The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-06
HE ROBBED HIS DEAD FRIEND
ARREST OF JULIO CAMPO. a Y0UNQ
COLOMBIAN OFFICER.

He Conresses that He stole lGensy saa
Valuable Papers from the Body - Mn.
Trnittcur, In whose House he HvsA
ana TINT He Took Jewefs from Her 1sonas
A handsome. dark-skinned man. about -
years Of age. came to tho house OF Charles n.
Traitteur OF 115 East Twenty-eiehth strse1
about four months ago and said he wanted 70
get room. Mr.. Traitteur is O Special TYSaAs
ury Inspector In tho Custom House. and . q
A. n. man. The applicant for rooms gave Ma
Traitteur n letter OF Introduction from 4
prominent army officer. introducing him al
Julio Campo. a Spanish South American. he
also showed commission as General in the
United States Of Colombia, and letters to &
number OF army officers
Ho got q room in the house. and as he b0@
came better acquainted with Mr.. and Mrs
Traittcur he told them that he was Commits
sioner to the Worlds Fair In Chicago from o.
lombia. and that he had an uncle and other
relatives who were very powerful politically
He did not know very much English. AND
had lived in East Orange at the house Of Mrs.
Boyce at ~ North Grove street for short
time after leaving his own country. about sfE
months ago. As tho Traitteurs grew to know
him better they noticed that he was oontinus
ally hard up. and once he borrowed $50 from
Mrs. Traitteur.
family by robbine the dead body Of Mrs. Traits
teur. On the morning Of Oct 20 Mrs. TraitteuH
went up stairs after breakfast to put her room
In ORDER
Campo was in the next room. asleep. Il r.
supposed. Mrs Tratteur sent the servant
girl down stairs for something. but when
she was half way down the girl heard
her mistress calling her in faint
voice. She rushed back and found Mrs. Trait.
ko,,. I,;.n Al,,N ~ 4 o.. H.
called Campo. who ran for physician. The
physician on his arrival pronounced the case
heart failure.
Ten minutes Inter the patient died. and after
waiting while Campo called messenger boy
to send to Mr.. Traitteur the doctor left.
Then Campo went into the room whore the
body 10y. and the cook and servant girl fols
lowed him. You two go into my room and
make up my bed" he said. The girls obeyed.
While they were gone Campo took from tho
body small bag containing money and
bonds which Mrs. Traitteur always wore In the
bosom OF her dress. He also went to the bu.
reau. ransacked the top drawer. and took .
largo quantity OF jewelry. He then went back
in his own room. When the servant girl res
turned to Mrs. Traitteur's room she noticed
that the top bureau drawer was open and tha
key missing. Nothing was said about this at
that time.
When woman from the undertaken came
to arrange the body. Mr.. Traitteur asked .
woman friend OF his wife to stay In the room
and look out for the valuables which he knew
his wife always carried on her person.
This friend afterward told him that no value
place 81. on Saturday 81, The following Tues
the s G, Garth, the q Ss hs d s s .us she
eions were Strength ened d When she saw Elm
o bs sn
after Without q the sateh h and asked her: w
DO you sleep down stairs and does Mr..
ss ss VAS a sG%s a aSs hi hi SSs
swer: On "Wednesday afteEnoon a friend Of
the d Is woman came f. t6s house use: and she
sfy ke Hsfr sms ws
Trateur IN Tie Bosom q hcr dress
dss 81 IL. sas x SR1saq hs so ssad ss
had worn on her per son. some papers belong
case q Witch was f found IL fsr bSFsaa drsHss
belonged in the house and the tin box that had
contained many O. Mrs Trattears papers
into he House s' snd iend'
George f. Simpson. Special Inspector of c W
Mr.. Traitteur detained Campo in the dining
we Brown for MeSs
seized and was told be must be searched. He
shouted and struggled, and when Simpson
rush ' or t the front door, Mede was too
quick for him. and he was caught and held.
pawn teEetS
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the and yastics bvSsr rs%aHaod Them
the eaTRe %nSs ssa
sos Ct wss ID IL Hs n &
Bank and deeds MeSt to two pieces OF mining prop
'f ap ss Confessed %as that he was with Campo
whs the %af tWa Jse
sSs T ss s s 09%e answer
In ssa man
STS who used to come into
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Caldoron. said directly, Certainly know
M 5 Soa%Ssa sae n 1s ss was general in
in the coutry, and in 1886 WAS Vice President.
Young Julio came to this country less than .
year ago to learn English.
He knows Gen. Howard Of your. army. and
other wel-kpown officers, 80 he tells me- Ia.
Fair. for the Commissioner from Columbia
haye, not yet been appointed. He had friend.
WHO spea ks Spanish huently Simpson lives In
horrisania, think"
The fact that Julio Campo the robber and
are one aid the same seemed to DO pretty well
proved by the testimony OF these three men.