Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-12-07
.D.BH GaAP3E | arrested.
He is in Jail at Pitts5uTg Awaiting
LI.railtl0n.
Was the Proprietor OF the Motor
ious Oh Exchang5 in This City.
Roncsmen and Detective Shorts
Followed Their Man and Arrested
Him-The Charges Against Him.

Dean Campbell, well-known But
Ter man. IS in Jail. charged with being
a fugitive from justice. lie is wanted
in Wheeling 10 answer p charges on
which he has been indicted. and he will
make a fight against being taken back,
says the Pittsburg Dispatch Of yester-
Gay.
lis arrest was accomplished by De-
tective William shore. aiGe4 =. 80
tectivc J. ". Short and Frank Church,
Of Wheeling. who have been following
him for nearly a week. Mr. Church IS
on CanDJells bond TO the amount OF
Sl1gJ. and Dr. Taylor OF Wheeling, is
on il for the same sum. They must
bring him before the Ohio county court
or pay POO.
Campbell is of prominent Butter
county family and is married 10 the
daughter OF q wcl-EnOWn citizen OF
Butler who is now living with her
father. He owned a good farm there,
but sold it since his trouble IN Wheel
ing.
He went TO Wheeling year OF so ago
and opened a. saloon there. 1t is said
10 have been the toughest dive IN that
city. Ii was so D. ad that the police piled
UP % charges against Campbell for
violating the liquor laws. keeping
disreputable house and other inIrac-
lions of the law.
DROVE A HORSE TO DEATH.
When Campbell was given hearing
he was unable 10 get the bail demand
ed. By making promises and pleading
hard he induced Mr.. Church and Dr.
Taylor to 90 on his bond. They did II
20 keep him out OF Jail so that ne would
have an opportunity of having his case
fixed up In some way.
After the }eqrir0 he reoneCed his sa-
loon and bought has beer, ice and other
things be needed ON credit lie PAID
for nothing that he could get without
cash. When he was al the end OF lis
credit be walked out of the saloon one
night. left it TO run itself and departed.
lie owned a fest horse and a cart.
He drove away from Wheeling with
this RIG Fearing pursuit. he drove 50
hard to reach the State line that he kill
ed the horse. a valuable animal Then
he sold the cart for S35. and there trace
was lost Of him by the officers for
three months.
When his bond was declared forfeited
BIZ the court. his b0ndsmen save De
recrive Short instructions to run him
down at any cost He went TO Butler
This week with Mr. Church and found
that Campbell had bee there. He
left there for Irwin. where he intended
10 buy the Commercial Hotel.
WILL FIGHT THE EXTRADITION.
They found him there on Thursday
with the deal closed up. As the court
was 20 act on the license transfer soon,
he asked them 10 say nothing OF his
Wheeling record. He feared The trans
fer would be refused if it became
known. He agreed TO 90 back to
Wheeling without trouble, and try 10
square matters there They accepted
his word that he would do 50.
Rut instead he came 10 Pittshurg
with them and got away from them
here. They then got Detective Shore
70 aid them ard after a days hunt they
found him again. He refused 10 30
r' with hom without reOUiSitiOD pa
rors and Detective Short made an in
'-vwo+'0n against him before Alder
man c. T. Anderson CHARGING him with
Icing fugitive from justice.
He was committed % ioi' without
hail. Papers in the case have heen sent
10 Charleston 10 ret q roauisi-i9n from
the Governor Of West Virginia. They
viii he taken To T17rri sNUTg tomorrow.