The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1925-05-14
MISCARRIAGE. OF JUSTICE

Falls last week was little short of an outrage to
say the least. From our way. of thinking jtWas al
miscarriage of justice, when Campbell was tried
and convicted and E. j. Daily and Charles A.
Bloomhuff who were indicted with Campbell,
were allowed to go scott free for testifying
against Campbell It may be the custom to give
immunity to co-defendants but in our Judgment
it is bad practice and miscarriage of justice
when immunity is given to such men as Bloomhuff
and Daily
Those who know Campbell and are familiar
with the facts in the case and the financing of the
Gordon Campbell Kelvin syndicate know that it
was Daily Bloomhuff and Wertheiner who furn-
ished all of the schemes and conducted the adver-
Using campaign and the sale of units. 1t was this
trio who originated the idea of the Fidelity Fl
nance Company to dispose of the Gordon Camp
bell syndicate units.
These men all represented themselves to be eX-
pert statesmen and it was they who spent the
money in the promotion scheme while Campbell
was busy as geologist in the field
Not being lawyer and as his friends say "a
poor business man" and when these high pressure
statesmen represented to him that they were ex-
pert statesmen, he thought he saw the light of day
and that his dreams would come true He knew
that there was oil in Kelvin and all he needed was
funds to developit This is proven by CampbelPs
spending his own fortunein this field.
Campbell has been a Godsend to northern and
central Montana and it was he who first discover
ed oil in Montana; first in the Devils Basin, then
Cat Creek, then he turned his attention to the
Kelvin country where he had made examinations
several years before going to Alaska He was
sneered at by biologists when he started his first
we'll. He proceeded under great handicap and
under most trying circumstances while other ge-
ologists laughed at the wild cater as they called
him. They were sure he never would find oil but
after long struggle he won and oil was discov-
cred in the Kelvin field. This is when his troubles
began. Associates betrayed him and every means
and manner was tried to beat him out of his hold
ings Sometimes being poorly advised and under
great difficulties he tried to save his vast holdings
Financial reverses came and they bore on him
heavily. He broke with friends, as he had been
doube-crossed many times and naturally was sus-
picous
Whether CampbelIs conviction is affirmed by
the Court of Appeals at San Francisco or not
those who know Campbell best know that he is not
crook and that he had no intention to wrong
anyone and he was blessing to northern Mon.
tana when it was badly needed And if this is jus
tce, to make him the goat and let the arch Grim
inals go scott free we have always had the wrong
impression of justice
The Governments side Of this case cost Sc, 2OT
which Campbell must pay if his conviction is af
firmed, besides paying his own witnesses and his
lawyers This is a small part of the cost when or
takes into consideration the expense Of govern
ment agents Investigating this case and the wit
nesses before the Grand Jury His conviction
benefits no one and is of value to society excep
to crafty the desire Of the District Attorney VIII,
had tried to convict Senator Wheeler and failet
SO someone must be made the goat 1t is apparen
to everyone that Campbell would never have BEEF
indicted had it not been for the fact that he hire
Senator Wheeler to look after some legal matter
for him in Montana 1t is also fact that Wheele
would never have been indicted had,he not bee
investigating the Department of Justice at Wash
ington. Wheeler was tried and indicated am