifteen miles to 81
NOpusv m GARRY the cad news 10 a corrOr- II
about O'Clock this morning. y
The funeral took place at 100 m 81
o-day, and the young man was followed 10
he grave by large concourse of people.
The deceased inherited from mis- fathers
state about $4,000, which came into his b