The San Francisco call., 1896-08-09
IS WINTHROP THE
GUILTY PERSON 2
Some Facts That Weaken
Capitalist Campbell's
Story.
AT HOME MONDAY NIGHT
The Accused Seen by His
Wife, His Landlady and Her
Daughter.
EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY
Tale of Two Mutilated Newspapers
and What Their Partial De.
struction Meant.
EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY

More than three days nave elapSeu SINCE
James a. Campbell, the Hawaiian million
aire, staggered into the lobby of the Occi-
dental Hotel, feebly made his way to his
apartments and to the arms of his almost
distracted wife, and there, in explanation
of his two days absence, related tale
which has set this City by the ears.
Never in the history of San Francisco
had occurred such an act of bold brigand-
age as that told of by Mr.. Campbell.
The scene of his story might well have
been laid in Greece, and his assailants have
been the picturesque outlaws of its wild
mountains. Not even Dumas tale of the
adventures of Monte Cristo outrivals the
startling narration of the sugar planter.
Three days and three nights have glided
into the past since Mr.. Campbell returned
to the bosom of his family and unfolded
to the sympathizing police his tale of woe.
During those three days the entire avail
able detective force of the City has been
trying to find the man alleged to have
perpetrated the gross outrage.
From the very heart of this City OF
800, 600 people that man is said to have IN
veigled James A. Campbell to a lonely
house in a suburban district and there
have traversed with his intended victim
several crowded streets of the City and to
have taken long trip on a streetcar, leav-
ing no doubt, plain trail behind him,
and yet he is at large.
The police say they know the cool vii
lain. They say he is man who has once
been in their hands on charge of murder,
from paying the penalty of which crime
he escaped because of lukewarm Jury.
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and that they have not captured him.
The police also assert that Winthrop
left the Occidental Hotel, on Montgomery
and Bush streets, about o'clock, and
that the brigRnd and his victim pro-
ceeded bv somewhat circuitous route to
4109 California street, near Third avenue.
That trip cannot be made in less than fifty
minutes.
Oliver W. Winthrop lived at 354 Grove
street, near Octavia, and three witnesses
will swear that he was at home between
$50 and 6 o'clock last Monday evening,
when the police say, and Mr.. Campbell
backs up their statement that he was at
4109 California street.
Campbell says that Winthrop never once
left his presence for more than few min
utes during over twelve hours follow
ing their meeting on Monday afternoon.
Granting that Cam pbeIl was mistaken,
Winthrop could not reach his home from
400 California street in less tnan an hour.
That Winthrop was at 354 Grove street
between $50 and 5:45 on Monday after
noon is asserted by his wife, by Mrs.
Sophie Schadde and by Miss Emma
Schadde Mrs. schadde is the owner of
the Grove-street house and occupies the
lower floor. Her family consists of three
sons and one daughter. The Winthrops
live upstairs.
o. w. Winthrop is a member of the
American Protective Association and has
been trying to induce the three sons OF
Mrs Schadde to join that organization.
They had put him off several times and
the matter was on Monday last still in
allegiance.
On that evening, between $50 and 5:45,
as Mrs. Schadde was preparing dinner,
Winthrop, so she says, came down the
stairs and, opening the kitchen door,
asked her if her sons were at home. She
answered in the negative, and Winthrop
went back upstairs. Miss Emma Schadde
was in the kitchen with her mother, and
also saw Win throp.
Both are positive that this meeting oc-
CURED on Monday evening, because on
that evening one of the brothers, who is a
plumber, did not get home until quite
late, having been detained by job which
kept him until after o'clock.
There is further evidence that Winthrop
was not at the Califor nia-street house on
Monday evening. A memb Der of the a.
P. A. lod ge, of which Winthrop was pre-
siding officer. says that he was positively
present at a meeting of that lodge on Mon
day evening. Other members OF the lodge
corroborate this.
Mrs. Winthrop, when seen yesterday,
refused to be interviewed but said she has
absolute faith in her husbands innocence,
but acting under instructions of friend
of the family, G. w. Kyle, she refuses to
tell any one anything she knows OF her
husbands movements from Monday up to
the present time.
The Schaddes say that the last time
they saw Winthrop was on Monday even
ing after $50, as has been related. They
also tell another story, which would in
infant of her husbands present where
abouts, and that she knows all about his
connection with the Campbell affair.
The house at 354 Grove street is an old
fashioned edifce, which stands well back
in the yard.
The front fence is overgrown by an
evergreen hedge and there is little, old
time portico before the door. Mrs. Sophie
Schadde owns the house. Three months
ago Oliver w. Winthrop rented the upper
floor from Mrs. Schadde, and with his
family, consisting of his wife and two
small sons, moved there from 26121l SUIT
ter street.
Mrs. Winthrop is the daughter of W. P.
Brooks of 1108 Steiner street. 1t was her
brother, f. w. Brooks, who one day last
week left town, leaving a number of jani-
tors at the Emporium building with
months wages due them. 1t is this cir
eumstance regarding the brother that
fastens on Mrs. Winthrop a suspicion,
amounting almost to certainty, that she
is and was acquainted with her husbands s
peculiar movements.
Both the Winthrops and Mrs. Schadde
are subscribers to THE CALL. The papers
are left together on the portico each morn
ing.
The day F. w. Brooks escapade became
public. the paper of the landlady was
found in a mutilated condition when Mrs.
Schadde brought il into the house. An
entire leaf had been torn off. Anxious not
to be deprived. of any ofSthe news of the
day, member of the Schadde family went
to the corner grocery and borrowed a
CALL. On the leaf corresponding to the
one torn from their paper. was found full
account of Brooks shortcomings.
On last Thursday morning the Schaddes
again found their paper mutilated. Once
more leaf was missing. On procuring
another paper they found on the missing
1aaf an accnunt of the disappearance of