Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-10-13
HADDOCK'S MURDERER.
The Sworn Confession of Leavitt Accuses
ArensdOrf as the Murderer-The Con-
splracy In Detail-I 1t WAS Not Intended
TO XIII Haddoek.

Important developments have been
made IN the Paddock assassination
case Leavitt, who was arrested in
Chicago, was not brought to Sioux
City but taken to Kingeley, the home
OF Attorney Wood. Accompanying
Wood to Chicago was E. A. Hill, bust
ness manager Of the Sioux City Trib-
une, and j. G. Kelly. Mr.. Hill was in
innate with Leavitt and it was
through his intimacy that Leavitt
was induced to surrender. In asworn
confession, Leavitt charges that the
shooting was done by John Arensdorf,
foreman of the Franz Brewing Com
pany. Leavitt says:
About 8:15 Tuesday night August 3, I
went up to Frank Cochrans rooms, over
the Chicago, and there met Rhoden, j ohm
Hop and Frank Cochran, and we sat down
and played stud poker ntil about 8 clock
when got up and went down stairs. I met
Champion and Shaffer in front of their
place. | stopped and talked with them q
few minutes, and then started down to
Sherman saloon, as | was in the habit of
dropping III there every night before going to
bed. On my way there, and in front of the
Sioux National Bank 1 met Fred. MUNICH
rath, Geo. Treiber, Louis Plath, q saloon
keeper whose name | cannot recall, and
those two Dutchmen whom Treiber said
were the men he had to do up Walker.
They were talking together about Haddock
and Turner going down to the Greenville
House. Treiber said 'Let us take q hack
and see what they are going to do"
Munchrath said: "Leavitt, let us take a.
ride and go down to Greenville and see
what they are going to do" l replied, ''all
right"
We went over in front OF the Hubbard
House and Henry Habberman, Treiber,
Plath and myself got into the hack. l
asked Adams, the driver of the hack, to let
the windows down, which he did, and drove
to Greenvile. Henry got out in front of
the Greenville House, went in and asked if
there had been buggy over that way in
the last hour. They said, mo" We re-
turned to town and started to go home
from Junk's, when we met the two Dutch
men who were hired by Treiber to whip
Walker. John Arensdorf came out with
to him, loud enough for us all to
hear 'The buggy has come back"
We, that is, Arensdorf, Munchrath, Treiber,
Plath, Henry, myself and two Dutchmen,
started to go towards the stable. dropped
behind and met Harry Sherman and wefol-
lowed on behind, and Lange, the painter,
was following us. By the time we reached
the stable we had got close together, and
Munchrath said: IF you or your man is
going to lick Haddock, tell him not to punch
him too hard. but hit him in the face once
or twice and give him q black eye. That
will do, as we don't want to go any further
than that" Treiber said thatwas right.
We saw Haddock coming across Water
Street from the Columbia House. No one
said a word as John Arensdorf started to-
ward him. He came up in front of Had
dock and looked him in the face and threw
up his hand in front of Haddock's face.
Mr.. Haddock pulled something from his
pocket and struck Arensdorf. | then saw
Arensdorf draw his gun and saw him shoot
Haddock. l saw nothing more of Arens-
dorf.
Arensdorf was arrested in Daven-
port, where he had gone as delegate
to the Knights of Pythias meeting.
Paul Leader and George Lapge were
arrested on the 9Th and admitted to
the same bail as Munchrath and
Sherman. Warrants are out for 9th
er parties implicated in the conspira-
cy, and it is said Leavitt has assur-
ances that by turning states evidence
he will escape punishment.