The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-26

drop Tor MN IN d I6W uOuIS. lie Is 81
years old.
AS soon as possible Clerk Pearsou no
titled the four courts and officers were
sent. They found that Maud Devere
was also shot and sent for an ambu-
lance Her wound was dressed and she
was sent to- the four courts.
The wounded man was lying half
naked on the operating table in the hos
pital when the woman who shot him
was brought in for identification. De
tectfve Cooking led the woman to his
side where he could see her distinctly
She stopped over and kissed his blood
encrusted lips and then stood quietly
by:
asked the detective. The injured man
looked at her for some moments and
then shook his head.
I don't know" he said.
Didn't you tell me just a while ago
that she did it2"
Z don't know. There were three wo-
men in the room. 1t might have been
but she admits she did it" said the
detective.
Then it is no use my saying any
thing" said the wounded man.
4 only wish I had some left for my
SELF said the woman, but I'll get
them yet I'll find way to kill myself
before long. TOm why did you do it,
You were going to shake me next week
and go away with her"
"Oh that was only bluff said the
man. Il was making a play for money
I never intended to quit you"
mo 1 think not, after all I have done
for you. After the way 1 worked for
you when you were broke, and when
you had money let you have it all for
yourself
Detective Cooking interrupted the lit
tie family monologue here and again
asked Campbell if the woman shot him.
L can't say. I did not see her do it,
The woman then said: IF he says I
didn't, didn't. and that settles it,
She was led away by the officers but
before she left the n oh
went back to the wounded man and
taking his head in both hands kissed
him tenderly two or three tones with
tears in her eyes.
Then she braced up and said half to
herself, I wasted two shots on that
woman when I should have Kept one of
them for myself"
May Campbell entered the central dis
trlct station shortly after the shooting
and surrendered. She was trembling
with excitement, but soon quieted her
self and told her story in a cold and
dfSpaSSiOnate manner.
She is % years old, tall and stout She
weighs about 175 pounds. Her face is
large and round. She has large blue
eyes and a fair complexion. Her hair
is almost faXen, and is banged in front
and curled. Her back hair is long and
is cOiled on the top of her head
Il have just shot my husband, and
want to surrender myself she said to
Sergeant McKenna. Il don't know
whether I have killed him or not He
deserved to die and if I did not kill him
it is not my fault. He was not true to-
me. He bestowed his affections on an
other woman and tried to deceive me.
L married Campbell in Cincinnati
two years ago" she continued He
was a vaudeville performer but busi-
ness was DUH and ne came to St Louis
He had patent gas lamp that he was
trying to sell and had an office a Mil
ler's cigar store at 1929 Market street
- was living in Cincinnati at 210
West Court street. Not long ago he
wrote me and wanted me to come to ST.
Louis He wrote that we could get
along better together here. 1t was two
weeks ago that l reached here and we
took rooms at 1OO6 Chouteau avenue.
he did not act any different from
what he used to and we got an engage
nent at the Globe theater to do a box
ing turn: Times were hard and we
needed the money. Our engagement
began Monday and we only made one
appearance.
Last Saturday night my husband
went out with a railroad man named
Carr, who lived in the neighborho0d
He did not come back. I saw Carr and
was told not to worry that my husband
would show up all right
When my husband did come home
he told me he had been arrested for
peddling without a license. and had
been locked up over the night I did
not believe him, and 1 went TO the Four
courts and learned that he had lied
to me.
L did not say anything to him about
it, but knew he was deceiving me-
searched his pockets and found a card
with Maud DeVere. IS Center street.
written on it. suspected that this was
the woman my husband had neglected
me for and 1 went to see her Monday
afternoon.
I determined then to kill him if my
suspicious were true 1 took his re-
VOlVer from his dresser and intended
using it. When 1 saw the Devere wo-
man and told her who 1 was. she be-
came angry at Campbell and confessed
all to me. She said that he had told
her that he was not married and she
was the only woman he had ever loved
Maud Devere asked me to stay and
see them together. L waited, but he
did not come. She told me he would
be sure to come Tuesday and agreed
to come back.
This morning I went to the Union
station and then stopped in at Maud
Devere'S She got a MESSAGE from nv
husband asking her to meet him at a
neighbOring saloon. We had talked
the matter over and she agreed to
bring him back to the house. It was
arranged that l was to be in a ward
robe behind the bed and was to hear
everything. The Devere woman told
me if I did not kill him she would
Mrs. Campbell tells the rest of the
story substantially as told by Maud De-
we're, except she says her husband
called her foul names to Maud Devere.
Mrs. Campbell continues:
LAS he was leaving the room I step
ped from the wardrobe and told him
he would not leave the room alive
began shooting. but was so excited
could not tell whether killed him or
not After I fired once he came to-
ward me with a knife. I knew I had
hit him for the blood was streaming
from a wound in the head. After I had
emptied the five chambers of the re-
volver saw him running away. Then
I came to the Four courts"
Sergeant McKenna returned from the
dispensary, where he had gone to see
the wounded man. Mrs. Campbell rec
Ognized him.
well Mr.. Policeman she said, did
I hit him. And did it hurt him?"
a.N-as 1tn11 sIant hi several times and