The case of the masticated missive, or the Campbell gang meet their match

The case of the masticated missive, or the Campbell gang meet their match

As a means of escaping the law, eating your arrest warrant wouldn’t seem a likely solution. Yet it happened, in 1859.

Once Upon a Time: The case of the masticated missive/ The Campbell gang meet their match

As a means of escaping the law, eating your arrest warrant wouldn’t seem a likely solution. Yet it happened, in 1859. We’ll let Norman Robertson tell this strange story. It’s from his “History of the County of Bruce”, published by the Bruce County Historical Society. Norman was there when the posse left Kincardine. —————————————— In the early summer of 1859 an incident took place that created quite a talk throughout the southern part of the coun…