Show MR S HAUNTED YEARS MAN FINDS HEIS HE IS NOT MURDERER attempts to end life after suffering mental torture reveals strange story birmingham ala oliver cameron has been returned to from portland ore where an attempt at suicide gave first intimation of the mental turmoil through which he be has passed in his efforts to forget what he believed to be murder committed more I 1 than 22 years ago A wanderer oer the earth for more than a score of years cameron has faced almost unbelievable hardships tn in his efforts to forget the crime he be thought lie he had committed with the haunting memory always with him he lins has been traveling steadily there Is a touch of the pathetic in his story always lie he says he wanted a home of ills his own with a wife and children his fondest memories are those of the days when he was planning his future before the time that he Is alleged to have assaulted W J gay walks hundreds of miles on leaving birmingham in 1002 after shooting gay cameron says he walked hundreds of miles in his efforts to escape arrest he joined the navy travel traveling ln to the farthermost parts of the earth but always there was tiie memory of his deed to torture him following the navy service he became a wanderer over the caun coan try pursued relentlessly by the thoughts of what he had done he kept ever moving illusions of authorities following were with him constantly and he forever was attempting to foil his hia imaginary pursuers he used a different name in every town he entered i I 1 illusions of authorities following were with him constantly and made no efforts to communicate with mith friends for fear that he might be apprehended through the correspondence spon dence at last driven to desperation pe ration by what had grown to be fanatic thinking of the subject he be threw himself into a river at portland ore with the hopes of destroying his haun haunting memories forever confesses crime he was rescued however and in a moment of laxity after he had reached the hospital confes confessed bed to the crime he thought he had bad committed portland authorities communicated with the birmingham sheriffs office gay the man whom he had shot recovered from the wound indictments on assault with intent to murder and carrying concealed weapons charges had been returned by the grand jury at tile tha time of the shooting but long since had been stored in the musty files of the sheriffs office none kone of the present members of the sheriffs force recalled the crime A lengthy search was necessary to locate the indictments and after they had been again brought to light considerable sid erable difficulty was experienced in obtaining money with which to return cameron to birmingham years of privation and mental torture have left their mark on cameron ile he la Is emaciated his bis taco face wears a drawn expression and his mentality has begun to weaken under the constant strain he goes about the county jail as a man in a daze not quite sure why hes there |