Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-10-31
Special Dispatch to the Enqarer.

Special Dispatch to the Enqeirer.
COLUMBUS, O., October 21.-Hon.
James E. Campbell passed through this
city tonight en- route to WoOdsfield,
where he speaks to-morrow. The fol-
lowing letter, which is self-explanatory,
he mailed to the board of Revision of
Cincinnati before leaving home, and
upon his arrival here tonight furnished
the Enquire a copy:
HAMILTON, O., October 21. 1889.
To THE BOARD OF REVISION, CINCIN-
NATI, OHIo-Gentlemen I am this
day in receipt of your letter of the 18th,
returning my telegram of the 18th
without assigning any cause for its re-
turn, or without any comment thereon.
The telegram reads as follows:
"HoN. JOHN B. MosBY-Chairman
board Of Revision, Cincinnati, Ohio: II
respectfully decline to appear before a
board of which you are q chairman, but
suggest that you turn the boards at
tention to investigating yourself and
the imputed charges in the Cincinnati
newspapers that you made a corrupt
bargain with forger, to pay him for
his despicable word, by giving him the
Office Of Smoke Inspector. Should the
board investigate your relations to R.
G.. Wood. l hope you may be able to
prove your insanity at the exact date
when It would be most useful as q plea
In defense,
JAMES E. CAMPBELL.
If your honorable body returned this
telegram to me because you had not
Jurisdiction of the charges therein re-
ferred to, 1t would have been
THE ORDINARY BUSINESS METHOD
To name that fact. If you returned it
to me because you esteemed the charge
to be frivolous, / will enlighten you
with some incidents connected there
have convinced the public, that this is
very serious matter.
The gentleman to whom refer (Hon.
John B. Mosby) is the mayor of Gin
cinnati. He agreed some weeks ago to
appoint one r. G. Wood to the lucra-
tive Office of Smoke inspector of that
city, but subsequently reconsidered, be-
cause of charges made against the said
Wood, accompanied by proof, showing
him to be unfit to occupy any position
of trust or honor. These charges were
preferred by the committee of One Hun
dred.
Mr.. Woods promise of appointment
was made upon the recommendation OF
the governor of Ohio; and the governor
had frequently telegraphed and written
said Wood in relation to transactions
which passed between said Wood and
others, as the consideration for said ap-
pointment.
The said Wood was not man of
good standing, nor of political influence,
nor, indeed, is it certain what his politi-
cal Affections were, and there was
NO REASON FOR HIS APPOINTMENT
Except one, which seems to be founded
upon o crime. He did about that time
forge the names of myself and other
men of much greater prominence in the
political world to document which
purported to be contract, but which
dishonored every one of us, including
the memory of the late 8. 8. Cox, who
was dead at the time the forgery was
perpetrated, and among the names are
two of my late Republican colleagues
from Ohio. The said forged document
80 far as have been able to learn, was
never seen except by the governor
Mayor Mosby, Mr.. Halstead,
ANDTHE GOVERNORS BROTHER.
Which of them received it from Mr.
Wood, or whether either of them re.
ceived it, directly or not, I have not
vet been able to learn. l only know
that the paper is in the custody of Mr.
Halstead, and that he has never at
tempted to point out to the public the
chanuel through which it came to him
Unless the four gentlemen I have
named can show that they did moi
suborn this forgery 10 be perpetrated
nor receive the forged document direct
ly from the forger, the public will just
" hold them to be as guilty as the for
ger himself. II
This matter needs investigation In
some form. have tried every means
in my power to find the forger, who
left the State or country Immediately
after the discovery Of his crime. Ht
was
RECENTLY so POVERTY STRICKEN
That he was unable to buy medicine
when sick and food when in health
yet he obtained the means from some
source to 60 80 far away that he is com
pletely concealed from the persons who
have tried to find him, and is enabled
to live through the bounty of those
whom he has tried to serve.
He could have no motive in perpe
trating this crime except to make one
of the four parties above named Cover
nor and 'another one Uunited State'
senator. He must, therefore, have hat
some consideration for perpetrating th,
forgery in their interests, for no mar
walks up to the door Of the penitenti
ary simply for love and affection.
have ascertained that this man Woo