The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-10
A LAND FRAUD FLEES.
Campbell and His Chums Skip
With Their Victims Cash.
AN OLD GAME PLAYED AGAIN.
Dissatisfied Dupes Gather to Claim Their
Money, but Find the Birds
Flown-An Old Offender.

Another crowd of gulllble individuals has
beens ken In by tiDbsr land ioca or. aud
have bought $iV0 worth OF ext erience each from
J. +. Campbell, whose fice wac at PA Jefferson
str, ct
All day Monday and yesterday an anxious
crowd of vict ms was g,.nereds ar uad tn
office. VIII CHI al een strip OF its ban isofne
Tx ures, tut still had on It's window the sign
OF J. f C4mpb.il, WITH the aunouI Gem ut that
Pc wa real tate mt, and would locate
50 tiers ON homesteads and timber ci.ip IN
the best parts OF the ound country. Mr.. Camp
bel aid his cont d.rates were OF 10 he found
ye.terday, AMI tnrir vi 81 Ms hss 70 8 ex con-
ISOLATION from enc ano. her.
Cam pbe ], who IL man OF luxuriant whiskerp
and snioo tongue, has b., n operating o a
lew cay owe monih. aud III that tn Q is
alleged tina he hes ak IN about u, $40 IN
cash, AID caves aid o In tie iur h Tor q
m ntn's rent, ues.tD ow ns large newspaper
accounts aud o ier sundr es that viii run vel
np ~ n aundre s. his nsutenants are PEE
sents Jim Wilson and Q fame u swim.
nier On tr ie he q, wIo is nov in Gus ody at
Port iowhsena. X Gently NJ. HawSes, new
conner To- the u, WAS also vlrumlz - the
tuns $50 by Campbell. who ooS him H. IS
partner Ii an employment ssency wEIcu sai. ed
To rag.
Tn Office cupied By Campbell was fixei up
In atlraciiv form aud numb r.e,s map, d &C.
boat and IOtei wnere land nd tImb hunters
were won, 10 cOugregsie, . u conducted their
oupes TO the Office. There the maps wer
trought INTO r. qaisltiGn, and Campoeii Ia glow
Ing terms NO la point on some pot vi CT ia
three months time won d be worth from Ole to
i've thousand Gollsrs. He Sid ne reprs sen! cd q
company that in three months time would buy
tn same opefty from tie man filing q tlsIm
Tor me amounts vatiousy above estimated, the
piospe tor ony having 10 pay MIN tCampbe u
10 be shown the land free OF expsuse by the
compsny's cruisers end surveyors, many Of
wnom ihey had in tneir erhpoy A rrovisO
W ut IN tn" proppslt OIL, - tn fl CT tinl TIE
projectors s1J0 Was 10 BIZ deposited ID the tank,
AID that II alter VIE ng the afd they wer- not
sat,,fi d with IL. Tie Z money was 10 be returL
to tne m at the expiration Of u Q ipul nied TN e
iron tweLty 10 t1irty dsys, this preeaut on
D.tng tax II on the part Of the company to pro-
tect themselves from prospectcrs fling on the
land unknowu to them. NJ ny we're ruek Wi b
the Ia rn, IS Of the companysd alings, aud as q
coils que ce are 800 out Of 20 get.
Since D. lug N business Campbell aud his
cr-w nave q ID but Two CLAIM at the United
ates land Off q. but have prese nted many al
p.lcat on. which were vii hdrawn % SION S
the victims yers shipped away H. Comp ny
with the cruiser, un er yer on, pref xis. Pre-
vious exp.oits of Campbe ABOUT year ago,
wnen tie suddenly left the city. had made rne
land ftic OH iais q little usriciou< him. so
they expres,eI 10 su.pr Sc a MS dlsapl earance.
About al OF Cam BE- Is customers were dis
satisfied wi h the sand pointed out TO tnem and
on Mabd y aud yesterday. tn. time having ar
Tiv for a. reI aymenL Of their $10J. they via
1t d the I'll G ia droyee, but no Campbell could
tnty 6ud. confederates explained that his
abseLc was cause by sickness, but he would
De arou yesterday and return Ia ir money
Statistic wi The excuse. tn Callers went aw ay
ana OF NJ MAY nisnt Campbell showed up, aud
cor small Consider .tiDn, IT Is raid, av. a hi b
OF sale for the office fix ures To an scquaintanc.
He then departed win mis- confed Rates Tor Vac
toria, b. e.
day vest rday dup individual. visited
tn dgser ed aLode OF me sw,ndlsrs, and co I.
I'D tn msslve, by asking eaca otner: I'D d he
eaten you, toof'