The San Francisco call., 1904-11-14

OAKLAND, New. 13.-With his head
swathed in bandages covering a mass
OF cuts and bruises, Lem Campbell, the
butcher who murderously shot his di-
vorced wife, Mrs. Laura Cutler Camp
bell, al her parents residence. 1852
Eleventh street, last night. because she
refused 10 live with MIN again, present
ed q miserabIe spectacle to-day at the
City Prison. No formal charge has
been registered against Campsell'
pending the result of the bullet wound
Though Mrs. Campbell is very ser
iously injured, DR.. r T. Stratton. the
receiving hospital surgeon, said there
was a fair chance Of recovery Com
plications from the wound are the only
obstacles that are feared. Either blood
poisoning or peritonltis might ensue.
said the surgeon. Otherwise the young
wOmsn's case is hopeful The bullet
that wounded Mrs. Campbell struck
corset steel and carried the metal rib
doubled up into her body. Almost mir
sculously, neither the bullet nor the
steel touched any part of the vital
organs in its passage Both the mis-
sile and the steel were removed
HUSBAND FIGHTS POLICEMAN.
After the shooting Campbell's flight
was followed by an alarm which set
every policeman in town on the track.
The detectives have not traced his
movements up TO the time he was seen
by Policeman Ahern this morning at
Seventeenth and PeFalts streets.
Ahern was standing there talking with
two men when he saw Campbell. whom
he knew. walking toward the group.
A rlnrrrvhr . butcher would
II he saw the policeman. who hid be-
hind the men with whom he was talk
ing. But instead Of running, Camp
bell made a movement OF one hand es
IL TO reach for a pistol They We're so
close that Ahern pulled his pistol. at
the same time grabbing Campbell's
hand, bat finding ii empty.
The butcher opened fight at once and
gave Ahern hard tussle. The patrol
man got his handouts into play and
battered the man into submission AS
soon as Campbell was subdued he was
manscied ana sent TO the Receiving
Hospital and patched up. while his
wife was grOaning in pain there from
the wound he had inflicted.
i have nothing TO say" DECLARED
Campbell TO the police and 10 ali
others that tried 10 gain his version
Of the shooting.
The pistol which Campbell used was
IOUUQ lO-QEN 81 - MGdL4 SALOON.
Thirty-seventh street and San Pablo
avenue, where it had been left by a
stranger The weapon was empty and
the hammer was thrown back and
jammed so badly that it could not be
sprung.
MOTHER TELLS OF SHOOTING.
Mrs. Campbell has feared her former
husband She knew the time was near
when her divorce from him would be-
come final. nearly a year having
elapsed since the .interloeutory decree
was entered. Her troubles that led to
the divorce were due. her parents de-
clare to Campbels cruelty and in
temperance. When he went to the
Cutler residence last evening he was
somewhat under the influence of liouor
Both Edwin Cutler. the father Of Mrs
Campbell. and the young WOmans
mother, who were present during the
first stages Of the trouble that caused
the shooting, agreed that Campbell
was IN an ugly state of mind. Mrs.
Cutler was z witness TO the shooting.
She said to-day:
ny daughter. Campbell, Mr.. Cutler and my
SELF were sitting In the parlor when Campbell
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