The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-13

: drew down s1,6OO of his wages Peterson said and made further ; withdrawal of $750 on November 19. , Both checks were cashed, the latter on November 20 Campbell had only small bank balance remaining when found, he testified
 Not Hard Drinker
 Rex Sunderland, operator of the Gastineau Liquor Store, upon being called as a witness, testified that he had known Campbell and seen him frequently throughout the summer. He took exception to comments that Campbell had been a hard drinker, declaring that he had never seen Campbell in a condition that could be called sloppy drunk"
 1 Sunderland esta blis h d that Campbell had been in possession of over two thousand dollars in large bills on the fatal week end. Nine teen $100 and seven $50 bills had been placed by Campbell in safe keeping with Sunderland when the murdered man had last left for Hoonah on December l. That money had been sealed in an envelope and together they had placed it in the custody of G. E. Cleveland at the B. M Behrends Bank. On Camp bells arrival back here last Friday, he had only few dollars with him and late Friday night borrowed five dollars from Sunderland.
 Shortly after noon the next day, Saturday, the two had gone to the bank and received the envelope con- i taining the money from H. I. Lucas. Back at the liqor store, the money was turned over to Campbell and i he had paid a liquor bill and repaid | the borrowed S5, total of about $67, out of two of the $50 bills. The re- mainder he carried away with him in his billfold, which has not been i found.
 Carried Large Sum i Sunderland declared that 1t was not unusual for Campbell to carry such large sums of money; that he usually wrote checks for his pur- chases. However, he said Campbell stated he did not wish to keep the money where his wife could bring claim against it.
 Campbell was last seen by Sunder- | land between 1130 and 12 o'clock Saturday night Newspaper descrip- tion of the clothing on the body | found Monday checked closely with , the clothes Campbell had been wear i ing and led Sunderland and his part ner to conjecture that the then un- identified victim might be Camp bell. he said. They called the police Monday evening and were told that the body had been alreay identified, the witness revealed. They then made their full report to the police. Campbell usually wore no hat, Sun derland said.
 The final inquest witness was William E. Didelius, who reported on items of progress in the investi- gation of Campbell's murder i Had Been Drinking i Sunday evening, between 5:3o and o'clock, Campbell was definitely seen by several persons in the neighborhood of the Keystone apart ments. Later, at about 1.30 o'clock Monday morning, several other per sons are sure they saw him, alive and alone, enter and almost immed- 1 lately leave the Dew Drop Inn on South Franklin street here. He is reported to have shown definite signs that he had been drinking.
 In answer to a question by the Corner, the witness said Campbell had apparently not been going about with any one group of close friends. Rather, he had associated himself for brief periods with many friends oi the moment. It is known that he was in town throughout last week end
 ! The murdered man had several 1 times visited his room at Hannah'S Boarding House and had taken sev- eral meals there up to Saturday eve ming, the last time he was seen there. He did not sleep there at any time following his arrival from Hoonah. To one roommate, Camp bell is known to have displayed his billfold with the remark that it contained over S2O0O. None of the money has been found in Campbell'S $ room nor in his belongings which have arrived from Hoonali.
 MT. Didelius answered that it was matter of conjecture whether the murder occurred at the spot where the body was discovered. Though there was not much blood on the ground, there was considerable on the victims clothing, he pointed out.
 Members of the Coroner's jury for the inquest were: James McNaugh- ton, Lockie MacKinnon, Andrew Streed, Earle Hunter, w. L. Gris- ham and Herman Porter Follow ing proceedings in the U. s. Con- missioners Courtroom, the jury ad- journed to the mortuary where the body was viewed and the verdict re- turned.