Arizona republican., 1909-03-08
CHARGES HIS CRIME
 ID STRONG DRINK
George Campbell, Foreer, Literally
 Caught With the Goods on."

George Campbell, an unmarried man oI the age Of thirty-five years, was yesterday taken into custody by off cer McGarr of the city police force ana lodged in the city jail Today
 ne will be transferred to the county
 authorities, who hold a warrant for
 ms arrest, charging him with forgery.
 The check forged was drawn on the
 Valley Bank for $25, the name used by Campbell being that of R. G.
 Shawver. the proprietor of the Pion-
 ger Stables on South Third street. and
 former employer of the accused. Campbell made no resistance at the
 time of his arrest. did not hesitate
 to admit his guilt and in fact ex-
 plained to the officer that he had
 been caught with the goods on"
 at the time, part of his apparel being
 some of the goods he had secured as
 part payment for the check
 It was about g o'clock Saturday
 night that Campbell presented him
 self at the White House Store and
 requested the manager, Mir. Solomon.
 to cash a check for S25, explaining
 at the time that he desired to pur-
 chase about S15 worth of goods. The
 goods consisted of a pair of shoes.
 OVeralls, two or three shirts and a cowboy hat. In explanation of the check Campbell said he was en- ployed at the Shawver stable as buggy washer and the check was for two weeks pay. He was given the change in cash, amounting to $1O. and left the store. The movements of Campbell thereafter have not been traced, but it is presumed that he shortly afterward found his way to the old Arizona Water Company cor ral. at the corner of Second avenue and Van Buren, and went to sleep He had for some time been employed at the corral and was on duty yes terday morning when his employer put in an appearance.
 Solomon, after his customer had left the store, made inquiry at the Pioneer Stables of MT. Shawver, who at once declared the check a forgery. He re- membered, however. that a man by the name of Campbell had at one time worked for him, but he did not know for sure whether his former employee was named George. He suggested the calling in of an officer anu lilNl UT lilt that Campbell had left him to go to the corral to work, where he was later found.
 When taken into custody Officer McGarT questioned his prisoner re- garding his actions of the previous night, but to Campbell all was a blank. He knew he had started out with enough money to accumulate a jag and he had a faint remem- brance of doing so. He had himself lost the trail from that time until | he awoke yesterday morning with l cash in his pockets and an array of l new wearing apparel. Further he had | discovered in his pocket two checks | bearing the signature of R. G. Shaw yer one for $25 and another for $3O. | both payable to himself and one of | hem endorsed. He declared when | -old of the charge against him that if he had committed the crime he | was drunk, and the writing on the checks tended to verify his statement. The writing on the face of the checks where the name George Campbell ap- pears is identical with the endorse ment. MT Solomon, however, insists that at the time Campbell appeared at his store he was not under the influence of liqucr
 Campbell two years ago fought as a soldier in the Philippines and by rade is a blacksmith. After getting lis discharge from the army at San Francisco he drifted into the south west and spent some months at Fl 2aso and later at a mining camp in northern Mexico. He has been in Phoenix for the past year. most of he time working around livery sta ,les, but for a period of two months vas employed on the threshing outfit )f Ed Ford