Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-10-29
MURDER WILL onT
A Party Implicated in the l. Z.
dock Murder at Sioux Civ ;|s
Turns States Evidence ''
Several Parties Who Particin.t.s
the Crime Arrrsted and
Lodged in Jail.
IChicago dispatch.l

A.' "a AiauaSer OF the Sto
ard Iheater of Sioux City, charged 'a ns
completely in the assassination Of "
Geo. c. Haddock, a well-known Iowa. wv Il IT.
hibition champion, delivered himself
to the authorities this morning, and and !
hours later left for the scene Of tho y
sational crime. Attorney D. w. Wool 1e
Sioux City, has been in the CITY for o'a w.
following up clews. On Mondav a, We
Adams telegraphed to Leavitt, who w ns9
Mobile, Ala, urging him to come W" as
He at once complied and surrende,o ~
Wood. After being placed under 's sa
Leavitt turned States evidence and maa
complete confession concerning ali tbs
tails of the assassination, in wb;sh
stated:
Harry L. Leavitt is my stage name md
name commonly go by, but Herman Lew
I have been resident Of Sioux City, 10 n''y j.;
January, 1886. opened the Standard an Tns ~
in Sioux City, February ], 1885, as proprict1es
manager am 80 years old, and my occnns,;
is that of theatrical manager. arrived in S
City from visit east with my wife on o'
Friday evening before the killing Of Geo G ~
dock Up to Monday morning had no cow c M
sation with any one in regard to the jninnn;
proceedings. In the afternoon of Nova
August 2. was approached by Mr.. simon1s
and asked to join tho S0loonkeepers Assno
ton He told me the organization wea fos
purpose of protecting the saloonkeepers NM,
and Dan Moriarity went to the meetns
Holdenreid's Hall that night about $3.50 Il
the first one to speak. l said, l do not know \
object OF the meeting. I am not a mmnh
Fred Munchrath then stopped me and said
will elect you unanimously without ro;n"
further, and made Il motion to that effect ,I
sheim seconded it, and the meeting adon,oS
Ny name was then written on the list BY F.
Munchrath. / told him that as soon as It NJ
necessary to use the money to pay LAWYERS M
l would pay the S:.,5 and that / could not INV
until after l should open my place b IoI
then got up and made a speech, and said Ia II
lieved in all the saloonkeepers going to the con-
house and see that there was no lies sworn 10
regard to any of the cases. He said: u d
not member, but as this is not a private ms
ing, feel privileged to talk" Adelsheim Id
said he did not know why Simonson had cals
this meeting, unless it was for the purposs
making Leuvitt u member, and as this was \
colnplished, he moved to adjourn. Louis Sea
seconded the motion and the meeting WAS n
journed.
About S rs Tuesday night, August g. wer.
to Frank Cochran's rooms over tho Chicago al
there met Rhoden, John Hop and Frank Cosi
ran, and we sat down and played stud poker u,
til about9 O'Clock; got up and went dov
stairs and met Champion and Shaffer in front
their place I stopped and talked with them
few minutes, and then started down to She
nuns saloon, as was in the habit of lropp1
in there every night before going to bed. Ohm
way there and in front Of the Sioux Nation
Bank, met Fred Siunchrath. George lrei2
Louis Plnth, n saloonkeeper whose name cal
not recall, and those two Dutchmen whom It'd
Der said were the men he had to do up WalkeN
They were talking together and about HuGdW
and Turner going down to the Grecnville Hoas
Treiber said let us take q hack and see VIII
they are going to do Munc.lrnth said "IAa
lit. lot us take O ride and 60 down to treenvl
H s rsh M, tsS os se over re
of the Hubbard House and Henry Haber1asl
Treiber, Plath and myself got into the hack ir,
under the electric light. I asked Adams
driver of the hack, to let the windows dow
Henry got out in front of the Greenvlle Hons
went in and asked if there had been buggy oy
that way in the last hour. They said no
got in and we came right back to town md
hack stopped in front Of Junk's where We
got out. It was then about 10 O'clock stsail
inside Of the door was John Arensdorf Jul
Jim Scotland and Robert Grady, the Aldems
and Lange, the painter. We all went insia
drink. We then went out to go home, and at
door, on the outside, We're the two Dutchmd
who were hired by Treiber to whip Walks
John Arensdorf came out with US and these tv
Dutch1nen said to him, but loud enough for
all to hear: THE buggy has come back. Aren!
