The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-23
GALE CAMPBELL
FOUND GUILTY
OF ASSAULT UPON THIRTEEN
YEAR-olo sTEppAuoHTER-
MERCY RECOMMENDED.

WHEELING. Jan. 2s.--Gale Camp
bell was found guilty in the criminal
court yesterday Of criminal assault
upon his thirteen year old ~step-daughi
ter. Isabel Zane. but the jury asked
that the death penalty be not inlet.
ed and that the man be sent TO the
penitentiary. The law specifies In
such an Instance that the penalty
shall be from q 10 20 years.
Campbell was brought into the
court room whom the Jury returned
their verdict He turned pale us they
slowly fled into the court room and
was noticably trembling. When the
verdict was announced he seemed as
though greatly ie.seved and when Int,
er taken to the county jan expressed
great satisfaction that they had NOT
seen ut to impose the death penalty
permitted under the laws of the State
of West Virginia.
The trial e Gale Campbell was one
of the most sensational that has been
aired In the Criminal courts OF this
county for some years. He was In
dicted at the last grand jury on two
charges, assault upon Isabel and
Blanche Zane, his two step-daughters,
aged 10 and 10 respectively, the for.
mer OF whom Is at present In a deli.
cate condition. The evidence yester.
day was of a very spicy nature. but
OF so much so rs on the preceding
day, but nevertheless the court room
was crowded and It finally became
necessary to clear the aisles and LOCK-
the door.
Campbell on Stand.
A good portion Of the day was de
voted to the hearing Of character wit
%nesses, while the real feature was
devoted Grant, for the defense. put
Campbell, himself upon the stand.
While he denied the charges against
him in the majority of instances his
reply was II don't remember In
fact his story vas a very un~satfsfac.
tory n and his admissions of fam.
lily dissensions were no doubt, weighed
heavily against him by the Jury. He
made the announcement that he could
not read and followed by stating that
he saw a birth certificate OF Isabel and
Blanche Zare,s in a dresser drawer,
and remembered the date on the for.
mer was March 2. 1892, making her
IA years and 10 months old.
The prosecutor demanded to know
how he knew tt date. how he knew
1T was a baptismal certificate and
other questions and confused him nor
a little, He finally admitted his wife
told him part. In fact, outside of the
story Of the prosecuting witness, the
poor story of Csmpbell's was his most
damaging evidence.
Girl Recalled.
Isabel Zane was recalled during the
morning. but her evidence was not i'm.
portant, Dr.. VIII cracraft testiHea
as to the birth OF Isabel Zane and
fixed the date at March 8. 1893, max.
ing her lacking two months Of four.
teen years. the vital point the defense
had been laboring to deny, that the
victim was under the age Of consent.
The argument began in the after
noon and were lengthy and were con.
cluded about 4.45 when the Jury re.
tired. The Instructions were rather
full, but to the point. At about 2
O'clock they came In, ad announced
a verdict to the eject that they found
the defendant guilty as charged in the
Indictment, end further find that he
be imprisoned in the pe%nitentiary. The
Jury was individually polIed, each, &c,
knowledged the verdict as his and
they were dismissed.
Attorney Grent for the defense, In
the meantime HAD made a motion for
a new trial and the argument was set
for Saturday The jury that returned
the verdict follow. R. l.. Timmons.
w. G. stifel. Robert Linton, John
Rehem, Charles Reed. Augustus Muth,
William Auth Albert Foster, Joseph
Stein, Henry Reister, Frank Hannah
and Terry Hoyt.
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