Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-10-21
BISMARCK %C0NFEssEs.
His Story Corroberates that
Given by Leaviit
And Fixes the Murder of George c.
Haddook Upon Arensdorf
and Peters.

A pes Moines special of the Goth gives
the full confession of Albert Kosnitski,
alias Bismarck, one OF the accomplices
In the murder of Rev. George O. Had
dock, in Sioux City. The confession
was made to the governor and attorney
general of Iowa. After going over the
to assault Mr.. Haddock and the search
for him on the fatal night Kosnitski
says:
Gander and / then went to the corner
of Fourth street to watch for Haddock,
as requested by Treiber. Gander went
to Eberhardt's saloon and drank some
whisky. He returned and both of us
waited a while until all returned. The
buggy same at the anne time. | went
to Dan O'Conneil's saloon and asked for
a drink. L had no money, and asked for
the proprietor, who was not III. l then
left the saloon and went to the corner.
Gander went to the crowd on Fourth
street. Then L noticed that Brewers
Arensdorf and Henry Peters had come
into the crowd. / heard them say to
Gander: "We don't want you, You
drunken fellow" and pushed him out of
the crowd. Paul Leader, q saluonkeeper,
stepped from the crowd toward me and
said. "These mon will have trouble; l
think we had better %ieave.' / replied:
"Yes, that is SO; let US GO" Then the
crowd came nearer Fourth and Water
streets. | went toward the alley. AS
the crowd approached the corner L saw
Haddock come out of the barn and cross
the sidewalk. John Arensdorf and
the other brewer, Henry Peters,
met and shot HIM. Leader and
l ran to the Farmers hotel.
Arensdorf and the crowd ran across the
bridge. | drank some whisky and then
went to Fourth street to j.. Uhlmer's
saloon, where l drank q glass of beer.
some n came in and said a man was
killed. I went down town and heard
the people talking about the murder
and then went home about II o'clock.
The next day l met Gander in the
morning and he said, Let us report the
whole thing" l said: you can do what
you please" / went to the saloon and
then to Sixth street and then to Fourth
street and then Gander went home. 1
went home also. The next day George
Treiber came to me at my house about
10 q. m. and said: "You must hurry
away from here.' Treiber then gave
me one hundred and twenty-five dollars.
He said that when | was drunk L might
talk, and that | would get twenty years
in the p~enitentiary any way for my part
if the matter leaked out. 1 said that /
had done nothing and did not like to
go. Treiber hen wanted the money
back. L told him that | had use for the
~, nrl u0rl ~ -,,n - I1-Jr
Treiber then said that they would get me
out of the way, after which he left. The
next week, the Monday following, !
met me there. Folger is a cousin to
Gander. He told me that his cousin had
left and that L had better leave also,
that / might possibly get fifteen or
twenty years in the penitentiary. I told
him that / had no money. Then Fitz
Folger said: "You got 1925, like Syl-
vester Gander." / replied that I was on
q spree for a few days and my wife took
the rest away from me, and that [ did
not have q cent left. Then Folger and l
went to the beer garden. When there
Arensdorf came riding along in o buggy,
As he saw me he said: 81 thought you
had left long ago; you got money to
leave" / replied that my wife took the
money, and that 1 had no money to go.
Then Arensdorf took me to the water
closet in the garden and asked me if !
saw who fred the shot. 1 replied yes.
Arsnsdorf said: "You had better hurry
and leave; it might be pretty
hard on you il you don't. / will give
you another 500 If You go, but 1 will
not give the money to you. Fred Fol
ger will go with you a ways and give
the money to you when you are on the
road" l told him call right, you all
want me to go."Arensdorf wanted me to
leave the next morning, when Fritz
did not want to GO on account of bad
driving. Tuesday afternoon l went to
the beer garden. Peters came along and
saw me and said: "You God damn son
of a gun, you are still here ? Fl I see you
again, n" matter where, / will shoot you
down.
Ileft and went home the same after
noon. Fritz came and said it was time
for me to get away, as my life was not
safe. He said we would start Monday
morning. We left the text morning for
Salix, and then Fritz Folger gave me-
sos. / left the same day for Omaha,
and the same night left for
California. After being in San Fran
cisco for two or three weeks / wrote to
my wife to sell the house and home
and come to San Francisco.
She wrote back for q
written consent. I sent the written
consent and my wife came. Fritz Fol-
ger told me on the road between Sioux
City and Sslix that his cousin Gander
had told him that Arensdorf killed Had
dock. / ana afraid to go to Sioux City.
l think that Folger knows where Syl-
vester Gander is.