The San Francisco call., 1896-08-10
Mrs. O. w. Winthrop Makes a
Statement Defending Her
Husband.
SHE SAYS HE IS INNOCENT.
Some Strange Portions of the Sensa.
tional Kidnapping Story Are
Pointed Out.

| The strange adventures of James A.
Campbell, the millionaire of Hawaii, as
related by himself, continue to be fruit
full topic without the slightest ray of light
being thrown on it by the army of detec-
tives who are supposed to be diligently
working on the case.
Captain Lees cannot speak too highly OF
the bravery and grit of the old planter,
and no matter how weak the points show
up in Campbelrs story, the captain insists
they are strong and conclusive as corrob-
orative of the story the old man tells.
When Captain Lees first heard from
Private Detective Curtin that the Hawaiian
was missing and that foul play was sus-
pected, the two Hawkshaws traced the
missing man up to Monday afternoon last.
He was seen then with o. w. Winthrop, a
man whom Captain Lees does not hesitate
to say is the murderer of Mrs. Jennie
Matthews.
Even in the face of this the detectives
did not take Winthrop into custody, al
though they say they could have done so.
They say that they made no arrest because
they feared action of that kind would
jeopardize Campbelps safety.
last, Mr.. Campbell, broken down in health,
bruised and bleeding, reappeared at
the Occidental Hotel, whence he was
taken by Winthrop. The latter called in
the detectives, told them his sensational
story about being kidnapped, and then the
sleuths thought it about time to seek for
Winthrop and his alleged accomplice. By
that time, however, both men were under
cover and have not since been seen.
Mrs. Winthrop, wife of the suspected
man, and two reputable ladies in the
house in which she lives at 354 Grove
street, are positive that Campbell, Lees
and Curtin are all wrong about Winthrop
being the man who Iured Campbell away
from the Occidental Hotel on Monday
afternoon. They declare positively that
he was at his home for his evening meal
about o'clock that evening. Ii this be
the truth Winthrop could not possibly
have been at 4109 California street, where
Campbell says he was.
Mrs. Winthrop when seen yesterday
was averse to conversing on the subject of
her husband s disappearance.
"That," the lady said, sis the one par
ticular point on which the detectives lay
the greatest stress. They seem to accept
the fact that he is not within their
clutches ss proof positive he is guilty.
"Once before he was made to suffer tenn
porary Imprisonment on charge of MUIR
der which was perfectly groundiess, and
he does not propose to undergo the same
ordeal in this case, which is equally with
out foundation. When the proper time
comes Mr.. Winthrop will be ready and
willing, as he is now, to face his accusers
and prove his innocence"
In the meantime Captain Lees has a
regular relay watch on guard at the Win
throp house. Mrs. Winthrop, as she
glances up and down the street, shrugs
her shoulders and says:
"There they are; why don't they spend
their time trying to unravel the motive of
Mr.. Campbelps wild story, instead of
making things so disagreeable for me?'
1t is pointed out by the theorists who
disbelieve Mr.. Campbell's tale of kidnap-
ing that the alleged bullet hole in the wall
of the house 41o9 California street is not
genuine. There is next to no indentation