dorf said let us go over and see. We, that
Arensdorf, Munchrath, Treiber, Rath, Henn
ward the stable. dropped behind. ms
Harry Sherman and we followed 90 behind ~
Lange, the painter, was following u.s. me
Jack Ryan, or passed him, and said hello 'aek
he said hello Lenvitt. I said to Sherman th
will be another failure, they are all towards
they have been going to do some sluggins
two days, and no one has been hurt yet. Shei
man says, well let us go and see what they az
going to do. By that time we got close togene
and were talking, and Nlunchrath said if ycuo
your man is going to lick Haddock tell hin NO
to punch him too hard, but hit him in the laS
once or twice and give him n black eye that wv
49, as we don't want to 60 any further than .l LIB
Ireiber said, that is right We only want to "
one OF them whipping. In that converseuSs1
there were present John Arcnsdorf, Henry 10
driver OF the brewery delivery wagon, GtOIy
Ireiber, Louis Plath, Fred Munchrath, HAT
Sherman, myself, two Dutchlnen whose nals
are unknown to me, but tho same men lreipsj
had to whip Walker, and a saloonkeeper in s9a7
City, whose name cannot now call to mind, ou}
who can identify. We saw Haddock comm CONN
across Water street from the Columbia Houss1
No one said u word as John Arensdort sG STARE
toward Haddock and came up in front OF ltaa1
dock and looked him in the face and threw WY N
his hand in front of Haddock's face. Mr.. hau|
struck Arensdorf. I then saw Arensdori afa1
his gun and saw him shoot Haddock.
The morning after the murder John Arens.V11
came to me while was standing IN lt nn ro "
Warich's saloon and said to mo: How 10 W.
feel?" l said: How do you feel?' he oiG Nv Nv
answer, and l said: John, I think you , aeaI1
wrong When he said: Il thought Hadues73
was pulling gun on me, and in the ne e ssIsi bo
many seen it. said they must have oil s seeMS
He says, Can depend on you?" repa sNa
Certainly" During the day told Warllcn l aSS
Junk who shot Haddock; they said the lesS sa
about it the better it will be. They Do.l to oa
about the same thing. met IredWay ! nviL1
days after the killing, in front OF McGies ,;n n
shop. and said to him: What do you .n ~ in!
this busness?" He said they were trying ~ led
plicate the brewery people in it.. and lsi md
they hit it near right He walked away from d, IA
down the street. l went to Judge roe! wv ,iy
several times to tell him the whole tEhs. I'M ID
| wife was telling me the best thing co I and
was to see Judge Foley or some of my fr,e1a' Ths
turn states evidence before it was TOO lAsei rles
excitement WAS SO high and not finding 81 ry l;re
him. met Hill my wife had told ms ,1 " ~ 81 tell
him and tell him all about ill., and staf.eu " m,
him all about it, but before l had stAI; '1enea
facts, he said to me, why, Harry, the e' ~ him
| shows that you proved an Alibi. SAG En,snd
that had no business here; that Mayor Ian nil he
| had revoked my license, and asked nn un, and
thought that could leave town and go ou' MI
see if l could not get house in Omalla, M req
Hill told me that he thought there wa as thips
son why should not 60; that he did noa dsy be-
would be arrested Afterwards, and t4e "s 20
fore went away, I told Mr.. Hill that We" mo o.
| ing, and if he ever wanted to hear iiol Iourual
see me to write in of the Sporttny M tc
| Chicago. Afterwards, Mr.. Hill did coa,onnel
Chicago and reached me through tile GIN -, nv !e
had directed and was found engaged ,m The
Ultimate business, to open ut the s..c;steIet
| alter, Mobile, Ala, Oh Oct 4, and WIS III
at the Getz House, H. l.. Leavitt ana "''''
OLIVER Optic" has written Ito W.
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