Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-08-07
MONEY OR HIS LIFE.
Adventure ol a Millionaire Captured
BY Robbers.
THEY DEMANDED A LARGE suu.
Dot Tho Fac Of Hls ns.pp'ararc'
B,lng rrbl.hrd iho Ou law
Rios Il Him,

Ban FRASCrsgJ, Cal, Aug. t.
Jsmss a. Campbell, tho millionaire
.res. planter Of Honolulu, who mys
.sf.ausly dropped on, u sight f5r two
dos, this week, says ho was mprisouCd
and robbed by Ouvor W. Winthrop,
who attempted TO obtain thy caplialHrB
,lgualuro to q $4,000 CHECK as tho
frice OF lii liberty Winthrop who
wa tried aud acquitted laai year on %
charge Of poisoning woman 60
Laurel Hill cemetery, IN which ho was
assistant superintendent uas disup.
reared. 50 trace can be- found Of his
confederate
Canpucll fuys Winthrop dor6yod
him 90 bic house on % slight IrUirEL
suddenly, BIO Hava, u maHiui man
rushed into tho room anu pointing r.
lev liver ut Campbell head, ordered
Tim 90 throw up hHs h.ui8. Campbell
sayH DO lraruI at hiu nssailanluud ioliUI
rlm 10 the u1uE
Tho man was uaEsu, almost stunned,
bus lOyalng hiB revolver again nt
Campbell. nred. The millionaire says
Tho bullet rruzud bis temple uuI passed
through hiH bat into tue well. Camp.
.pll apfnug nj the man again, uut be-
fore hc could ruuCu him hU WhE EuUukUI
Gown By Winthrop, who struck him
.vrr the head with some heavy in'
iifumcuL
Thutwo mon lhon pluucOi 90 Camp.
tell aud bound, hauucuilgI and gagged
mm. TbUy liiiei him itum The door
uuIUJ anu strapped him 80 ii He
art aud hauds were tiud 10 the four
urnufs Of the bed aud chain was
assr1 over bic body AMI fastened o.
.aHIrs driven Into tho u Hur Captain
a DttrCiivuB ltrF, iu Doc iuvuHtgaIlu
.uufwutd found the evidence ui thH.
CORDS we're plsH8u around tnmphal's
10y aud drawn 90 tightly that he
..ud not nave.
Fartwclyc hUuis Campbell vac kgpt
DO tnis position, the Fag being iu hlt
mouth nll tho time. On Tuesday
morning the gag was removed with
tHr caution that uU would Doc killed O.
no made any noise. He was tod that
hr would have 90 sign check OF order
Zoo tln, 600 before ha would be- released.
lle was shown dlCum 700 which hu
was asked 90 bigu and hu was alec
ordered % wTliHH note lD bio wife stss
iuE htf 90 cash n check ami tJ give The
money ~ the ughfur Without atsIng
my question:.
Campbell says be- refused 10 oven
read tho paper. telling hiH CRuiufH that
uUy diI not UlTr wuat they uiI Goo
him. RIO Haii hr wac uu U.u mIu nul
.It not havoc great while o. live auy
Hay nui that th,y could 800 bin be-
af1 lao would submit 60 Hucn nn nui'
1850. lac ga not caro- much iyg So
600 hu said, but ho would uaJ br
ulalkmalled oF tabbcd. lliH Capiow
replied that they you'll ktrp uim
trapped o. the boa a. hu was uut.l hu
lII tigu the rnuuL
Tuesday passed. with no change iu
mo situation. Either winthrop or tho
Young maaEUd man guarded Camuuail
constantly. Ihyy gnarel him drink
Hud 1905, I'D announced their wiling
ltaH 90 give him auythius hu wauieI
iul he Triuauu UVUfylhius l0r lusr that
TOY iutruuul Co poison him, lilo was
given every attention tut was Kept
strapped 90 tine ned ll the iimu, and
ur opportunity ilr escape was ull1Uu
When Cam, u,li was irai seized uul
tlfuB. on tUu bred Campbell Bayd Win.
tHup took & 800 Iu coin from his p0chu'H
uui huplI. IuU younger man, gs iaT
as Cam pril Eu1Ur, dil not got any 90
his money. When tHr ntWUIaluTH
pltlthvd thr Iact luHl Campbell hal
disappear d, the millionaire ssyH DIE
rlptlTs became iuEhluuuJ nuu after
dark released ulu, Tho police have 70
lrsCfirt 90 % Winthrop confederate,
b4t no uiuU 30 his wutruauluiF