The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-16
CAMPBELL SAYS
HE IS INNOCENT
Claims He Made Federal
Bond of $4,000 at
Muskogee

George II. Campbell is In the lime
Campbell first became publicly
trown about month ago when ar
rested by +. J. Bays. county investi-
gator. on information from Detroit
noilc,. He was charged with stealing
Kulsa cars. driving them to Detroit.
where he disposed OF them, stole or
nrocurod another car there and
brourht IL to Tulsa loaded with
iiouor. At the time of his arrest
Ravs told newspaper reporters that
Campbell had confessed to rum run
ming but had denied any completely
In car thefts.
few DAYS after his arrest Camp
hell was turned over 10 the federal
authorities and taken TO MuskoIee
nv George Hanna. local United
siatcs marshal. At Muskogee the
alleged car thief and booze runner
waS charged with Interstate auto
larceny" lie pleaded not guilty and
was placed under a $500 bond. II
was announced at that time that he
would probably be taken to Detroit
for trial as the officials there had
him charged with several specific
auto thefts.
In tho n1santime two charges OF
auto IutAt were llttu db0iIhL 1dlnp-
bell before Justice John II. Query.
one Information accused him OF the
theft Of Dodge touring car from
FRANK Lane. AIS North Trenton. lie
was also charged with the theft OF
another Dodge but the owner of thls
car was never found.
After the cases had been con-
tinued several times Justice Query
announced Tuesday that he would
make some disposition OF the cases.
Campbell was not here and his
counsel announced that he was in
the Muskogee Jail. Inasmuch as he
was In the charge of the federal au-
thorities the county attorney recon-
mended dismissal Of the charges.
Thursday Campbell hunted up
World reported and complained that
the charges I'm the justice court had
been dismissed because of lack of
evidence and that no announcement
had been made.
MY brother and I have been ar
rested by Bays" Campbell said. ION
false charges. There was nothing to
any oe-the charges and Bays made
several false statements In regard to
them. lie said that / confessed TO
hauling LIQUOR. / never made any
such confession and more than that
never did haul liquor. want to
make statement" and what fol-
lows is Campbell's statement.
II was arrested by +. j. Bays Mo-
vember 2. 1921, on charges of num-
Gus auto thefts. After making bond
before. the federal authorities into
whose custody was given, was re-
arrested. l made the federal bond
on November 6. My bond had orig
lnally been set at $1,000 but IL was
reduced to $4,000. All the charges
Query were dismissed by him De-
cember 10 because OF lack or evil
dence.
William Campbell. Nmy brother,
was arrested on similar accusat tions
November 22 shortly after noon. He
was released about 5 o'clock that
same day without making any bond.
No charges were preferred against
him. Reports published at that time
that he was arrested after found
hiding in an alley were false.
Mrs. Campbell, my wife, was also
reported as having been arrested by
Bays. That report was also false.
She has. never been arrested in her
life but devotes her time and atten-
lion to her home and three small
children"
All efforts to verify Campbell's
statement about being released un-
der $4,000 bond by the federal au-
thor!ties were futile. No authori-
tatlye information could be obtained
from Mus6ogee. George Hanna local
federal marshal, said that he had
received no word of Campbell being
released.