Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-07-07
THE NEWS AT LEAvENWoRTH.
An INDIANAPOLIS WRONG DOEit
FORMERLY or LENNEN WORTH.
Coicn J. Campbell. who Eiopcd with
Young G%iri-iii> LcnSrnworth
Record Rather J~n-nvOr,-
miscellaneous Items.

-. Louis papers OF yesterday contained
long stories of the sensational clopcmeut
Of colen j. Campbell. aged about 80 years.
and Miss Ellie culver. Ii years Old. daught-
err OF Dr. u. VI, culver. OF Indianapolis.
Ind. The clopencnt occurred June %. but
tho runaway couple were only located and
arrested at st. Louis SUNDAY afternoon.
Campbell waived the necessity for rcquls-
ition papers and accompanied the officers
back TO indianapolis. He avertcd that Miss
culver had represented to him that she
was Il years Of age, and admitted that he
was a married man. Campbell became ac-
quaihtcd with Miss Culver several months
ago, he having become a convert. and
joined the sixth Christian church OF Indiana
arolis, OF which Miss culver was the choir
organist. The new convert, being a good
tenor. was at once assigned to service
In the choir, and IL was In this manner he
became acquainted with and made a VIC
tim of the unslspcctlng girl. He was at
that time soliciting for a local life insure
ancc company, and he succeeded In having
Miss Culver and one or two other young
girls insure their lives In the sum of 500
each Tor his benefit.
colen j. Campbell. who has thus trlflci
with tho affections and betrayed Miss Cul-
YER, Is, well known In Ieavctiworth, where
ne ,hai quito an experience, and victim.
ICED q Widow much his senior, who had
I'VE children, and some cash. Campbell
years ago, as II member OF the Icavrn-
worth Soldiers Home band, some dis
lance from the home lived John c. Miles,
WHO had u wife ana five small children.
hylng on a tract of land outside the city,
where Miles made a livelihood by market
gardening. When the boom" struck
l~.eay"nworth, Miles, by some lucky deals.
IN real estate. mulc considerable money,
nut INK" many another man. he re-inyestol
ana Whcn the boom died, he found himself
oNcrstockcd with real estate. Thinking to
mop" ny f'suininG gardening, Miles went
70 the inuinn Territory. where he engaged
IN selling liquor, leaving his family here.
lie was arrested by the government Of
hginls, for selling liquor In the territory In
Violation OF law, and, smnrting under tho
nnittcd suicide. His remains were brought
here for burial. Campbell, learning that
thG hoino and. garden land OF the widow
Miles Was unincimbcrcd, lost no time in
gaining the hand OF Mrs, Miles. no,with-
standing the fact Inut she was almost
twice as old as he. Immediately after the
mnriingc. Campbell induced his wife TO
sell the old homestead, which was done,
ana the family came to this city to reside
aud ampbel invested this money in u res
taurant.
Th" venture did not prove a success, and
one evening. by the explosion of a case
line stove, the establishment was wiped
out of existence. Another restaurant was
started. nut with like poor success, and IL
was not long until Campbell had quite dis
Slpatod the several thousand dollars be-
longing TO his wife and her children. He
then became II solicitor for charging pho
tographS. ana about one year ago he, with
his family. left this city for Chicago. since
which time nothing OF his whereabouts was
known until his arrest In ST. Louis, as
stated above. He Is an Englishmin by
birth ana not at all pleasing In address,