The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-11-17
KILLED HIS BROTHER
Result Of a Drunken Quarrel Ie-
tween John and Robert
Campbell.

! John Campbell, twenty-five years old.
OF No. 3 Thomas stree5.is prisoner al the
Fourth preciuct station hou e, charged
with fratricide. He will be examined on
that charge before Police Justice Kim-
inerly tomorrow morning. Tue body OF
his brother, Robe.t Campbell. tweutv~
seven years old, is lying at Speer's
morgus TO await the action of
the County Physician. On Monday
afternoon Mrs Campbell called az the
City Hospital and applied for admission
for her son Robert, who accompanied
her. She said that Rob .rt had been on u
proirRcted : spree. and on Sunday
had fallen and hurt his head.
He was admitted aud that day
fell into o comotose state from which he
never recovered. The aspect of his case
led the doctors TO make careful ex-
animation, and they found thas his skull
was fractured. On Tuesday morning
Warden Osborne called in DIR. Dickinson
who trepansed ir.
THE FIRST sToRY,
His brothers and sisters called fre-
Quently to zee him, and seemed very
anxious about him. When asked how
he came by his wound they stuck To the
story told By the mother. They told the
doctors that Robert had been half witted
all his life and had been hard drihker.
When drunk his mind often became en-
tirely up balanced, and he grew violent.
His case kept growing worse. aud yester-i
day morning the doctors made the an
nouncement that he could not i've. He
died early this morning, aad his body
was removed to the morgue. u
DETECTIVE HoLTIC's INVESTIGATION.
Tuesday afternoon Detective Hottie
was informed that Campbell had received
his injuries at the hands of his brother
Johu. He arrested John at half past two
O'Clock yesterday, and charged him with
atrocious assault. He worked on
the case all the AFTERNOON
aud at six O'Clock arrested
Albert Altfuldish, the adopted son OF
who, ne learned, had witue ssed the fight
between the Cam bells. Altfuldlsh
works for job Campbell, who is y
peddler. He told the detective the story
of the fight as folows:-
STORY OF THE FIGHT.
On Sunday a1te neon he and the two
brothers were in the yard greasin9 one t
the wagons. John gave his brother fifty
cents to go to neighborinG saloon for
some peer and cigarettes. He
was gone long time and
when he returned he brought the
articles but no change. His. brother
asked him for it and no grew angry.
Thy got into wrangle aud finally
Robert. who was drunk aud in dis~
&RreeaOio uuiuoF ,SJTuCk JOuu on IQ6 napQ
and cut his finger. This anQered
John. who hit him In the face and
knocked him against the wheel OF the
wagon. He left him there aud went with
Al,fuldish to the CITY Hos oital, where
he mad his 1nger dressed.
CoRRoBORATIvE.
A JERSEY CITY NEWS reporter called
at the Campbelps home this NOR i
ing. Mrs. Campbell was out, but Alt
fuldish's sister was there aud from her be
learned the balance of the case. She said
as did her brother the three were together
In the yard and that NO one elss wit
messed the fight. John. she says is MT q
drinking man. He sent for the beer to
treat the other two. The fight she only
knows about from her brothers account
of it. After John had gone
TO the hospital Robert picked
himself up and entered the
house, where he lay In a drunken stupor
until the next morning He did not
complain until be became sober. aud
then he complained OF pain in his head.
His mother supposed that he had
fallen while drunk the Gay before,
and In that way hurs himself.
She took him to the hospital and tho
rest has been toll. Altfuldlsn Is held la
$500 bail as q witness.
Robert has always been great trouble
TO his mother and was arrested and sen-
fenced last spring for raising q disturb~
ance while drunk.