The San Francisco call., 1896-08-11
HOW HE KNEW WINTHROP
Campbell Says He Would Have
Recognized the Man Any
Wbara

Recognized the Man Any
where.
SAN JOSE, CAL, Aug. 10. = James
Campbell, the millionaire sugar-planter
OF Honolulu, who was alleged to have
been kidnapped and robbed by o. w. WIN
throp and an accomplice on Monday, Au-
gust 8, arrived in this city at 3:54 o clock
this afternoon, having come from San
Francisco by the Monterey fier, which
left San Francisco at 2:30 P. NJ.
Mr.. Campbell was accompanied by his
wife and two small children in charge OF
nnrse. Mrs. L. NJ. McFarlane and daugh-
ter of San Francisco also accom- panied the
Campbells as guests. A suite of rooms at
the Vendome was engaged for them for
three weeks. MIR. Campbell signifed his
intention of remaining in this city until
the next steamer sails for Honolulu, when
he will return to his home.
He was seated upon the piazza of the
Vendome this evening listening to con-
cert by the Vendome Orchestra, when ap-
preached by CALL representative.
At first he expressed his preference to
remain silent in regard to his late un-
pleasant experience in San Francisco,
claiming that he had sought seclusion and
rest in San Jose in order to avoid the an
novances to which he was subjected in
San Francisco.
When questioned as to how he was en-
abed to identify o. W. Winthrop as the
man who had enticed him into a cottage
in the Richmond district Mr.. Campbell
said:
why, 1 would have known the man
anywhere an earth l saw him. There is
pee uliarity about his complexion and his
features which could not easily be forgot
ten.
1.-The first time I ever saw the man was
on this very porch few days before my
departure for San Francisco, on Monday,
August g. preparatory to sailing on Tues
day. 1t was in the afternoon, and l was
talking to some friends when he
approached me. He knew my name,
and also knew that l had been
stopping at the Occidental Hotel
before coming to San Jose. He asked me
when l was going to return to Honolulu
and also when | would return to the Oc-
cidental. l had never seen the man be-
fore in my life, but he seemed to know
who l was so | told him when / intended
to return to San Francisco and also when
l was to sail. A few hours after l arrived
in San Francisco as was going through the
hotel Office saw and recognized at once
the man who had spoken to me at the
Vendome. A short time afterward he
came UP and shook hands. Reference was
made to the San Jose meeting, and he told
me be had sold his orchard in Santa Clara
County and thought of engaging in coffee
planting in Australia. He asked my ad-
vice upon this matter, but l declined to
advise him, as I knew little of coffee-rais-
! ing He seemed very anxious to 60 to
Australia, and the interest he manifested
led me into his trap. / agreed to accom-
pany him to his place to see his wife, whom
he seemed anxious | should meet and tell
about the prospects for man IN Aus
tralia.
MY going to the cottage in the Rich
mond district with the man, where we
encountered third man who was masked
and who with pistol demanded both
! Winthrop and myself to throw up our
hands, has already been narrated. AS
soon as the masked man with the gun en-
tered the parlor instead of the wife, whom
l was expecting, l knew I had been
trapped and was in for a fight. 1 en-
deavored to get. the pistol away from the
masked man and this lead to scuff1e. In
the beginning of this Winthrop hit me on
the side of the head with some blunt in
strument, which Knocked me down and
placed me at the mercy of the rascals into
whose hands / had fallen.
1.-THE man who addressed me at the
Vendome and whom 1 accompanied on
that eventful evening gave me his name,
but l did not clearly understand it. 1t
may have been Winfield. 1t was not Win
throp. 1 paid little attention to his name
and am nos good at remem bering names,
but seldom forget face, and that man 8
face | would know among million.
AFTER his arrest in Oakland to-day /
was taken TO see him. He had shaved off
his mustache, but | knew him in an IN
stant. There was peculiar tint to his
skin, which / would have known even if
/ had not seen his features and his eyes.
He would not look at me, but hung his
head. There was guilt expressed in every
feature Of his face, and he seemed to know
| that if he looked up and caught my eyes
he would betray himself.
81 want to get back to Honolulu, but |
will stay to see this thing out. will not
leave as long as my presence can be of any
assistance in prosecuting this man.
The register of the Vendome Hotel
shows that on Friday, July 81, one o.
! Winfield stopped at the hotel for dinner.
The management or the clerks do not
know at what time he took his departure.
He did not occupy room, and there is no
check to show that he settled mis- bill.
A man registering as 0. w. Winthrop
from San Francisco registered at the St.
James Hotel on the same night about mid
night. He left before breakfast on the
following morning.
D. v Mahoney, State chaplain and a
member of the State executive board of
the American Protective Association. this
evening corroborated the story of Capitalist
Campbell as to Winthrop being in this
city on Friday, July 81. Winthrop. who is
president of one of the A. 2. A. councils of
San Francisco, called upon him that day.
Winthrop inquired the route to the Hotel
! Vendome and was told the location. This
was in the morning. About o'clock in
the afternoon they met again, and Win
throp said he had been at the Vendome-
The II and 16 wear old daughters OF Mr..
and Mrs. Campbell are at the College cf
Notre Dame in this city, where they
have been attending school since about
the 10Th of July.
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