The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-05
1AWrra :. q cAMrnErL NprorED.
FsnnsIy Sisters Accuse Him Of Appropri-
atinE Funds-A Denial.

Lawyer Thomas O. Campbell was arrested
yesterday In his office at 220 Broadway after
the Grand curry had indicted him on q charge
OF grand larceny. The arrest was made by
Detective Sergeant Gun OF the District Attor-
ney's office. Campbell was taken to the Crimi-
nal Court building and immediately arraigned
before Judge Fitzgerald in Part !. Of the Con-
eral Sessions. He pleaded not guilty 70 the In
dictment and was held In $1,000 bail.
Detective Sergeant Cuff took Campbell to
the detective bureau on the third floor OF the
building. where no had to wait for several
hours before a bondsman arrived.
The indictment charges Campbell with mis-
appropriatinR funds Of two women. Georgian
Fennelly and Theresa Eennelly of 412 East
according to the District Attorneys "a;
for $3.50 against the Fenneiiy estate which he
said had to be paid Immediately to the David
No MbSy9 Elm Brewer Tss I6r SSGS%DpS amy; and Is L sbS atie dS%p tsSt
retained $430. The complaining. witnesses
also alleged that there we're several other bills
were not charges against the estate.
Lawyer Campbell. when seen by. a Sun re-
g pssS and sts aSst t hIa a thsrs WAS WAS E nSosh insult Il 81 sh q
mistake. BE, added that at the proper time he
would prove that he was INNOCENT OF any wrong
time Campbell was District Attorney Of Ham
ilton county, D.
the Vest. Where he snceossfaiiy defended a
murder case and succeeded in getting Q Jury
to bring in a verdict OF manslauGhter In the
county at the time and there was talk Of lynch-
ing the man whom Campbell had defended.
Riotipg followed in which many persons were
Mi. walker OF Snow. Church & Co.. the firm
Of which Col. Campbell is a member. denied
ny" In Gr isSg." SAID sHidiGM Mr.. walker. the David Meyer
Brewing Company put, in the hands Of sney%,
s SaSFSa 4 o3; f0T Te sSils't sna a E s,s!% "a fsso
Meyer refused e put up any money . ,v 70 PAY PAY
Of the amount collected as a fee, Col.
Campbell secured a judEment At As6ury
city through the death Of their brother, and he
hr9ught suit here to satisfy the AsbuTy Park
s which ami S%oa Ha@PO To- s ssstSn by this ShS t iI@SS on as:
Brewing ce.H4Pssppy he paid then $500 and Re;
women was for S936 and It was lone OF their
business how II was DIVIDED between Snow.
'""Sfnce that settlement Col. Campbell once
women when they needed it to improve one Of
their tenement houses. He never administers
s sRRS estate aSt fHF d t61T c.m we he was 9 sfnests d t shis
afternoon,
There is politics in this arrest. The after
noon papers announced that Col. Campbell had
been speaking In Ohio for Republican candi-
dates for Congress. This is untrue, even II
given out by the District Attorneys office. He
asked District Attorney Gardiner, why the
matter had not been first taken up in a Police
Court. as Col. Gardiner had announced must
be. done In all cases when he first took office:
Col. Gardiner told him Magistrate Cornell had
heard the complaint and had then referred III to
the Grand Jury without calling on Col. Camp
bell for his defence. The complainants are
women nearly 40 years old"