The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-27

| Trouble Was One Suspicious Entry
He Had Been Drinking Hard.
There is a man dead up stairs,
is what the alarmed chamber maid said
as she ran down the stairs Of the &C.
| cideEtal hotel mast night.
1t was soon learned that the dead
man was in room 80. He was lying on
his left side in the bed. The left hand
was drawn over the left shoulder while
trousers which had not been removed
when the man retired.
Coroner McAllister was notified and
he came and took possession OF the
body and began to look for evidence
to identify the dead man.
He had registered at 10 o'clock the
night before and was assigned 10 room
80 as a ledger and had not reported
for either breakfast, dinner or supper.
He had simply registered Joe Camp
bell" without naming his residence.
The room 80 was soon filed by people
and several remembered Of having
seen the dead man here but none were
able to tell what part CT the city he
lived in.
In his pocket was large pocket
book which contained only papers. In
it was a letter which apparently had
just been written and read.
Friend Wray-You must excuse me
for not writing before as I have been
very sick and am down yet and in bad
shape. Have not earned dollar since
last September and don't know what is
TO become OF me as / can't collect a
cent Now, Friend Wray. send me
$50 on account. Will try and hand"
TIE last few lines We're written as Ii
by a very nervous person and were un-
Ineligible. TIE letter was not dated
nor was any name signed.
On an envelope in the dead mans
pocket was written on one corner box
CAS-, Wichita Kan" On a day book was
written Joseph Campbell was born
July 4, 1916, Co. b. $50 Reg. Ind. Vol.
Infantry" In another place in the day
book was written: IF anything hap
pens TO me il was whisky, caused by
family trouble" Their was something
written below this but il had been so
nearly erased that il could not be made
out. These wer evidently the last
words ever written by the now dead
man.
The body was taken to the Gill I'M
dertaking establishment and the coro-
ner will examine farther as to what
caused the mans death. There was
every evidence that the man died with
out a struggle which at once removed
all suspicion that he had committed
suicide.
The night clerk said that when Joe
Campbell registered he sowed signs OF
having been drinking but he was not
what he would call very drunk
The chamber maid said she went up
to make the bed in SO just before noon
that the man groaned and supposing
that he had gone TO bed in the morning
for a nap she closed the door and
went away.
When the body was removed TO the
undertaker's about half the people
present said they knew Campbell but
wer unable to tell where he lived.
James Taylor said that Campbell and
his wife had parted and that he had
done some carpenter work for Mahan
Brothers last fall.
Joe Campbell had evidently been in
great trouble about something. In
one place in his day book was written
~ was a fool 10 let that trouble me. "
From entries in the book made after
this il was evident that ii had been
written several months ago. But there
was no friend present to hear his last
words. He died unattended and alone.
The dead man will likely be fully
identified today.