The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-10-15
THE MYSTERY SOLVED.

The Aaaassins Of Rev. Hadd"ck FI"""y Ar.
re.ted-Oue Of the Conspirasors Turms
states Evidence.
Sioux CRY, la, Oct. 9.-Ex-MAnager
Leavtt. Of the Standard Theater here. who
was arrested in Chicago Thursday. was nss.
brought here but taken TO Kingsley, the
home Of Attorney Wood. He is expected
here Monday-tae date fixed for the be-
ginning Of the examination Of the parties
arrested. Accompanying Wood to Chicago
was F. c. Hill, business manager OF tho
Sioux City Tribune, and Mr.. J. V. Kelley.
Mr.. Hill vas intimate with Leavitt and it.
was through this intimacy that Leavtt was
induced to surrender himself.
Hill brought back with him the confess
sion Of Leavitf, which was made public last
evening. In this, sworn to before notary
public in Chicago, he charges that the,
shooting was done by John ArensdOrff,
foreman OF the Franz Brewing Company.
THE CONFESSION.
The main points In the confession are:
"AbOut Sis Tuesday night, August 8. L
went up to Frank COcllran's rooms over the.
Chicago and there met RhOden, John Hop
ami Frank Cochran. and We sat down and
played stud poker until about nine o'clock,
when got up and went down stairs.
met Champion ard Shafer in front of their
place. stopped and talked with them q
few minutes and then started down TO Sher-
mans saloon. rs was in the habit of drop
ping in there every night before going TO.
bed.
ION nv way there and In front Of the.
Sioux National bank l met Fred MUNICH
ratl,, George Trieber, Louis PIath. saloon
keeper whose name l can not recall and
those two Dutchman whom Trieber said
Were the men he had To do up Walker.
They were talking about Had,lOck and
Turner going down to the Greenville
House. Trieber said: Let us take hack
and see what they are going to do
''Munchrath said: Ieavitt let us take q
ride and 20 down to GreenvilIe and see
| what they are going to do replied,
All right We went over i'm front Of the
Hubbard House, and Henry Haberman,
Trieber. Plath and myself got into the hack.
/ asked Adams, the driver OF the hack to.
let the windows down, which he did, and
drove to Greenville. 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, NO.
We returned TO town and started to go
home from Junks' when we met the two
Dutchmen who were hired by Trieber to.
whip Walker. John ArensdOrff came out
with US and these two Dutchmen said to
him loud enough for us all to hear: The.
buggy has come back
"We-that is, ArensdOrff, Munchrath,
Trieber, Path. Henry, myself and the two.
Du;chmen-started to 60 toward the stable.
dropped behind and met Harry Sherman,
and We followed ON behind; and LANCE. 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 black eye. That will do, as
We don't want to go any further than that
Trieber said that was right
I've saw HaddOck coming down Water
street from tho Columbia House. No one
said a word as John ArensdOrff started
toward 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.. HaddOc.l pulled something from his
pocket and struck ArensdOrf. then saw
ArensdOrff draw his gun and saw him shoot
HaddOck. l saw nothing more Of ArenS-
dOrff''
ArensdOrff was arrested Thursday in
Davenport, where he had gone as dele
gate to the Knights Of Pythias meeting, and
is expected to arrive here to-day.
Paul Leader and George LANCE we're ar
rested yesterday and admitted to the same
bail as MuEchrath and Sherman.
Warrants are out for the parties implica-.
ted in the conspiracy, and it is said Leavitt
has assurances that by turning States evil
dence lie will escape punishment