The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-06-21

that day to this. We were owing them
! in the aggregate about 1880 This they
! never called for. By waiting until morn
ing they could have drawn their money
as well as not and left without causing
any inquiry as in those days people some
tines left suddenly, and if they were
wen liked. as was the case with Camp
bell, nothing was ever said. After their
departure about week. received some
mail for Campbell which We held, ex-
pecting him TO notify US where to for
ward it to. About three weeks after this
received a package Of papers and a
letter addressed apparently by a woman
and bearing the Dublin, Ireland postmark
with request TO forward same immediate
~ to Campbell, If he were not at the
ranch. Not knowing Of his whereabouts
opened the letter 50 as 10 be able TO
return it to the sender. Ny curiosity was
excited by the opening sentence and pos
sibly had been curious before, on &C
count of the mysterious disappearance
of the two boys. and I read the letter.
1t was probably from a sister, although
it did not so state. She plead with him
to return home and she would meet him
there. The home as 1 Inferred from the
letter, was somewhere in Scotland. She
also asked him 10 give up his visionary
scheme and break loose from his asso-
ciates. setting forth the danger Of dis
covery. The letter was well written and
I would judge written by a refined and
good woman. Upon opening the papers
that came with the same letter, I found
them to be principally London publica-
tions. They were folded so that the first
article to strike ones eye was an article
setting forth that the parties implicated
in the Phoenix Park tragedy had been
discovered, that IS the associations OF the
parties who were responsible for the act
The fact that this article was not on the
first page of all the papers and that all
the papers were folded so as TO bring
this to notice on opening them, struck
me as peculiar. returned the letter TO
the sender enclosed in one Of my envel-
opes with a return card on it and after
one week it was returned TO me. Further
than this, know nothing Of the par
ties. Have never heard Of them, neither
do I know which way they went After
so long a time it would be fruitless to
make any inquiry IN the ranch country
as there are very few people who knew
them and my subsequent acquaintance
with these people satisfies me that they
could give you no information, neither
would 1 care to give you this informa-
ton with names, etc, if it were not for
the fact that / am satisfied that your
motive in finding Nelson is for his good.
Ny conclusions are and always have
been, that Nelson could not have been
an old-time associate Of Campbelrs. that
is, in the sense Of his having been on
equal footing with him. think that
Nelson was probably raised on a farm
in the country, had ordinary district
school education, and from those facts
and his appearance which fits your de-
scription, he might have been the boy
for whom you are seeking
If you should come out, would be very
glad TO meet you here, and viii give you
all the help ] can in the matter"
This statement does not remove par
ticle of the mystery ia regard to Camp
bell. which was the more mysterious |
character of the two. Mr.. Fullingtons |
statement leads to the suspicion that
the man giving the name Of Campbell
might have known something of the
famous Phoenix Park tragedy. Mr.. /
Fuuington says that he had gotten state
ments from Campbell which showed that
he had been in Australia before COM
ing here. but OF his earlier life. he never
learned anything. Everyone viii take
this strange story and figure out IN his
own mind who these men were and why /
they never called for their money due |
from the ranch. Mr.. Fullington says
neither man never drew cent for his !
work. He said Nelson bought a horse
while he was on the ranch. but Campbell
paid for it instead OF Nelson drawing |
money due him 70 make the payment.