The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-09-11

home on California street Near the
/ Mills building they met Urquhart in
company with a lady.
/ Arriving at the cottage, 400 Califor-
MIA street, Campbell was ushered into
/ the parlor TO the chairs facing the
door into the hall. The supposed Mrs.
/ Winthrop did not appear and Camp
! bell grew impatient. Winthrop assured
/ him his wife would soon come in.
! The next thing I saw there was a
man standing in the doorway. He had
/ a pistol in his hand pointing il at me.
| His face was covered with a black silk
or cotton handkerchief stuffed in his
vest and under his hat, with holes
bored in it for his eyes. He said. Up
/ hands, or I'll shoot Winthrop stood
up and held up his hands. / sat there.
! didn't know what TO do Then the
/ man came a little nearer and said again
TO throw up hands. Winthrop said to
me, You'd better throw up your hands
or he'll shoot
| 4 said III be-if throw up my
| hands'-that's the words l used-then
I threw myself forward and to one side
and struck him. He went down. Just
as he was going down the pistol went
off. The bullet grazed the right side
of my head. l could feel it sting and
it bled little. The bullet went right
through the rim of my hat. When the
pistol went off l grabbed it by the
muzzle and tried to take it away He
struggled to keep it. l was bending
over him when Winthrop struck or
kicked me from behind, at the same
time saying, Hold on TO the gun, Pete
| When he struck me from behind it
threw me forward. l made a spring for
| the door and caught the knob. The
door opened and | got one knee and
one arm out. Winthrop threw himself
| against the door to shut it again and
caught hold of me with one arm
around my neck to pull me back. Then
| one of them hit me with something
hard just behind the ear 1t stunned
me and l fell down When l came to
again l was lying on the floor. My legs
were tied, but my hands were free. |
began TO struggle to get free. Then
Winthrop said, Cut his throat Pete,
if he makes any more trouble Then
they tied my hands together, dragged
me into the hall bedroom back of the
parlor and put me on a cane chair with
a straight back. They dashed me to
this.
About o'clock Tuesday morning
Winthrop came in and asked if | would
sign the papers. | said No We'll,
he said, well have to torture you,
then; them'S the chiefs orders Then
Winthrop and Pete went into the bed
room. and l heard some hammering.
Pretty soon they came out and took
me into the bedroom and put me on
the bed. They put handouts on me
and fastened chain to the handouts.
The chain was fastened to the floor
with three staples. They put rope
around my body and passed it around
my wrists, and then around my legs,
holding my hands down to my legs.
Then Winthrop put a gag in my mouth,
fastened it behind my head and kept
there until Wednesday morning.
"Wednesday about o'clock Winthrop
came in again. He said he was going
to Mexico He said he had brought
, me a new hat. | said, You'd better
, give me the old one He said the new
one was better, and as it was the same
!; size as the old he thought it would fit.
, He took the gag out of my mouth and
asked me if 1 would eat 1 said No
1 was afraid
At 2 O'Clock Winthrop came in again
and said he was going to Mexico, and
had given orders for Pete to release
: Campbell Thursday night. He placed
) the new hat, CampbelTs pocket-book
, containing the letter of credit, the
) knife and keys and a nickel on the
bureau in the room.
, Then he went to the foot of the bed,
and, putting his hands on it and lean
ing forward, said, Now, Campbell,
, I'll give you little advice; never make
; any friends with strangers after this. :"
Campbell never saw him again until
after his arrest Soon after Winthrop
!, left Pete came in.
However, the conversation with Pete
, and the details of Campbells release
from the fateful cottage were kept out
by and objection interposed by Mr.. Bell
that it was long subsequent to the al
legged robbery, and was not in the
presence of the defendant.
Campbell was released that night,
however, and '-pilOted" by Pete to with
in half & block of the Geary-street cars.
The witness identified the chain and
ropes with which he was tied, the pill
: low slip and blankets of the bed to
, which Pete pried up the staples and
, the pieces of board taken from the floor
into which the staples we're driven.
Besides these, they were introduced as
exhibits the coat he wore at that time
which was~rOrn in his struggles at the
door, and the new hat Winthrop gave
him.
During .CampbelIs testimony the de-
: PENDANT Winthrop busily took notes OF
it and coached his attorney in cross
examination. II has been limited that
; the story of the robbery was invented
, to account for il.