The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-02
He is GLAD OF TT
JUDGE CAMPBELL TALKS ABOUT
DIsBARMENT CHARGES,


Everythlng He has Done and the Court
has Approved LITTLE VIII Make the
Court Contradict Street Corner Lies, He
says-Roasts Stanley and Wall, and Pat
HEBRON, Too-He says Jack Davidson
WANTED to Bride Him-some Scraps of
Uhwritten History.
Realizing the fact that there are two
tdes to every story and that the public
wartt to hear both Of them a reporter
tort the Eagle drove out to the resi-
dence of Assistant Attorney General
Campbell late last night 10 hear what
hef had TO say concerning the charges
Of disbarment brought against him.
When going to see a man who bears
such a relation TO the public as Mr..
Campbell does, at late and unseason-
able hour, a reporter is naturally afraid
Of being met with a shot gun or an i'm
mense bull dog. On this occasion there
was no shot gun but the bull dog that
saped bowling and yelping from un-
der a tree seemed to be as big as an
elephant He had teeth as big as 40
penny spike nails and he opened his red
mouth wide enough to swallow pig at
one guIp. The only fling the Eagle
representative could do was to turn
his face 10 the dog, prespire big drops Of
sweat and walk backwards 10 the door
not knowing the moment he would feel
a charge of buck shot tearing in be-
tween his shoulder blades and through
his lungs.
1t IS easy to imagine his feelings OF
relief when a young lady opened the
door and invited him in.
as Judge Campbell imp
Yes, sir; take a seat in the room at
the right and I viii call him to you"
While waiting the reporter noticed
the pictures Of two Campbells on the
wall One was life sized portrait Of
the gentleman Of the house while the
other was a painting Of Alexander
Campbell the great preacher.
Come up stairs; papa viii see you
there" said the same young lady and
as the reporter followed her he saw at
least fifteen children enroute.
Cir. Campbell had DOTTED his fine suit
Of clothes, had donned an old suit and
was setting beside dis daughter, Miss
Nancy, debating to her.
Il am just debating my answer to
the charges brought against me-" he
said. Il first want to say, however,
that you are welcome to my home as
all the gentlemen Of the press are who
can tell the truth about me-"
The Eagle" said the reporter, "aims
TO give the facts to the public concern
ing enemies as well as friends and
your statement about this case viii be
published ae near verbatim as posi-
Bile"
'I want to tell you" he said as he
waved the typewriter charges at long
range before him. that there is moth
ing in them that an honest man need
fear to face. Now that they are filed
/ am glad Of it for l am sure that the
result will be more DANA ing to the fel-
lows who want to down me than they
VIII be TO me Mark that statement
down in your memory and tell me some
day whether 1 was right or was wrong
when l made it,
ITO commence with, l can knock the
charges out by demurrer in five min
1ites, but l will not attempt TO do So I
wouldn't DO il for anything for l want
them to go to trial 50 that l can prove
ln1y entire innocence Of what they now
tdnarge. The fact is I am glad of the
\ opportunity for this investigation; I
| can get the court ito contradict the lies
told about me on the streets.
| Now then, we viii take the Taylor
{and Hibbett case. There was no such
action commenced in the district cOurC.
There was one commenced before Judge
fucker and there was also an injucn-
ftiOn case commenced. The boys said
! one day that they wanted to quit bust
ness forever if l would give them
chance and believing what they said I
wrote to the attorney general and he d.
rected me TO dismiss their case, prOvid-
ed they would promise to quit business
and agree TO the injunction. I did so;
they defaulted in the injunction and it
was made permanent / collected a
moderate fee. When I dismissed the
case, they paid the costs and l wrote
the journal entry giving my reasons for
dismisSing the case, the amount of the
attorney fee I collected and this was
approved by the judge. Any man can
go and see the record Of this transac-
ton. II was done openly and with the
approval of the court The only diff
ference is that as the boys were hard
up, promised 20 get out of the business
and agree 10 an injunction on the build
Ing l collected only about one-fourth OF
The attorney fee ! was allowed by law.
Now, as 70 the Henry SchnitZler
and Gus Seaman case I VIII say there
was no such case and the man who
made the charges did not know what he
was talking about. There was a case
againsr HUFF and Young who drove for
SCnnhZleT ana II i STU pend luE.
Nov then. let us take up the case Of
Pat Heron and We VIII find il interest
ing. The very moment Pat Heron
came t. me I smelled a mouse and
gave the gentleman full latitude as I
regarded that en- important crisis had
come. l was aware Of the fact that il
was on the program that he should
come 70 see me and I wrote 10 the attor-
ney general about IT,"
He then directed his daughter 10 hunt
up her shorthand notes and read his
letter 10 the attorney general Of about
two weeks ago which she did.
Continuing Nr Campbell said: Her
ron came TO me and begged me to dis
miss the case against him and promised
that If / did he would box up all his
stuff and take il 10 Cripple Creep, Colo
The very moment he approached me
knew that there was some kind Of a
game ON and I thought 1 could play my
hand as well : ne could. BY doing just
exactly what he wanted me TO do l
could put in a better lick for the en-
ior2ement Of the pr0hibit0Ty law than
under any other means. The fact :
hefron VAS selected To make 4 test
case with me. He was to get his case
sFt-Irl ny paying me an attorney fee
ano Il ne should he suCce ssful Il would
be the cue Tor every other jointiSt 10
90 HkeW.Se- l told him that if he
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