The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-24

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9-As yet
there is little TO guide the detectives
in their search for oliver w. Winthrop
and the mysterious Pete" who are ac-
cused of having kidnapped Millionaire
James Campbell and holding him pris-
oner from Monday afternoon till We'd
nesday evening.
| Circulars of description were sent out
yesterday, but Captain Lees and his
men are doing most of their work in
the city. From the conduct of Win
throp's relatives there is reason to be-
Iieve that he is not far away, and that
they are in communication with him.
The chain of evidence against Win
throp is growing stronger. Archie Ur-
quhart and George A. Koch, both OF
whom know Winthrop and Campbell,
saw them on Montgomery street Mon
day afternoon. Koch saw them leave
the Occidental Hotel together, and other
witnesses will be secured to prove this
fact. Urquhart, while walking with q
lady friend, passed Winthrop and Mr..
Campbell on Montgomery street. near
California, and Campbell saw Urquhart.
| A grand juror who aided in finding the
indictment against Winthrop was on
the same Sacramento street car with
the brigand and his victim, and saw
them get off at Third avenue and walk
toward the cottage at 4109 California
street. Herbert p. Case, who resides
near the cottage, saw Winthrop leave
the cottage Tuesday morning and go to
corner grocery half a block away,
with a bottle, and then return a few
minutes later to the cottage. A. M.
Speck, who knows Winthrop well, rent
ed the cottage to the brigand, and Mrs.
Dunton recognizes Winthrop's picture
as that of the man who claimed to her
to be Archibald while taking possess
sion of the cottage.
Mr. Campbell was unable to leave his
room, and had all meals served private
ly. He was cheerful and pleasant and
spoke freely to reporters.
Campbell described more of the do
ings at the California street cottage,
where he was held captive two long
days.
''It is evident that the men were
hardly ready to make their assault on
me when we got to the house." he said.
when we entered the bedroom and
sat down Winthrop said he would call
his wife. He was gone several minutes
and / began to grow suspicious as L
could not understand why ii took so
long for him to summon his wife in
such a little cottage. He may have been
nerving up the younger and less expe-
rienced criminal.
when Winthrop did return he had
hardly entered the room when the man
with the mask rushed in with his pistol
and ordered us to throw up our hands.
| eyed him closely and thought / saw
that he was little nervous. / did a
tremendous amount of thinking every
second. Had the masked man stayed
off from me l could not have hit him,
but as he kept coming nearer ! decided
to fight
GAS soon as he came within reach /
hit him a hard blow with my right
hand and be dropped. The pistol went
off as he fell. / hardly think he intend
ed to shoot me. 1 think he fired the
pistol through nervousness. | fell over
him, but lost no time in recovering my
feet and rushing to the door to escape.
HAD the hallway been larger, or had
the door opened from the right hand
instead of the left, / would have escap-
ed. Just as / reached the door and got
one foot out Winthrop threw his weight
on the door and jammed me. He hit
me on the head with some instrument