The San Francisco call., 1899-08-31
WHY H0AG AND
CAMP ARE ENEMIES

An interesting case was partly heard in
Judge Mogan's court yesterday, the COM
planning witness and the defendant being
we'll known in New York-the former as a
Journalist and the latter as the son of a
millionaire.
The charge was threats against life, the
complaining witness being f. 5. Camp,
outside agent for the American Export
Association in this city and a journalist
known under the nom de plume of "Hink-
ley P. Swift" The threats were alleged
TO have been made in the Davy Crockett
saloon on Market street on August %
The defendant is r. H Hoag, who lives at
S26 Eddy street.
Camp in his evidence testified that he
knew Hoag in New. York, and they used
to chum together and have jolly times.
He had not seen Hoag for some years till
a few months ago. when he met him in
this city and at his request he went to
live at his house on Eddy street. Hoag
al that time was agent for a chewing gum
company Hoag had collected money
coming to him and had never accounted
for it, and he instanced an account Of
sI2 50 collected by Hoag from the Cali
fornia Fireworks Company Hoag had
also got an overcoat from him valued at
$40. On August % Camp and H. J. Bar
Crockett saloon, when Hoag entered and
grossly insulted him, finishing up by tell
ing him to arm himself, so as to be pre-
pared for their next meeting. AS ne did
not consider it necessary or judiciouS to
carry a revolver, he had applied to the
courts for protection.
Barnett and f. W. Joy were put on the
stand as witnesses for the prosecution.
but their evidence was incompetent and
immaterial, as they did not hear any
threatening language used. Alexander
TnnghbOrough Jr was also called as
witness as to an alleged threat made by
Hoag against Camp few days previous
on Van Ness avenue. but he was unable
to throw much light on the subject.
Hoag in his defense stated that ne knew
Camp in New York, but there was no
great degree of intimacy between them.
When he drove in his carriage in New
York Camp used to accompany MN ana
hold the reins till he had finished his calls
He met Camp on Third street some
months ago. He was in rags and ne tooR
pity on him. He consulted his Wl1e, ana
the result was that he invited Camp to
come to his house and live with MIN, ana
he gave him SIS for pocket money, besides
supplying him with two suits OF clothes
respectable. He paid his bills at different
restaurants and also his laundry bills
amounting to SIS per month. He charac-
terised him as professional dead beat.
He denied threatening to kill him but ad-
mitted that he said he would lick him.
Camp had been thrown out of his house
owing to his drunken habits. Hoag in
dignantly repudiated the insinuation. that
he kept a lodging-house- He said his
father was a millionaire in New York and
owned blocks of land and houses in
Orange N Y His brother-in-law was
President Hines of the Manhattan OIL
Company. It was not necessary for him
to collect money belonging to Camp or to
work as he had an income of $500 per
month from property in New York. Re-
garding the overcoat. he said that Camp
Rad pawned it for SO and asked him 70
oct II out of pawn. He did So but the
next day it was stolen out of his carriage.
The case was continued till Friday to
enable Hoag to subpoena the clothiers and
shoemaker who fitted out Camp at his ex-
Dense.