The San Francisco call., 1896-08-08

is designated in the Indictment as John
Doe. are supposed to be the two men who
sought by violence, threats ef murder and
acts of physical torture to extort $50, ,000
from James Campbell, rich Hawaiian
planter, after the capitalist had been lured
or decoyed, according to his story, to q
cottage, 41O9 California street.
The story told by Campbell to the mem
bers of the Grand Jury was one of the
most remarkable narratives of cruelty and
crime ever related to eager listeners. The
modest demeanor, the simple bearing and
the straightforward manner of the brave
old man convinced every member of the
jury present that the narrative was a
plain unadorned statement of facts.
Mr.. Campbell told of his visit to San
Jose to arrange for placing his daughter
in school and the chance meeting OF
throp spoke of his invalid wife, and his
own earnest desires that she should visit
the islands for her health.
She had doubts and misgivings about
the Hawaiian climate, and to remove these
from her mind the aged planter was asked
to see the invalid and tell her all about the
climate and the country.
When Mr.. Campbell returned from San
Jose to this City Winthrop again met him
at the Occidental Hotel and renewed the
request that he should see his wife. The
two men left the Occidental Hotel together
between ana o'clock last Monday after
noon. Mr.. Campbell described the jour
ney by the Sacramento-street car line
and the alighting from the car at q
point near the French Hospital, which
was SO much further from the hotel than
the planter supposed he was to go that he
remarked the great distance.
The two men entered the house, and
while the planter was seated masked
man entered the room where he sat, and,
presenting pistol, commanded him to
throw up his hands. Campbell instantly
jumped to his feet, the whole scheme OF
villainy flashing on his mind at once, and
dealt the masked man stunning blow.
The robber went down under the force of
the blow, and while on the floor FREQ his
pistol. The bullet grazed the right side OF
the planters head just back OF the eye. A
struggle ensded. and the capitalist, OBJ
tanning possession of the pistol, managed
to reach the door and get his arm and
shoulder partially through, When he
was struck by Winthrop with a ham,
mer or some instrument back of the
ear and felled to the floor. The robbers
then sprang on him, thumped him hard
against the floor, and while he was still
dazed handcuffed him and bound his feet
and arms.
Campbell, dazed, bruised and exhausted
by the powerful struggle for liberty, was
lifted into chair. His hands were tigh tly
bound together, his arms were tied to the
armrests of the chair. his feet were
strapped together and rope placed
around his body and tied behind the
chair. In that position he sat for twenty
hours. His physical suffering was terri
bic and his mental agony intense. All the
money he had-S3O6 50--was taken from
him by Winthrop.
From the chair he was taken to the bed
and there chained by chains attached to
staples in the floor. He was gagged sc
that he could not make an outcry.
Winthrop offered to release him il he
would sign check for $40, 600 and direct
his wife TO get it cashed and pay the
amount over to them. The robbers wen,
into minute instructions as to how the
money should be obtained, but the i'm,
prisoned planter refused to sign. He told
the robbers that he was an old man and
did not have many years to live so be