The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-06-27
FLED WITH AN ORGANISE
c. j. CAMPBELL ELOPED WITH THE
DAUGHTER OF DIR. CULVER.
He II n Married Man and She Only
Fifteen Years OId-PoIfcy
ON Her Life.

Efne Culver, the fifteen-year-old daughter
of DR.. Dudley NJ. Culver. OF 40 Fletcher
avenue. disappeared. and the circum-
stances lead to the belief that 1t is not
stances lead to the belief that they have
gone together.
Campbell has been in the employ of the
company here since April 10. He was con-
nected with the Office of the company at
Leavenworth, Kan. few years ago, un-
der r. d. Hughes. the present superin-
tendent here. He was discharged by the
assistant superintendent at Leavenworth.
and the latter made 1t appear that Camp
bell was short in mis- accounts. When he
made application to Superintendent
Hughes for employment in this
city Mr.. Hughes asked him to
explain his old shortage. and the
explanation was made in a satisfac-
tory way. The assistant superintendent at
Leavenworth had doctored the books. it
was claimed. so as to make the company
suffer the loss of a personal indebtedness
Of Campbell to him. A full investigation
was made. and Campbell was held blame
less. He went to work for the company
and soon built up a nice business in West
indianapolis.
Shortly after going to work Campbell
came a member of the choir. He repre-
sented himself as single man. and began
paying attentions to girl living on Fetch
er avenue. The couple became engaged
and were about to be married, when Mr..
CampbelPs wife and children put in an APP
pearance- They had been staying at Elk
hart, Ind, where Campbell had located
after leaving Leavenworth. The marriage
mas Of Aa~I <xff hail
planned that he thought there had been a
divorce granted his wife. Mrs Campbell
did not come forward to deny anything,
and Campbell was allowed to remain a
member of the church and continue to
sing In the choir. Charges were preferred
against him, but the investigation which
followed was not thorough, and the mat
ter was dropped. Campbell was popular
man in the church, and the people were
loath to believe the story told against him,
and were very ready to accept his explain
alton.
SHE WAS THE CHURCH ORGANISE.
Miss Effie Culver was the organist at the
Sixth Christian Church, and, of course,
she became acquainted with Campbell.
Just in what way this acquaintance was
cultivated does not appear. DR.. Culver
said yesterday that he believed they had
gone away together. but that it was SIM
ply business deal on the part of his
daughter. Campbell talked to her of her
ability to sing. and proposed they form
company for the purpose of giving con-
certs. There was another girl to be taken
with them. She was Laura Meyer, daugh-
ter of Henry B. Meyer, 365 Virginia ave.
nue.. but she was unable to get her clothes
away from home without discovery, and
was throuS 1scf her tSas amp ne anS Miss
Culver correspondent She would carry
notes between them. and was apparently
as much interested in the proposed depart
ure as the two who have gone.
The only times that DIR. Culver and 9TH
er members of his family knew of Camp
girls home. Once, about a week ago,
Campbell called at the house to see the
Doctor on professional business. He told
the Doctor that his wife was about to be
confined, and wished TO retain the Doctor
to attend her. At that time Campbell
talked of insuring Miss Culver and called
again in few days to discuss the matter
DR.. Culver is a United States medical
examiner. His office IL at 40 vir-
MY daughter left Tuesday night at s
o'clock. Her act Is both surprise and
shock to me. did not know. of Campbell
paying any attention to her. / now know,
however, that if they communicated it
was through Laura Meyer My daughter
looked upon Campbell as a married man,
and If she went away with him think 1t
was under the pressure of fiattering bust
ness offers. Campbell told Laura Meyer
that he had been an actor, and that. as the
girlG had good voices and he was well ac-
quainted, he could get them good positions
TO sing in concerts and upon the stage.
My daughter was led into the trap, which,
since ss' that ' an application was made for a
policy on my daughters life, and she may
suffer the fate of poor Pearl Bryan"
of Perry stevenson 40 Nordyke avenue.
West indianapolis. She had lived with her
husband at IS North Reisner street until
staying with Mr.. Stevenson's family. She
said her husband left home Tuesday even
ing just after supper. without saying where
his photographs and to get his razor. He
also took all the money there was in the
house. and left his wife and family with
sa sld ne went away with Ellie Culver.
Wednesday morning. when | went to the
office of the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company to inquire about him found DIR.
Culver there on the same mission. When
/ heard of my husbands relations with the
Culver girl became convinced that he
had deceived the poor girl into going with
him. He must have been awful sly about
this matter, for since / heard about his
trying to marry another not ns girl before before
pretty close watch on him.
COMPANY LOSES LITTLE.
r. D. Hughes superintendent of the Met
ropolitan Life Insurance Company. told OF
the connection of Campbell with the COM
pany 1T was upon my own urgent rec
ommendation that the company would con-
sent to let him go to work again. said he
I'm fact had the Investigation made al
Leavenworth which exonerated him.
knew him 10 be a good worker and a com
petent man for the business. and he has
proved all this. He worked up a good
business in West Indianapolis. from which
his collections are at present about $50 q
week 1t paid him about $50 a week and
was increasing all the time. / first be-
came suspicious of him Tuesday morning
We require all agents except a few ole
men. to make cash reports every night.
noticed that Campbells name was not OF
| the list Monday night. and when he came
| in Tuesday morning 1 asked him why M
had not turned in his collections the night
before.
That's what I came in for this morn
| ing he said, and supposed he had turned
| the money in TO the clerk. / took who
money there was on hand to the bank. and
when / returned L found that Campbell's
name was still absent from the list. l wa:
| not specially suspicious then. but when h
/ failed to report Tuesday night L at once
| wired the New York office. and also In
| formed the United States Guaranty Com
pany, which Is his bond in the sum o.
| $500. Campbell did not have over $50 of tn,
| companys money. and that amount will. o.
| course. be made good by the surety com